What are the responsibilities and job description for the Account Manager (UK) position at Vested?
OVERVIEW
Vested is a fast-growing integrated communications agency focused on the financial services space. One of the top 5 largest financial agencies worldwide, Group Vested is comprised of notable companies, including tech platform Qwoted, marcomms networking community Financial Narrative, Vested Ventures, Red Lab (digital and dev studio), and more.
With over 100 employees around the world - New York, London, Toronto, and more - Vested is revolutionizing what a PR & Communications firm can be. Named one of the Best Places to Work in PR, Vested aims to be the most valuable brand in financial communications.
Vested Account Managers are responsible for leading the day-to-day delivery of integrated programs by ensuring that client strategies and tactics are executed on-time, on budget, and to the Vested standard. Account Managers deliver results for their clients, manage junior team members, collaborate with senior members of the agency, and act as a primary point of contact for their clients on a daily basis.
Account Managers may have varying day-to-day responsibilities based on their assigned accounts and the client team needs. Each client team has a Roles and Responsibilities document that outlines each team member’s core role, which may shift and evolve over the lifecycle of the client account.
RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE (BUT NOT LIMITED TO)
- Ability to provide proactive consultation to the client on integrated marketing and communications methods (paid, owned, earned or shared)
- Ability to lead accounts or large programs while providing direct oversight of junior team members
- Identifying areas of improvement related to client delivery, such as streamlining organizational processes and pursuing further education related to the clients’ business.
- Ability to lead a multi-channel program on behalf of a client
- Ability to craft strong creative, media and brand narratives
- Knowledge of PR, digital marketing and integrated campaigns
- Participating in new business opportunities either as requested or voluntarily
- Build and maintain media lists
- Create, pitch and coordinate news release templates and distribution
- Compile, measure and track metrics across multiple platforms
- Developing strong working relationships with clients as well as Vested team members
- Reviewing work being produced by the team to ensure output is up to Vested standards
- Successfully manages account teams on a daily basis