Sauce Communications and our Lifestyle & Brands Team have an exciting new role for a Senior Account Manager to join and lead on several exciting FMCG Client Accounts. This is a hybrid role, based in Shepherds Bush with great salary and benefits! PR Agency experience is a must as is exposure to luxury clients or FMCG Clients.
This role will report to the Head of Brands/Associate Director and will support driving profitable implementation of strategies and activities agreed with clients. It will also be vital to ensure we deliver brilliant activations & get great coverage.
Roles and Responsibilities:
PR Strategy & Agency Business:
- Maintain senior level media relationships to ensure placement in key media and continue to develop a strong network of media contacts to ensure top coverage for our clients.
- Working with Founders & MD to develop a business strategy to drive revenue growth for Sauce, building on the existing portfolio of accounts through both organic growth and new client wins.
- Advocating a ‘client-first’ approach, blending agency-wide talents to deliver against client briefs; and delivering stand out campaigns and service.
- Keep abreast and in touch with key industry news, talent, and contacts.
Client Relations:
- Demonstrating sector and client business knowledge to deliver strategic client counsel & customer delight.
- Create and implement a strategy to build engagement with clients, to help protect existing revenue; identify growth opportunities; and partner with new clients / projects.
- Keep oversight on all client budgets and financials.
- Attend quarterly client review meetings and maintain senior contact as appropriate per client.
- Ensure timely contract renewal conversations planned and managed with key clients.
- Represent the company at key external events - to support new business initiatives and to recruit top talent.
- Support the career-pathing and overall team management and line- management of Account Directors and other levels where relevant.
- Act as senior ambassador for Sauce at all times.
- Diarise and lead monthly AD meetings to share figures, business challenges and opportunities.
- Support Founders and MD with overall team building / best ways of working initiatives.
Competencies:
- Strong PR Agency experience within a fast paced tea,
- Exposure to either of the following: Lifestyle, FMCG, Restaurants
- Ability to gain great coverage and has strong relationships with Journalists to gain said coverage
- Communicate in respectful and thoughtful manner