The Account Manager is the driving force behind our daily client work, the ultimate plate spinner that knows our clients’ projects better than anyone and keeps every element of delivery to time, to task and to budget. Key responsibilities of the role focus on:
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Operational Planning & Execution
The Account Manager will kick off their time at OBE London with managing multiple projects for one of the agency’s biggest and high-profile clients, Nike. From large scale campaigns to smaller bespoke experiential activations in a wide range of settings across Running, Training, Retail and more. They will lead project teams containing specialist expertise, most commonly in event production. On occasions the role carries executional responsibilities, requiring a more hands-on approach to support operational delivery.
The Account Manager is the lynchpin between the client and the wider project delivery team, working closely with their colleagues to manage experiential campaigns and ensure they are delivered in line with the client spec. A multi skilled individual and an exceptional administrator with a head for figures, the Account Manager has the ability to react to different client requirements and the needs of the team.
The Account Manager is responsible for ensuring that work is being delivered to client expectation and that everything is running as expected at all times.
On a day-to-day basis, the Account Manager works collaboratively and creatively with colleagues and the client in order to deliver high quality campaigns. Fresh thinking is part of our DNA, to bring disruptive and innovative ideas to all of our campaigns and Account Managers play an important role in the process of creative solutions for our client work.
The Account Manager has a high-level understanding of their clients, their brand and the space in which they operate. This allows the role to strategically advise our clients as part of our service offer.