Senior Account Executive

Main Duties:

• Meeting clients to discuss their advertising needs and their campaign requirements.
• Managing a team of Junior Account Executives, including training them, handing tasks over to them and following up on their account.
• Negotiating with clients time-scales, solving any problems and making sure deadlines are met.
• Presenting campaign ideas and cost plans to clients.
• Keeping in contact with the client at all stages of the campaign and Checking and reporting on the campaign's progress to the client.
• Handling amendments demanded from the client.
• Delivering final products for review, assessment, and confirmation.
• Managing the account's budget and invoicing the client.
• Supplying the client with the Agency needed information and handling the registration process if requested.
• Following up on the invoice collection with the clients

Account Management-Oriented Responsibilities:

• Briefing the “Art & Design Department” colleagues who will be co-handling the client/job.
• Working with “Art & Design Department” colleagues to devise a campaign that meets the client's brief and budget.
• Coordinating with the finance department the needed financial papers and procedures related to the client job.
• Report writing to the department manager about the progress of a certain client or job if requested.
• Staff supervision; production personnel who will handle jobs that need executing in print houses or independent third parties.
• Making 'pitches' to win new business