http://www.thedrum.co.uk/jobs/rss/ 08 February 2012 16:04:06 +0000 http://www.thedrum.co.uk/jobs/details/35019/Account%2520Manager%2520.html A new opportunity has arisen for a new Account Manager within this marketing agency based in the centre of Leeds. On the back of a new client win they are looking for an experienced Account Manager with a strong retail/FMCG background. Reporting into an Account Director and managing an Account Executive role, this role will see you play an integral part in developing this new account. You'll be fully proficient in managing creative briefs from concept to completion and will be used to working directly with clients - strong communication skills are a must. The role requires a confident individual who is a real team player, and a good communicator with excellent interpersonal skills and possessing proven ability to work to tight deadlines and under pressure. The role needs someone who is not just a competent account handler who can handle projects from brief to completion, it requires someone who can work with the AD on much larger accounts, offer strategic insight and manage junior members of the team. 08 February 2012 16:04:30 +0000 http://www.thedrum.co.uk/jobs/details/35018/Retail%2520Account%2520Director%2520.html My client is a highly rated retail marketing agency based in Leeds. A new client win has resulted in the need for an Account Director to head up this UK leading brand. A high profile role in what is a leading agency and a business that continues to be a talking point within the industry, this opportunity will see the successful candidate joining a motivated and highly creative team with one aim – and that is to be the best in the industry at what they do. With a brand lead approach they are an award winning team that has a first class creative output. Our client is looking for a proven strategic marketer who has a track record of delivery on the agency side. A mix of client experience would be preferred but what is more important is your ability to develop your clients through offering a first class service and industry leading creative and strategy. Candidates who have experience of working within a creative agency and are looking to work for one of the best in the north should in the first instance call Dan Kittle at Better Placed to discuss the role and requirement in more detail. 16 January 2012 10:10:09 +0000 http://www.thedrum.co.uk/jobs/details/34442/Junior%2520Product%2520Manager.html Junior Product Manager Northumberland. £16-£18k Our client is a well established Product Design and Development organisation who are currently seeking a Junior Product Manager with a passion for strategic marketing to join their team. The ideal candidate for this role is a creative marketer with the ability to think strategically, who would have the confidence to deal directly with large scale retail-led clients. Key Attributes Excellent project management skills Creative flair Excellent attention to detail Strong analytical skills Team player with the ability to take full responsibility for projects Confident communicator Useful Extras Experience of range management Experience of dealing with large customers Main Responsibilities 1)Product management for the Packaging, Equipment, Books and Banding Catalogue ranges. This will include research, NPD, promotional activity, range management and performance analysis. 2)Day-to-day contact for clients (under the direction of the account handler). 3)NPD / ongoing administration for Marketing and branding projects. Great remuneration on offer to attract the best candidates. So if you're looking for Marketing jobs in the North East, this could be your ideal opportunity. Click apply to find out more. Due to the high volume of candidates responding to our adverts we are not always able to provide feedback on your application. If you hear nothing from us in 5 days please assume you have been unsuccessful on this occasion. Your details will be kept on file and you may be contacted about other... 03 February 2012 10:10:32 +0000 http://www.thedrum.co.uk/jobs/details/34844/Senior%2520Account%2520Director.html Ready for a Sharp move? Ambitious? Creative? Zesty? Favourite colour yellow?! 
If this sounds like you, we’d love you to join our growing team. We are an agency that generates ideas in a pioneering way with our CoCreative methodology, and we need ambitious creative thinkers to help make even more big things happen for our clients. Senior Account Director We are looking for a dynamic, ambitious individual who could be our MD in a few years. The successful candidate will be an intuitive integrator with detailed knowledge of all marketing disciplines, including digital. He or she will be a charismatic team player with outstanding leadership skills coupled with confident presentation skills and sound commercial acumen. How To Apply To apply, please email a one page CV to Zac at zac@thesharpagency.co.uk www.thesharpagency.co.uk 03 February 2012 09:09:42 +0000 http://www.thedrum.co.uk/jobs/details/34817/Senior%2520Account%2520Manager.html Senior Account Manager – Bristol, to £35k (depending on experience) Bray Leino is a UK top 20 integrated communications group with energetic businesses spanning advertising, digital, 3D spaces, media, direct response, training and PR. More than 300 people work