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Account Manager - Imagination
Imagination
We’re looking for an exceptional Account Manager to join one of our most successful client teams at Imagination. We’ve been working with this client for over 3 decades as a long-standing and collaborative partnership.
Working across break-through consumer experiential campaigns, exhibitions, media product launches, presentations or online platform experiences for multiple audiences. In addition to producing and managing such events, you’ll generate content and collateral that has reach and longevity.
Reporting into the Senior Account Director, you will be client facing and will assist in the development, management and delivery of our client’s experiential, PR, Retail and Event projects.
You will be responsible for all aspects of projects including proposal writing, developing timelines, budget management and delivery. Able to effectively manage a portfolio of projects at one time often against tight deadlines and budgets. Strong project management experience with demonstrable success at onsite management and delivery ensuring each project reflects the brief and exceeds client / brand objectives.
You’ll need sufficient experience to take sole responsibility of delivering projects and exhibitions. Strong communication, relationship building and financial management skills are required along with effective client relationship management. Knowledge of the automotive sector and a keen interest and understanding of automotive brands and products is crucial. Relevant experience in auto shows would be advantageous. Strong digital understanding and knowledge are also required in order to hit the ground running. A highly motivated team player with a positive can do attitude and excellent interpersonal skills. International travel will be required in this role for up to 2 weeks away at any one time.
If you’re able to write effective, compelling briefs and presentations and manage large-scale complex budgets please get in touch, we’re looking forward to hearing from you.
- Location:
- London
- Posted date:
- 11/11/2021
UX Designer - HMA
HMA
HMA is looking for a UX designer with a passion for user-centred design to join our award-winning creative agency; supporting our growing client base in health and science with a particular emphasis on tech for good.
Strictly no agencies.
- Location:
- Barnsley, Yorkshire
- Posted date:
- 11/11/2021
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Senior Creative Producer (Maternity Contract) - Imaginatin
Imaginatin
Imagination is a world-leading experience design company founded on the principle of independent creativity. We create experiences that change the status quo, from strategy through to delivery. A fantastic opportunity has arisen for a motivated and enthusiastic Senior Creative Producer to join one of our successful teams working on a 14-month maternity contract. Reporting into Associate Creative Director, we’re looking for someone to play an integral part of the creative team, delivering a variety of projects from live shows and touring activations, to virtual experiences.
- Location:
- London
- Posted date:
- 28/10/2021
Junior Production Manager - Imagination
Imagination
Imagination is a world-leading experience design company founded on the principle of independent creativity. We create experiences that change the status quo, from strategy through to delivery. A fantastic opportunity has arisen for two motivated and enthusiastic Junior Production Managers to join our Live Production department. You’ll be involved across a variety of projects from live shows and touring activations, to virtual experiences. Reporting into the Head of Live Production and relevant Client Portfolio Leads, your curiosity will help us research and develop innovative technical solutions, whilst your rigorous attention to detail will be important in making sure budgets, schedules and safety risks are managed accurately. You will be involved in the entire lifecycle of a project, from briefing meetings and early development, through budgeting, planning, detailed design, fabrication, on site delivery, and post-event debriefs and reconciliation.
- Location:
- London
- Posted date:
- 28/10/2021
Senior Account Manager - Sunhouse Creative
Sunhouse Creative
We are looking for an experienced Senior Account Manager to join the Sunhouse team.
About Us
We are Sunhouse, a positively different brand design agency. We believe in people before egos, creativity before wealth, partners before clients and a smile before work.
Our client roster includes some of the biggest global names in FMCG alongside some of the most exciting, up-and-coming challenger brands around.
We are a highly-creative, hands-on team. We love positive, collaborative people who thrive on getting stuck in and working hard.
About the Position
Where would an agency be without hard-working Senior Account Managers keeping them on point in producing the best possible creative solutions for clients around the globe? Resourceful, proactive and optimistic, they always bring their A-game in managing the finances, planning and delivery of several projects at the same time. With strategic smarts and strong creative sensibilities, they’re able to effectively brief teams and create presentations that ‘WOW” clients. And as an inspiring leader, they show the junior CS team members the ropes, helping to build confidence and skill within the team.
Ideal candidates will have the following:
- Experience: 5+ years with a FMCG packaging-focused brand design agency working at Senior Account Manager level.
- Collaboration: A brilliant collaborator, who loves working closely with clients, senior leads and the studio team at all levels.
- Commercial Understanding & Organisational Savvy: You’ll manage the financial and project planning on several projects, delivering against the Sunhouse processes required to achieve them.
- Strategic Mind: You’ll have it and use it to write informed, creative briefs.
- A Creative Eye: With a deep respect and understanding of design, you’ll have an opinion and be able to express it in a way that supports the creative process, not derails it.
- Attention to Detail: You’ve got high standards and make accuracy and thoroughness a point of integrity.
- Ready for Adventure: Be willing and able to work remotely until the world resets, and after that point be willing and able to travel to client meetings both in the UK and abroad.
Our new Senior Account Manager will receive all the industry-standard perks they’d expect, as well as actual work-life balance in a world-class studio that’s a stone’s throw away from the shores of Cornwall and the mountains of Wales.
Are you ready for something Positively Different?
- Location:
- Bath
- Posted date:
- 27/10/2021
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