Senior Account Executive

Location: Greater London

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** Agency :
** Havas Play
** Job Description :
** HAVAS PLAY

Job Title:

Senior Account Executive

Reports To:

Account Manager / Senior Account Manager Role Summary Senior Account Executive (SAE) role that sits within the Account Management Team at Havas Play. An integrated role spanning sponsorship activation, rights holder management, experiential and events, as well as an understanding of digital content, media and comms.

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Purpose of RoleSAE is a key role in the day to day running of the account. It is the responsibility of the SAE tosupport the AM/SAM with the smooth running of the account & managing other AEs and Interns within the team.

It is important for the SAE to build positive working relationships with the core team & other agency divisions (strategy, creative & social). On top of internal relationships, the SAE but also build a day to day relationship with the client, who see them as a vital member of the team

The SAE role requires strong- interpersonal skill, managing the demands of both clients, rights holders, suppliers and agency contacts – collecting and prioristising requests and actions.

Key Responsibilities As an SAE, you should be confident in all of the areas laid out below:

Account management:
* Ability to support on multiple accounts and can prioritise designated actions, keeping the team updated on progress
* Develop skills in remaining positive and effective whilst under pressure.* ‘Prepare’ and ‘follow-up’ are your mantras - make sure you’re supporting the team
* getting ahead, and clear on what is required to do next.

Writing and Presentation

Skills:

* Be developing strong writing skills to be used across status reports, meeting notes and client presentations as well as internal documents such as briefs & case studies.
* Have a keen eye for detail and ensure all written work is delivered to a high standard of quality
* You should be able to communicate clearly and concisely both verbally and in writing throughout internal and client-facing comms

Approach, Initiative & problem solving:
* Be positive, proactive and solution-driven – support your AM in finding solutions and helping them to stay one step ahead
* Take ownership and show accountability for your actions, knowing how they support the wider team & project

Relationships:
* Establish a good relationship with your client
* Build solid day-to-day working relationships with your account teams & the wider
* teams within the agency
* Start to develop relationships with external contacts/suppliers and invest time into these to maximise opportunities
* Start to manage up. Supporting your AM in the running of the account but helping to manage their time.
* Delegate and manage the time of other AEs and Interns within the team, help them to learn, grow and develop
* Be a go to resource across the agency for tasks such as invoices, POs & case studies as well supporting in activities such as company meetings

Strategic skills and responding to client & new business briefs:
* Support with research and administrative tasks when working on a response to a brief
* Begin to show understanding on how insights & strategy are considered in day-to-day account work
* Beginning to understand how to interrogate and answer a brief

Campaign execution & Administration:
* Support your AM and build skills and confidence in managing elements of client
* activations, including rights activation, management of live events, content
* generation, influencer engagement and coordinating suppliers
* Work to make sure your team are on top of client reporting such as status reports and meeting notes
* Support on the administrative processes of your accounts (status reports, campaign reporting, budget tracking) to ensure they are being updated and delivered to the client on time
* Be clear on your role in the team and/or activation to ensure you’re…