Account Manager

at  GRID PRIVATE LIMITED

QUALIFICATIONS, SKILLS, EXPERIENCE

• Related diploma or degree with minimum of 5 to 8 years marketing experience in an in-house or creative event agency
• Experience with qualitative and quantitative research methods
• Outstanding written and oral communication skills
• Superior business and negotiation skills
• Extensive industry contacts
• Digital Strategy skills will be a plus.

ASSISTANT ACCOUNT MANAGER/ACCOUNT MANAGER IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ACHIEVING SALES AND / OR PROFITABILITY OBJECTIVES, TYPICALLY FROM NEW CLIENTS OR ACCOUNTS. ASSISTANT ACCOUNT MANAGER/ACCOUNT MANAGER IDENTIFY MARKETPLACE OPPORTUNITIES, PROSPECT AND ENGAGE NEW CLIENTS, DEVELOP PROPOSALS, AND MANAGE THE CONTRACT PROCESS.

Assistant account manager/Account manager typically manage and mentor one or Account Executives—demonstrating advanced sales, market research and business skills.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Meeting clients to discuss their campaign needs
• Translating client’s brief into creative brief with support of relevant research and facts done
• Briefing the creative team who will produce the campaign
• Working with account planners to devise a campaign that meets the client’s brief and budget
• Developing innovative proposals and delivering strategic sales presentations with costings to clients
• Negotiating with clients, solving any problems and making sure deadlines are met
• Checking and reporting on the campaign’s progress
• Keeping in contact with the client at all stages of the campaign
• Managing the account’s budget and invoicing the client
• Preparing proposal for pitches to win new business
• Managing and executing events