Publicis Groupe

Runs advertising and digital transformation services

Junior Account Manager

PR & CommunicationsConfirmed live in the last 24 hours

Full-timeSingaporeNo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

Three to five years of experience in the public relations or advertising industry.
Excellent writing skills.
Ability to present ideas and plans articulately.
Experience participating in new business pitches.
Experience managing work up and down the team to deliver high-quality work.
Demonstrated ability to manage timelines and execution.

Responsibilities

Provide clients with advice on achieving public relations objectives and goals.
Prepare timelines of agreed activities for approval by the associate director and client.
Set client expectations and develop achievable key performance indicators.
Maintain team discipline in delivering against agreed timelines.
Maintain strong client relationships through regular phone and face-to-face contact.
Monitor issues relevant to clients’ businesses and stay current on client industries, especially competitor activity.
Maintain dialogue with the associate director to ensure smooth account operations.
Review major deliverables from account executives to ensure quality standards and expectations are met.
Mentor junior team members by coaching them on technical and soft skills and supporting their morale, motivation, and confidence.
Proactively pursue account growth and new business opportunities.
Contribute actively to proposal development by turning insights into strategy, brainstorming, creating pitch documents, and presenting.
Identify opportunities to grow the business through digital and design services.
Train account executives in stakeholder engagement and help them establish relationships.
Drive the creation of materials for approval by the associate director.
Track progress and suggest ways to improve efficiency and effectiveness.
Liaise with senior stakeholder contacts and identify networking opportunities.
Facilitate meetings and interviews with key spokespeople.
Prepare briefing notes and manage follow-up actions.
Maintain current knowledge of social media and digital platforms.
Develop social media strategies and content plans.
Use current events to identify social media opportunities for clients.
Manage relationships with external partners to develop content.
Showcase and propose how design capabilities can support clients.
Flag to associate directors when current budgets do not match plans as they are executed.

Company Description

Publicis Groupe is not just a company you work for; it’s a platform for you to take your talent to the world.

If you want to help change the world, ideas alone are not enough. Real impact can only come from having meaningful access to a world of knowledge, people and resources. At Publicis Groupe, you are connected to our global network, intelligence, tools, clients, brands and 80,000 brilliant minds with expertise in data, technology, media, strategy, creativity and business transformation, all literally at your fingertips.

Go ahead, the world is waiting.

Publicis Groupe is the third largest communications group in the world. Founded in Paris in 1926, we are present in more than 100 countries as leaders in marketing, communication, and digital business transformation. Two of its biggest solution hubs in Singapore - Publicis Communications and Publicis Media & Digital.

Publicis Communications, the creative communications hub of the Publicis Groupe, is a collective of the most passionate, purposeful, and progressive creative agencies in Singapore. They are Publicis Worldwide, Leo Burnett, Saatchi & Saatchi, Prodigious, and MSL.

Publicis Media & Digital, which is comprised of global media agency brands Starcom, Zenith, Spark Foundry, and Performics, is powered by digital-first, data-driven global practices that together, help our clients navigate the modern media landscape.

Our two other solution hubs, Publicis Sapient and Publicis Commerce, empower businesses to embrace digital transformation and equip them with a total commerce experience.

Overview

● Master at taking projects from plan to execution● Gatekeeper● Manager of efficiency and effectiveness

Responsibilities

Client Handling● Provide sound advice to clients on achieving PR objectives and goals● Put together a timeline of agreed activity for sign off by your AD and client● Set proper client expectations and develop achievable KPI’s● Maintain discipline in the team on delivery against agreed timelines● Maintain strong client relationships through regular contact (phone and face-to-face)● Monitor issues relevant to client’s business● Keep up to date on your client’s industr especially competitor activityWorking with the team● Ensure ongoing and strong dialogue with AD to ensure smooth running of account● Review all major deliverables from AEs to ensure quality standards and expectations are met● Mentor junior team to success by coaching them on both technical and soft skills – keep morale, motivation and confidence levels up.

New business● Proactively pursue opportunities for account growth and new business● Play an active role in proposal development – turning insights into strategy, brainstorm, pitch document creation, presentation● Seek out opportunities to grow our business through Digital and Design

Stakeholder engagement (media, bloggers, influencers, employees, groups etc.)● Train AE on stakeholder engagement and help them establish relationships● Drive creation of materials for approval by AD● Track progress and suggest ways to improve efficiency and effectiveness● Liaise with senior stakeholder contacts and find networking opportunities● Facilitate meetings/interviews with key spokespeople● Prepare briefing notes and be responsible for follow-up actions

Digital and Design● Have sound and current knowledge of social media/digital platforms● Develop social media strategy and content plans● Leverage current events to identify social media opportunities for clients● Manage and own relationships with external partners to develop content● Showcase and propose how our design capabilities can help our clients

Financial and Administrative● Flag to ADs if current budgets don’t match as plans are being executed

Qualifications

● 3 -5 years in the PR/advertising industry● Excellent writing skills● Articulate in presenting ideas and plans● Participated in new business pitches● Managed (up and down) to deliver outstanding work● Shown clear ability to manage timelines and executions

About the Company

Publicis Groupe

Runs advertising and digital transformation services

Publicis Groupe runs advertising, media buying and digital transformation services for companies that want to reach consumers, coordinate campaigns and improve their business systems. Its agency network includes creative and media specialists, while Publicis Sapient builds and modernizes the technology behind clients' operations. Epsilon adds customer data and marketing technology that connect brands with audiences and measure campaign results. Clients pay for consulting, campaign creation and execution, with production and media costs billed through alongside the group's service work. Founded in 1926, Publicis Groupe is headquartered in Paris, France.

Company size: 10,001+
Company stage: IPO
Headquarters: Paris, France
Founded: 1926

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