here across sites in London, Filleigh, Bristol, Chester and Edinburgh, serving a wide range of national and international businesses. The role Supported by an Account Exec, we’re looking for a Senior Account Manager to join our Bristol team to be the first point of contact for the client and to build and maintain strong client working relationships. You’ll be a seasoned Account handler with agency experience working within the direct and digital arena and be responsible for ensuring all client projects are handled effectively and have a track record in working with for Blue Chip brands (especially Financial Services). You’ll understand and be involved in formulating your Client’s strategy – whilst still ensuring that you maintain a high level of day to day delivery. Once concepts have been bought into by the client, you’ll handle and traffic artwork with the relevant creative resource and work closely with the production director to manage our creative product through the studio. We’re looking for someone with impeccable organisational skills to manage a budget, Line manage an Account Executive, ensure deadlines are met, deliver projects and provide an excellent service to our clients. The rewards We offer a competitive salary and benefits package, with outstanding... 02 February 2012 12:12:17 +0000 http://www.thedrum.co.uk/jobs/details/34807/Account%2520Manager.html Our client is a small but perfectly formed creative agency based in South Manchester. Following the expansion of an existing account, they are seeking an Account Manager to join the team. To be considered for this role, it is essential that you are fluent in French (both written and spoken) and that you are comfortable using the language on a daily basis to communicate with clients. You'll need to be able to interpret creative briefs and to then follow through their development to production. The agency is fully integrated and we'd like to talk to existing integrated Account Managers or Senior Account Executives who are ready for their next step. You'll be able to work across the marketing mix on everything from advertising and SP to digital and DM. The agency is easily accessible in South Manchester and it's a very friendly and sociable team. The work is very creative and the agency work with some lovely consumer based clients. To find out more, please contact Fiona Christian ASAP. 02 February 2012 10:10:21 +0000 http://www.thedrum.co.uk/jobs/details/34803/Sales%2520Manager.html Quantum is looking for an experienced Sales Manager to drive sales performance within two small businesses. This is a fantastic opportunity to help in the growth of these businesses by quickly creating new sales contacts and increasing business. This is an extremely rounded and varied sales job giving you an opportunity to be creative and formulate your own work plan. To be successful, you will be passionate, creative and have a desire to meet and exceed targets. Previous B2B field sales experience is necessary and you will ideally have sold to retailers, hotels and/or leisure based organisations. You must have excellent sales and negotiation skills, be able to demonstrate ambition, enthusiasm, determination and be able to work on deadlines without supervision. In addition to all of the above, you will be given a company lap top and mobile telephone and can be offered the flexibility to work from home should this suit you. Because this is a field based role you should have your own transport as you will need to be able to travel between sites. This role can be based anywhere in the central belt of Scotland. Should this exciting opportunity be of interest to you please contact Rosie Cant at Quantum by sending your updated CV to marketing@quantumpeople.com quoting reference number RJC1202-4. Salary up to Circa £23,000 per annum with OTE of £30,000 per annum. 36.25 hours per week with 33 days holiday. NOTE TO CANDIDATES: Our client has a strict brief to be filled re: this vacancy and it is essential that you fulfil the criteria as outlined... 01 February 2012 12:12:54 +0000 http://www.thedrum.co.uk/jobs/details/34774/Account%2520Director.html Our client is a leading global integrated agency and following continued growth and new account wins, they are seeking an Account Director to join the team. You will work on one of the agency's flagship accounts which is in the B2B sector and we are looking for someone who has proven and established skills at the Senior Account Manager level and who is looking to step up to the challenge of Account Director. The account is fully integrated and will encompass advertising, DM and an increasing amount of digital campaign management too. To find out more, please contact Fiona Christian as soon as possible 30 January 2012 17:05:56 +0000 http://www.thedrum.co.uk/jobs/details/34729/Account%2520Executive.html This leading marketing services agency, are looking for a highly experienced marketing professional to work on site with a prestigious client in this new role which has come about due to expansion. The key purpose of the role is to deliver profitable, efficient and professional marketing services advice/support to the client/creative agency. The main duties of the role will include: working closely with the Account Director to manage clients' expectations; co-ordinating the end to end production