Account Manager

Job Title: Account Manager

Location: Taguig City, Philippines

Reports to: Account Director/ABGD/BGD, Business Leadership

About McCann Worldgroup:

McCann Worldgroup, an Omnicom company, is a leading global creative solutions network operating in more than 100 countries. We help brands build meaningful connections with people through creativity, innovation, strategy, technology, and integrated marketing solutions.

Our success is powered by talented, diverse teams who bring unique perspectives, challenge convention, and create impactful work for some of the world's most recognized brands. Together, we foster an inclusive culture where creativity thrives and great ideas can come from anywhere.

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The Role:

McCann Worldgroup Philippines, Inc., seeks an Account Manager to join our team here in Philippines.  This person will be supporting a local brand that is a leader in its category and is creating breakthrough, award-winning marketing.  The Account Manager will be essential to the continued success of creative communications that are highly strategic and impact the account's future.

We need someone who can be a true partner to our client and cross-functional agency team and support the larger team in creating revolutionary creative work.

The Team

The Business Leadership team here at McCann Worldgroup Philippines, Inc., pride themselves on being relentless in converting opportunities for our clients, our agency, and our community. We are curious, strategic, and creative with a never-ending passion for doing fantastic work.

The Ask

For our McCann Worldgroup Philippines, Inc., Account Manager, leadership manifests across:

Our People:

Find, develop, align, and inspire talent: our talent is our biggest asset.  We must cultivate an environment of generosity, learning, possibilities, bravery, and smarts that is equally inspirational and efficient/actionable.

Our Clients:

Demonstrate an understanding of and share their passion for the brand, as well as their pressures and frustrations.

Our Creativity:

Have a point of view, and never be afraid to share it.  If an Account Manager knows their clients and their issues, the Account Manager will understand what is right and not.  

Collaborate with creatives about the work to ensure comprehension and ownership.

Our Process:

Be a strategic business partner for your client - understand the strategic direction and critical challenges facing their business and quickly become a strong partner.

Work collaboratively with planning to steer and inform the direction of the strategy.  Look for further opportunities for the brand and, ultimately, the agency.

Our Place:

Drive the triumvirate way of working within the office and across the brands (strategy, business, creative).

Our Promotion:

Be the industry's and Business Leadership's voice/face.

What You Will Do:

The Account Manager for McCann Worldgroup Philippines, Inc., will be required to:

• Set priorities, organize workstreams, and assume a leadership role for assigned projects.
• Develop, maintain, and/or review weekly and monthly status reports and cultural and competitive audits.
• Support a highly strategically oriented account, working in upstream product development and marketing initiatives.
• Drive the brand forward in a highly competitive and fast-paced environment.
• Manage various elements of production across the traditional, digital, and/or social spaces.
• Become a subject matter expert in the client's business, immersing yourself in their history, competitive landscape, and objectives/goals moving forward.
• Develop strong relationships with clients across various disciplines and business areas throughout the organization, as well as with your agency counterpart

Who You Will Be:

To be successful in this role, you will have demonstrable previous relevant experiences and skills with the following: 

Key Skills:

•  Analyze critical data points to identify and quickly highlight key issues, problems, and opportunities.
•  Know the client's business better than they do.  Gain insight into the client's needs and propose potential solutions and opportunities.
•  Be relentlessly curious to ensure your team is current on trends, media, competition, and business implications.
•  Bring forth inspiring creative work to inform the team as we develop business solutions.
•  Provide the team with an informed point of view, context, and business implications.
• Understand the meaning and implications of key financial indicators.

Other Characteristics of an MW Account Manager:

• 1-2 years of experience in advertising or related disciplines.
• Experience working in an extremely fast-paced business in a highly competitive and evolving industry.
• Self-motivated, with the ability to create great internal and client relationships.
• Proactive nature that lets you anticipate client and internal team needs, challenges, solutions.
• Very effective communication skills.
• Excellent writing skills.
• Part of a tight team – supporting and inspiring one another.
• Fresh Graduates are encouraged to apply.

McCann Worldgroup's Values:

Our shared MW Values of Bravery, Integrity, and Generosity guide our behaviors in how we work together to deliver exceptional client work.