Account Manager

at  Leo Burnett

COMPANY DESCRIPTION

We believe in the power of populist creativity to help brands grow, and have done so for some of the world’s most iconic brands including McDonald’s & Kellogg’s.
We also believe in the power of a strong culture that puts people and creativity at the heart of everything we do. Our guiding principles are simple: be open, be generous, be curious. We pride ourselves on a genuinely friendly and informal style where everyone’s invited.
The happiest people and most exciting places are also the most creative in our industry, and Leo Burnett has both of these, alongside a real passion for great ideas. Together, this makes it an outstanding agency for people to ply their craft.
Leo Burnett London has won a lot of awards – we regularly sit at the top of the tables for creative awards both in the UK and globally. We are a truly integrated creative agency and strongly believe that a great idea can live anywhere.

CULTURE

• Develop relationships internally with key point people in all departments and within your team. Have an infectious can-do attitude, which makes people want to come to you as they know you approach all tasks with a positive attitude
• Have outstanding organisational skills, meaning you are always on the front foot with key information to hand
• Ensure all your communications/interactions are clear, concise and action orientated
• Be curious and constantly seeking to learn
• Demonstrate clear communication and listening skills
• Manage your workload effectively and efficiently

Commercial

• Share key commercial data and business information with your wider team
• Deliver all tasks on the deadline OR flag where this is not possible to line managers in advance
• Begin to demonstrate an understanding of the client and Leo’s commercial landscape
• Demonstrate a strong sense of commercial responsibility - understanding the importance of POs and billing
• Learn to treat client and agency money as if your own
• Support pitch teams with financial administration - helping to track and protect costs.

WHAT QUALITIES AND BEHAVIOURS WE’RE LOOKING FOR

• A desire for great work
• Clear and concise communication style
• A collaborative working style and infectious energy
• Action oriented
• Highly organised with excellent time management.
• Passionate about great creative work and good creative judgement.
• Persuasive presentation skills
• High EQ, understanding how to read people and always thinking of others.
• Flexible and adaptable; taking ever-changing circumstances and project demands in your stride, always the picture of calm and control.
• Curious, always seeking to learn from those around them

We’re looking for a Senior Account Manager to join our team at Leo Burnett

Specific, we’ll need your help with:

• End to end development and delivery of big, TTL campaigns
• Expanding and pushing our work to channels and formats; social, content, activation, tactical/cultural
• Owning the day to day detail and client relationships, with direct counterparts and stretching up to seniors (as appropriate)
• Managing and supporting junior members of the team in their work and development
• Overseeing production costs and fees across your workstreams