process; developing the client relationship and ensuring account profitability. In order to deliver in this role, the ideal candidate will have an account management background with proven experience of direct mail/campaign management and exposure to POS. You will have the ability to liaise with the client both face to face and over the phone. The ideal candidate for this role will presently work in a direct marketing/direct response/campaign /POS agency, working with blue chip clients in the retail sector, or have had previous experience in a similar role. We're open minded to client side or agency biased candidates but what is non-negotiable is that you are a true expert in DM/POS. Additionally you will be technically compenetant as part of the recruitment process will be the completeion of a technically based questionaire. The client are not interested in purist print production people, you must be a marketing services professional to be considered. The client would like someone who is a self-starter, highly ambitious, and very successful in their present role so if you... 30 January 2012 11:11:24 +0000 http://www.thedrum.co.uk/jobs/details/34714/Marketing%2520Executive.html Scottish Enterprise is Scotland's main economic development agency, funded by the Scottish Government. Our mission is to help the businesses of Scotland succeed. In doing so, we aim to build a world-class economy. The role involves the development and implementation of marketing plans which support SE’s work in growing globally competitive key sectors in Scotland As a Marketing Executive within the SE marketing team, the successful applicant will be responsible for Energy and Low Carbon and Life Sciences Sectors. The role involves working with our sector strategy and operations teams to develop marketing plans for the sectors, as well as ensuring successful implementation and delivery, on time and within budget. This is an exciting opportunity for a committed, enthusiastic executive who would relish the opportunity to work in these dynamic and fast growing sectors as an integral member of the SE marketing team. Key Responsibilities The post will cover the full spectrum of marketing activities; from marketing planning through to implementation across multiple channels but with specific focus on partnership working, events, digital marketing and social media. Minimum Criteria - Marketing degree or equivalent - Can demonstrate strategic thinking - Ability to communicate concisely and persuasively. - Good project management skills - Capability to deliver quality work to agreed deadlines. - Ability to manage significant budgets. - Creativity. - Digital marketing experience including use of Social media - Previous experience within a... 27 January 2012 11:11:35 +0000 http://www.thedrum.co.uk/jobs/details/34663/Data%2520Planner.html Our client is a leading global agency who have a key client account based in Manchester. We're looking for an established Data Planner to come on board for a 12 month contract (initially) and to work on-site at the key client - a top financial services business. To be considered for this role, we are ideally looking for agency experience and someone who has held the role of Data Planner previously. We need someone who lives and breathes data and is an expert in profiling and segmentation. You will work closely with the client in the design and development of their direct marketing activity. You'll be responsibility for campaign management and reporting and building campaign results and insight generated into optimising future campaigns. We do need a good level of statistical knowledge and ability and you will have experience in either Excel, Access or SAS so that you can manipulate data to extract and extrapolate results. You will work closely with the data analytics team to define segmentation and ensure data efficiency is maximised. To find out more, please contact Fiona Christian ASAP. Salary will be dependent upon relevant experience. 26 January 2012 12:12:24 +0000 http://www.thedrum.co.uk/jobs/details/34646/Traffic%2520Manager%2F%2520Production%2520Coordinator.html An international print, reprographics and packaging organisation with an array of big brand name clients is on the look out for an experienced Traffic Manager/Production Controller to join their established team. The Traffic Manager will be expected to liaise with the account management team on all existing and forthcoming projects. As the Production Coordinator you will be expected to uphold and develop client relationships and ensure consistent quality of work is produced at all times. Key responsibilities will be to manage work flow/ traffic for all production departments, quality control, internal communications, and training/recruiting staff ensuring to meet and manage client expectations at all times. The perfect applicant will have a minimum of two years experience in a similar field and have worked in either production project management or account management, excellent communication and organisation skills and a confident hand’s on approach. Ideally the Traffic Manager/ Production Controller will have packaging experience and have worked in a print/reprographics environment. Does this sound like the role for you? If so get in touch with Klara on 0121 355 0955 or email your CV to klara@afselection.co.uk