Our client is a Experiential Marketing Agency who are seeking a strong Senior Account Manager with a proven track record of working for an experiential agency delivering large scale live events.Project Management: 4+ years’ experience of managing experiential and sampling campaigns, including ambient, chilled and frozen products. Also Road Shows, Tours, Sampling Events.3+ years of managing event and experiential event creative and production processesExperience of completing daily, weekly reporting and campaign evaluationTaking ownership over organising all aspects of events and campaignsCompiling all project documentation to a high standard, from staff briefing documents to client reporting filesEstablish and follow a realistic project plan/ time path and obtain approval by clientKeeping in contact with all project stakeholders – being the lead for all parties, ensuring communication is clear and relevantDelivering against agreed time frame and managing suppliers so they deliver – prompts client to ensure they meet their tasksIdentifying and maximising all additional opportunities for client, the firm & 3rd partiesManaging other team members who will be working under their directionCreate online content for events and campaignsBrief and manage staff to complete objectives for projectsWork with staffing team to brief them on campaigns requirements of promotional staff and event managers.Client Management: Ensuring you and your direct reports are managing clients effectivelyResponding to requests from client in timely mannerMaintaining client shared drive – ensuring all data is accurate and currentGenerating creative solutions to meet all stakeholders’ objectivesEnsure quality of budgets, documents, reporting before it is sent to client. Checking team’s work.Ensure documents are in clear and easily understood format.Provide valuable and insightful campaign feedback. Use information to identify opportunities for future.Ability to lead or influence client’s decision by ensuring solid opinion and robust recommendations.New Business: Whilst the Account Director will manage the majority of NBZ, input will be required for pitches.Creating proposals and proactive recommendations to clients with support from AD, generating creative solutions to meet all stakeholders’ objectivesSuppliers and Locations: Come with a wealth of knowledge across suppliers to build a supplier listExperience of researching, negotiating and booking locations with suppliersCreating great relationships with suppliersNegotiating prices and termsEnsuring confidentiality is maintainedDrafting contracts and ensuring a robust paper trail – approval required from ADKeeping up to date with innovations, competitor products and supplier services- e.g. reporting tools. visiting suppliers, checking websites, reading press, attending eventsIdentifying suppliers which would generate savings, add value or a competitive advantageFinance: Ensuring team are gaining 3 supplier quotes. Ensuring all costs are within budget or below budget.Ensuring team have researched all purchases and are the best option.Generating client budgets – with sign off from AD. Ensuring we are providing value to clientEnsuring team are generating GP to meet targetsRaising client invoices using accounting system – sign off with ADEnsuring all costs are within budget and generating additional savings. Ensuring the accounting software is being used.Demonstrating Commercial thinking- smart buyingEnsuring invoicing is being completed correctly. Checking team’s invoices and updating the AD on all budget updates.People Management: Demonstrates good interpersonal skills when working with other staffBe able to manage and communicate well with external promotional staff, providing in-depth briefings to ensure the success of projectsManages weekly status reports, hosting weekly status meetings with line manager to ensure each project runs to briefProactively consults with key departments/suppliers to keep them informed of upcoming workload to ensure timely completion of client projectsBrief creative department with design requirementsListens and shows respect for other points of viewArranges meetings and issues accurate contact reports promptlyTrains new members of the team on internal procedures & programsOffers new ideas and shares suggestions with internal teamManages junior staff and becomes role model for wider teamManages Training & Development of junior line reports (with support from Account Director)Knowledge:Excellent knowledge of UK cities & towns, UK industries and UK Demographic spreadKnowledge of client’s business and sector (e.g. FMCG/ Media sector etc)Generating creative solutions to reaching objectivesExperience of working with production heavy projects, managing the creative process, being responsible for all paperwork including Risk Assessments, Method Statement s and health and safety aspects of the buildKeeping up to date with current consumer trends & good existing knowledge of consumer showsExtensive knowledge of sampling locations, sampling targets, realistic expectations, sponsorship opportunities, exhibitions and other experiential locations