Account Lead - Creative Services

Account Lead (Creative)

Reading / Hybrid ways of working

12 month contract

Looking for an opportunity to work in-house for a leading brand?

My client is building something special - their own an in-house agency that is going to re-energise the brand and take their marketing effort to new heights.

We are looking for a highly personable, pro-active personality who is passionate about creative and understands that solutions are sometimes found in the least obvious places.

This role will be central to the success of the IHA's creative projects, ensuring everyone is clear on their roles and responsibilities at all times. The right candidate will 'lead from the middle' - bringing calm, authoritative discipline to the creative process and commanding respect from colleagues and internal customers at all levels. They will manage the expectations and inputs of internal customers, while coordinating multi-disciplined teams to ensure the highest possible standard of work is achieved smartly and efficiently.

The Role will be exciting, working with like-minded creatives, but will need you to be confident around

• Setting up account management processes
• Plan and manage projects - Day to day management of briefs
• Team Management - lead a team of Account Managers
• Defining roles, and responsibilities, setting a clear strategy
• Interface with - Creative Director, Design Head and Operations Lead
• Commercial accountability - what type of costs?

We are looking for someone who has worked in a similar role like this before, either from an agency or in-house background.

Key Requirements

• Proven track record managing multi-channel creative campaigns.
• Brilliant commercial tracking.
• Experience in driving forward big ideas and working with stakeholders, creative people and producers in implementing them.
• An in-depth knowledge of the creative and design process as well as an interest and understanding of the production process.
• Ability to take and interpret creative briefs
• Can read and translate media schedules in order to know how to service the creative process.

If you would like to be considered, please apply here. We will be in touch for a further chat should your background and experience match this requirement.

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