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Senior Account Manager

  • Full-time
  • Client Services
  • London

Job Description

The GOOD Agency are looking for a Senior Account Manager to join our Client Services team. This role will be working across commercial and charity clients, delivering a exciting breadth of work, including digital, social, print, video and branding.


Candidates will ideally have a passion for charities, purpose and doing good.


Key Responsibilities:

Client Services -

  • Senior Account Managers at GOOD Agency are a key part of our Client Service Department.
  • You will be responsible for all projects in your account/s, including managing full account budgets, identifying areas for growth, managing monthly and annual forecast
  • Setting high standards, showing diligence, having a keen eye for detail, multitasking, and bringing energy and inspiration to those around you is key.
  • Excellent communication skills both written and verbal are essential – ensuring client satisfaction is maintained throughout a project, understanding their pressure


Business Development -

  • Our SAMs proactively seek and identify organic business development opportunities within existing client portfolio, and may also be required to work on pitches outside of their usual client remit.
  • Ensure delivery targets are met and projects delivered profitably
  • Involvement in pitches for both new and potential clients


Project Management -

  • Manage projects to ensure that they are delivered on time, within budget and exceed expectations
  • Follow process and structure for ensuring clients projects are monitored in line with reporting requirements
  • Communicate your clients’ needs to the Planning and Creative teams, ensuring the written brief is of a high standard
  • Identify potential issues ahead of time and prevent them from affective delivery
  • Coordinate internal and external teams to deliver client work on time and in budget.


Team Support & Administration -

  • Manage the account budget, escalating any concerns
  • Financial management on your accounts, including invoicing, billing schedules, and budget management and forecast updates
  • Ensure your team understand their role/s in projects, and manage their time sheeting in a timely manner
  • Manage forecasts monthly and annually
  • Responsible for coaching and mentoring AEs and support in managing their diaries, workload, prioritisation, and administration.


Direct reports -

  • Account Manager
  • Account Executive

Knowledge / Skills & Requirements

Knowledge Skills -

  • The Senior Account Manager will have a passion for charities, purpose and doing good.
  • Understand the sectors we work in and the products we offer
  • Strong attention to detail is essential
  • Excellent communication skills both written and verbal
  • Project management/ highly organised
  • Relationship management – internally and externally
  • Ability to manage multiple client projects


Experience & Qualifications -

  • Experience of working in an integrated agency, working on a range of accounts.
  • Direct Marketing
  • Delivering digital projects and multi-channel campaigns
  • Candidates will ideally come with charity or purpose background, and have integrated experience working on a range of accounts, with strong direct & integrated marketing skills, including delivering digital projects and multi-channel campaigns end to end.

Benefits

GOOD People 


  • 25 days holiday allowance per year and we close the office between Christmas and New Year. 
  • A day off for your birthday 
  • Hybrid working, 3 days in the office and 2 from home 
  • Pension scheme 
  • Enhanced Maternity - up to 26 weeks full pay dependent on length of service 
  • Enhanced Paternity - up to 4 weeks full pay dependent on length of service 
  • Personal development: Contribution for work related and non-work related training 
  • Cycle to work scheme & season ticket loan 
  • Employee Ownership, offering a tax free annual bonus dependent on company targets being met 

 

GOOD Support 


  • Employee Assistance Programme: Medicash 
  • Health plan – includes cash back on a range of medical and alternative therapy costs, virtual GP and prescription service 
  • 24/7 unlimited counselling support 
  • Discount gym and health club memberships 
  • Confidential access to Self Space, mental health counselling service for 3 sessions per year 
  • Mental Health First Aiders  
  • Sector leading IVF, domestic abuse, menopause and carer policies  
  • Independent Financial Advice Clinics 
  • Quiet, private room in office for prayer and breastfeeding 

 

GOOD Giving 


  • 2 days for volunteering and activism per year 
  • Charitable Giving (GAYE) 
  • Individual Fundraising match funding scheme 

 

The GOOD Stuff 


  • Breakfast provided on days in office  
  • Spud Club lunch on Wednesdays 
  • Weekly drinks in office  
  • GOOD Times & Belonging team organise regular socials, speakers and outings 
  • Early finish on last Friday of every month 
  • GOOD Egg – a celebration of staff every month  
  • Local discounts with Bankside Buzz Card