Senior Account Manager

An award-winning boutique agency is looking for a Senior Account Manager/ Account Director to join a successful and effective team. Working with an impressive client base across climate change, global health, and agriculture on activity across ethically and socially responsible business practices.
 
The role – you will work independently, lead a team, and take some of the workload off the Founder/Director depending on the scope of the work from the client. Therefore, client management and relationship-building skills are essential to the role. You will work across a wide variety of activities from research and writing to advocacy campaigns and engagement and training workshops to strategic communications and message development. Being part of a small team with a big voice will allow you to carve out your place in the agency, writing compelling stories with the power to make a difference. The work is centered around corporate communications, campaign design, messaging, planning, and on-selling (when the time is right). You will engage with your audience with information, advocating and creating partnerships where suitable

*You will also be able to identify, nurture and win new business for the agency.*
 
The person – you need to have more than an interest in ethical and social responsibility it really needs to be a passion and something that is important to you.

• 5+ years experience working in an agency with a focus on corporate comms, political, economic, or sustainability communications. 
• Be comfortable working autonomously with a can-do and get on attitude.
• Be involved in the business from a senior perspective aiding the Director and easing the workload.
• Have experience across the full suite of communications and have the ambition to remain hands-on. Working in a small team you will not be able to focus on just one area of communications such as planning or strategy, this will be part of the role but not the sole focus.
• Creative thinker to find an angle to reach your audience, communicate to them in a convincing and confident manner.
• Accountable to your clients or line manager, responsive and results-driven for the clients.
• Understanding of how the world works and open to the endless possibilities of change.
• Storytelling, finding the “in” the angle to write content that is compelling and will engage with the audience bringing the story to life.

 
This role is a remote, work-from-home opportunity, but you need to be based in the UK. You need to be able to get to London on occasion to meet with clients and media (when lockdown restrictions allow). AGENCY background is essential with a track record of identifying new business and pitching. 
 
If you are interested in the role, please email natalie@dmcgglobal.com
If you do not receive a response within 5 working days, you have not been successful with your application. You must have the right to work in the UK, this agency cannot provide work visas.