Allied Global Marketing is a leading full-service entertainment, culture, and lifestyle-marketing agency. We build strategic campaigns for a diverse range of clients that connect audiences with experiences they love. Our team of experts captures the unique energy of each project with customized strategies that deliver on-target messaging and drive bottom-line results. An integrated approach is supported by our on-the-ground network of 24 offices and over 500 colleagues across the globe, providing resources and relationships that our partners and clients know and trust.

The Agency

Allied Global Marketing is a full-service integrated marketing agency working with the world’s largest entertainment, consumer and lifestyle brands. This role is working on our Brand Experience Team with a focus on experiential marketing and events. To us Experience is Everything. That’s why we craft immersive and captivating ideas that connect at every possible touchpoint – fusing physical, digital, virtual and hybrid. Technology enabled and with intelligent ideas rooted in real human and cultural insights, we turn audiences into advocates.

The Role

We are looking for a talented and ambitious Senior Account Manager to join our team. Are you someone who wants to grow your career with a global and vibrant agency, representing the most iconic brands in the world? If so, then we’d like to hear from you.

Where does this role fit within the overall business? As a Senior Account Manager, you will be overseeing and running some of the agency’s key clients in Dublin. You will need to possess an excellent track record in delivering outstanding campaigns and events in the realm of brand experience while demonstrating an overall level of performance that ensures client and campaign success.

What is the purpose of this role? Managing a number of the agency’s key clients, successfully delivering against clients’ objectives while ensuring an excellent standard of execution and service. We are looking for someone who has strong organizational and interpersonal skills, can handle a fast-paced work environment, and delivers when the pressure is on.

What are the core responsibilities?

1) Campaign Management;

a) Manage new and existing client campaigns from strategy/pitch to implementation.
b) Manage all campaign timelines and implementation plans
c) Continuously liaising with clients/stakeholders to manage expectations
d) Managing all aspects of admin of a client account in a professional and timely manner, ensuring deadlines are clearly managed and met

2) Team Management;

a) Manage team members across various departments – Creative, Production and Staffing
b) Manage a team, ensuring successful delivery of campaigns, time management and deliverables
c) Regular check-ins with senior members of the team

3) Finance;

a) Prepare and manage campaign budgets, ongoing reconciliations with client/suppliers/stakeholders
b) Liaise with suppliers to source and track campaign costs
c) Stick to campaign budget on all campaigns and deliver target GP

4) Client Services;

a) Build strong relationships with your clients, liaising with them on a day-to-day basis
b) Attend client meetings
c) Look for new opportunities with clients

Does this role contribute to other areas of the business?

Current client new business is a consideration in terms of looking at new ways we can work with existing clients to develop a revenue stream and service offering

Intended use of time

Client Account Management 50%: People Performance 20% : Finance 20% : Agency Initiatives 10%

Day to Day Roles:

a) Campaign Logistics and Operations
b) Client Management
c) Supplier Management
d) Prepare quotes for clients
e) Preparing budgets
f) Handling day-to-day campaign queries
g) Attend site visits
h) Client meetings

Candidate Profile

a) 5+ years in an events agency or producing large-scale events
b) Strong financial acumen
c) Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
d) Excellent knowledge of Microsoft Excel/Office/Word
e) Very strong attention to detail
f) In depth knowledge of experiential marketing campaigns/activities
g) Ambitious and looking to learn and personally develop

Location

We are based in Dublin but operate a hybrid working model. We have the infrastructure to allow our team to collaborate in a variety of ways. We do encourage our team to come into the office at least 2-3 day a week but are always flexible with people.

Salary

Commensurate with experience.

Allied Global Marketing is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, veteran status, or any other status protected under federal, state or local law. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements.

Senior Account Manager, Experiential & Events

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