Job Description
ACCOUNT MANAGER - PRECIS
Reference LON0508-PAM01

ACCOUNT MANAGER - PRECIS

SUMMARY OF BENEFITS

Competitive package

PURPOSE OF THE ROLE:

The Account Manager looks after all account-handling duties. These include liaison with clients and analysts by telephone and face-to-face, as well as the production of our media analysis reports. In addition, the individual will contribute to the ongoing and ad-hoc business development projects or related activities as required.

WHAT MAKES THIS ROLE UNIQUE?

Millward Brown Precis is a leading-edge, international media content analysis company offering evaluation services to a wide range of blue-chip clients. We produce business reports on our clients’ media coverage, for target audiences ranging from communications staff to company boards. We have a unique opportunity for an enthusiastic individual to work in our London office, servicing prestigious client accounts. Your work is likely to include automotive clients as well as other industries, such as utilities and financial services.

ESSENTIAL KNOWLEDGE SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE, AND BEHAVIOUR
  • Experience of managing a portfolio of client relationships including meetings, presentations, and pitches.
  • First-class communication skills: this requirement includes verbal communication and personal presentation, necessary for your dealings with clients and colleagues.
  • Excellent report-writing skills: this requirement includes first-rate written English, spelling, and grammar.
  • Strong organisational and time-management skills: you will be able to manage your own workload and to meet both regular and ad-hoc deadlines.
  • Professional approach to both back-office and client-facing duties. This includes enthusiasm for managing and exceeding the expectations of demanding corporate clients, together with a willingness to complete all tasks to a high standard.
  • Line management: you will in due course have the opportunity to take on responsibility for a junior colleague. Support and training are given with this.
  • Good team/company worker: you will be reliable and conscientious, displaying a can-do attitude and positive approach to tasks or challenges, in addition to your dealings with team-workers and all other colleagues. You will be keen to develop skills relevant to your work here and to continuously improve in your role.
  • Unflinching attention to detail.
  • Good IT literacy: while technical IT knowledge is not required, you will be comfortable using standard PC applications such as Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, and you will be able to learn quickly how to operate our in-house database systems.

    • KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES - What will you actaully be doing?
  • All account-handling duties. These include liaison with clients and analysts by telephone and face-to-face, as well as the production of our media analysis reports.
  • Contribution to ongoing and ad-hoc business development projects or related activities as required.
  • Assistance on request with any other aspects of our business at account-handling level.

    • HOW WILL I FIT IN?

    We offer a friendly, open, and very supportive work environment, where contributions from staff at any level in the business are welcomed. In return we expect hard work, competence, and dedication. The ideal candidate will be comfortable managing the account-handling process. You will also enjoy the role’s focus upon report-writing using our in-house database system. Future opportunities for more senior client contact, new business development, and career progression will depend only upon the calibre and contribution of the successful candidate.

    HOW TO APPLY

    1) Please send your CV, together with a covering letter and a short response to a topic (see below). Please note:

    a) Your covering letter must explain how you meet our key personal requirements. This will assist us in selecting candidates for interview. Please outline what makes you suitable for this particular position.

    b) You must indicate your salary expectations in the letter. We will consider higher salaries for applicants with very relevant work experience or transferable skills. Please explain your position in the letter.

    2) Your letter and CV must be accompanied by a short passage (no more than 400 words) on the following topic: “Within any industry sector of your choice, which company might benefit most from media evaluation, and which might benefit least?”

    Your application may be sent by email or post, but we prefer email, as this simplifies our recruiting process. Please note that due to the anticipated response, we cannot enter into correspondence about the job at this stage, and we are only able to reply to successful candidates.

    Closing Date for Applications : Friday 29th August 2008

    CONTACT DETAILS:

    a. Application by email (preferred) to Diana Shepherd at diana.shepherd@uk.mbprecis.com. Mark the subject field Account Manager-Precis

    b. Application by post to: Diana Shepherd (Ref. Account Manager-Precis), Millward Brown Precis, 24-28 Bloomsbury Way, London, WC1A 2PX

    Please note that if you apply by email or provide an email address on your CV, we will send all correspondence by email.

    THE SELECTION PROCESS

    • Successful applicants will be invited to a first interview, at which you will also be required to sit some short, straightforward selection tests to assess your written and numerical skills.
    • Applicants meeting our criteria at this stage will be invited to a second interview, after which a decision on the offer would normally be made. Where further discussion is required, however, we may request applicants to attend a third interview.
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