Senior Account Executive
LIFESTYLE SENIOR ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE
We are looking to hire a new Senior Account Executive to join our growing lifestyle team in M&C Saatchi Fabric. You’ll be experienced across PR, social and lifestyle big brands with a collaborative and creative mindset. This is a great opportunity for someone who wants to flex their PR/lifestyle experience whilst working across some truly exciting big brands.
The Role
As a Senior Account Executive on the Lifestyle team, you provide a strong foundation for your account team, ensuring that campaigns are run as efficiently and professionally as possible.
You are the key support on the account, responsible for assisting AMs and ADs throughout the process. You have a proactive and diligent approach.
Requirements:
- PR, campaign, and influencer experience
- Strong knowledge of the media, social media, and digital landscapes
- Love of youth culture, pop culture and an ear to the ground for the latest trends
- First class communication skills, including document writing and presentations
Job Specification:
Ensuring that the foundations of your accounts are run effectively, providing first class administrative support
Running press office and influencer activity competently and driving coverage
Lead seeding initiatives
Involved in creative and strategic discussions
Approach:
A highly dedicated and passionate member of the team with a keenness to learn – initiative and proactivity are key
Have a thorough knowledge of the client and their product (be a product guru)
Proactively supporting more senior members of the team and have a sense of responsibility and accountability for your work
Immerse yourself in your accounts, showing a keenness to learn and a passion for the business
Go above and beyond to demonstrate your commitment to your accounts and to push yourself towards new achievements
Administrative:
Take ownership of essential administrative tasks and deliver them to a high standard
Take the initiative with managing the day-to-day team administration (e.g. status docs printed before calls, all docs from clients saved on the system, meeting rooms booked etc.)
Take responsibility for managing regular account tasks (e.g., reporting, coverage documents, status reports, ensuring folders are kept well organised etc.)
Creativity and Industry Insight:
Offer ideas and contribute to brainstorms – show interest and proactivity
Keep your team updated with any brand activity, creative executions, media news and related topics
Media Management:
A thorough understanding of the media landscape and a broad knowledge of media titles including knowing contacts by name and keeping abreast of client relevant target features
Build relationships with key media and keep an extensive contacts book
Take pride in reporting and presenting media coverage
Drive editorial coverage and opportunities
Continually monitor media for all client coverage, competitor activity and articles of interest
Social and Digital:
Demonstrate a thorough understanding of social media platforms and the digital landscape
Have a deep knowledge of social media influencers
Monitor both client and competitor channels on a regular basis
Conduct research for client or new business campaigns where appropriate
Campaign Execution:
Support your AMs and ADs by undertaking essential everyday tasks and responsibilities
Become experienced in producing essential event and campaign documents alongside your AMs
Approach practical tasks with a ‘make it happen’ attitude and explore all routes to deliver requests from your team
Client Services:
Show genuine interest in your clients’ business
Respond promptly to client requests - keep the client informed if there is going to be a delay
Flag anything that may be of interest to your client – competitor activity, news relating to brand ambassadors, media insights etc.
About Us
M&C Saatchi Sport & Entertainment creates change for brands by making them culturally relevant in people’s passions. We forge enduring connections between brands and consumers through their love of sport, entertainment and culture.
Our clients include, adidas, Amstel, Ballantine’s, Barclaycard, Barclays, Dreams, Heineken, Jameson, Kia, Old El Paso, UEFA Women’s Euro England 2022, Virgin Media O2 and WHOOP. With offices in London, Amsterdam, Berlin, Sydney, New York and Johannesburg, a team of specialists deliver the agency’s core disciplines across sport, entertainment and lifestyle, including sponsorship consultancy, rights amplification, PR, branded content creation & experiential production.
Our work has been awarded across the board, including seventh-time Agency of the Year at the Sport Industry Awards and two-time large Agency of the Year at the UK Sponsorship Awards. The agency is driven by the philosophy of ‘Brutal Simplicity of Thought’, which has been the M&C Saatchi (UK) Group’s mantra since birth: simple messages are the most powerful, making Brutal Simplicity of Thought more valid today than ever before.
M&C Saatchi Sport & Entertainment sits within the M&C Saatchi Group. Beyond this, the M&C Saatchi global network spans 23 countries with major hubs in the UK, Europe, Middle East & Africa, Asia and Australia.
At M&C Saatchi Fabric
M&C Saatchi Fabric are a creative comms agency working with some of the world’s biggest brands developing campaigns that are at the cutting edge of culture. Clients include adidas, Reebok, Sky Showtime, Lego and Bowers & Wilkins. We are looking for a Senior Account Executive to join the growing team.
What we offer
For the right candidate, we will offer a competitive salary and benefits package which includes private healthcare, private dental cover, employer contributory pension, life assurance and income protection. We also offer a host of benefits that support wellbeing including subsided gym membership, whilst our commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion sees us offer inclusive bank holidays, learning opportunities around DE&I, targeted mentoring programmes and the opportunity to participate in a number of active Employee Led Networks and associated events. Finally, this role will be supported with all the necessary personal development required to set someone up for success.
The M&C Saatchi Group UK has pledged its commitment to create a company that values difference, with an inclusive culture brought to life through equity with an 18-month roadmap of business-wide activity across people, culture, industry, and society. As part of this, M&C Saatchi Group continues to be an Equal Opportunity Employer which does not and shall not discriminate, celebrates diversity and bases all hiring and promotion decisions solely on merit, without regard for any personal characteristics.
All employee information is kept confidential according to General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
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- Group company
- M&C Saatchi Sport & Entertainment UK
- Locations
- Soho, London
- Remote status
- Hybrid Remote
Soho, London
About M&C Saatchi Group
M&C Saatchi Group was founded in 1995 and is now the biggest Independent creative agency group in the World. Founded on one core principle, Brutal Simplicity.
Senior Account Executive
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