As an Account Manager, you’ll be the bridge between our clients and the agency, immersing yourself in their brands to deliver exceptional campaigns and projects. You’ll craft media plans, oversee campaign execution, and play a pivotal role in new business pitches. Reporting directly to one of the company directors, you’ll manage 3-4 brands across diverse categories. This role is ideal for someone proactive, ambitious, and eager to build a career in marketing and advertising within a fast-paced, integrated environment. You’ll work closely with Board-level colleagues and senior clients, gaining exposure and insight into high-level decision-making. Growth Opportunities: This is a unique opportunity to join a rapidly growing agency in its infancy. We’re excited about our ambitious 2-5 year growth plan, including achieving BCORP status and a long term ambition to become a 4-day work place. Transparency is key to our culture—when you join us you’ll have full visibility into the company’s performance and direction as we grow together. You'll also have the rare opportunity to shape the future of the company, with the potential to build and lead your own team as the business grows. What you’ll be doing: - Conduct thorough research into clients’ markets, competitors, and target audiences using industry tools and media platforms. - Stay ahead of trends and latest developments, turning them into innovative solutions for our clients. - Deliver outstanding market leading media planning and execution while driving creativity and adopting a disruptive mindset to deliver award-winning campaigns. - Collaborate closely with clients to provide first class service and ensure campaigns align with business objectives and KPIs. - Build and nurture media owner relationships, exploring new opportunities for clients and hosting weekly media owner sessions. - Lead client status updates and reporting calls to ensure campaign excellence. - Execute best-in-class post-campaign analyses for our clients. - Develop and build out a junior team sitting under you, leading on setting out roles and responsibilities for the future team. - Due to the start-up nature, the role will be varied and you’ll play a key role in agency growth. Requirements: - A motivated and willing individual excited to join an independent startup ready to shake up the industry. - As one of the first employees at piqniq, we’ll be expecting you to thrive in a fast paced, challenging environment from day 1. - 3 - 4 years+ experience working within media planning and/or buying, as well as working directly with clients. - A keen awareness of news, trends and industry developments. - Proficiency in the full Microsoft or Google Office Suite (in particular Sheets/Excel, PowerPoint/Slides). - Passionate about delivering innovative, award-worthy work through planning and buying. - Ability to use your leadership skills to work with and through others to deliver shared objectives and drive progress towards outcomes. - Exceptional organisational skills, attention to detail, and multi-tasking abilities. - Experience mentoring or managing junior team members. - Strong ability to build relationships with suppliers and media owners. | piqniq | Greater London | London |£40,000 | Permanent | Full time | 27 January 2025