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Wunderman Thompson

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About the job

Who we are:

At Wunderman Thompson we exist to inspire growth for ambitious brands. Part creative agency, part consultancy and part technology company, our experts provide end-to-end capabilities at a global scale to deliver inspiration across the entire brand and customer experience.

We are 20,000 strong in 90 markets around the world;?our people bring together creative storytelling, diverse perspectives, inclusive thinking, and highly specialized vertical capabilities to drive growth for our clients. We offer deep expertise across the entire customer journey, including communications, commerce, consultancy, CRM, CX, data, production, and technology.

What you’ll be doing:

The Account Executive role is to support the day-to-day communication/information sharing and project support needs between the client and the agency. The role will require strong communication, teamwork, project management and organization skills.

Who you are:

    • A builder | Entrepreneurial attitude couple with a strong business acumen. Ability and appetite to bring people together. Innate ability to marshal people and create gravity around ideas.
    • Open and collaborative | Our team is close-knit and supportive and we’re working with a lot of unknowns – you must champion of team environments that are comfortable and encouraging.
    • Optimistic and resilient | Dig in and figure out how to work around problems. Yes and why not posture. Takes care of self and team. Balance needed to maintain stamina and positivity.
    • Ego-less | We all wear the hats that need wearing, it’s a mentality that makes the team successful.

Additional requirements:

  • Strengthen, expand and maintain positive relationships between the agency and client
  • Play a key integration role between the offices to ensure a common understanding of timelines, projects and upcoming events/requirements
  • Initiate projects and clearly define outcome, ensure that all deadlines are met contributing to on-going client satisfaction
  • Maintain thorough up-to-date knowledge of the status of current projects and maintain a status report on all current and planned projects.
  • Process all jobs using and adhering to agency systems and procedures ensuring smooth completion of jobs.
  • Ensure that all financial procedures are in order: from estimation to submission to client approval to allow effective financial follow up. To update client and senior account management on progress on all active projects, and meetings in order to ensure all concerned have uniform information.
  • Support collection of assets
  • To assist the Account Manager in compiling and presenting competitive reports and budget reviews to the overall strategic development process

Skills:

  • Excellent oral and written communication skills (English & Arabic)
  • Strong interpersonal and team building skills
  • Strong organizational skills and attention to detail
  • Excellent project management skills
  • Track record and strong ability to manage multiple assignments
  • Keen interest in the communications industry
  • Ability to manage to deadlines, at times under pressure
  • Proven ability to see projects through from start to finish
  • Degree in Marketing or related field
  • Experience in agency account management (full-time or internship)
  • Energetic, positive approach
  • Proactive and entrepreneurial spirit

What we can offer you:

We don’t settle for people who can just do the job, we look for people that go beyond that and always push our thinking to be better than yesterday. We believe that this is what makes our agency a great place to be – a space where you’re never far away from the best minds to learn from.

We want you to be comfortable and proud every day of the week and have created an open and inclusive environment where you can bring your whole self to work. We don’t want you to just fit into our culture, we want your uniqueness and diversity of background to add to it and make this an agency where we all have a real sense of belonging and purpose. We are a community.

Our focus is on keeping teams connected and engaged whether we’re in the office or working from home, putting people’s wellbeing first, ensuring every person has access to our learning and development programme and building an inclusive workplace. We have a weekly ‘Staying Connected Calendar’ which is full to the brim of training you can get involved in, inspiration sessions hosted by external partners to check out and wellbeing classes and tips and tricks to look after your mind, body and soul. From yoga, Pilates, HIIT, hypnotherapy, a Strava cycling group, 1:1 resilience sessions and trained mental health first aiders. To name a few. Within our office we have a dedicated wellness studio and this year we built a brand new learning lab. Here we host weekly lunchtime lessons that supports iLearn, our learning & development portal home to 100s of sessions for you to access. We’re also committed to building an inclusive, equitable and diverse workforce driven by our Inclusion Council and Employee Resource Groups; Roots, Green, Unite, Women @ WT, Families Network and culture club.

Your career development is important to us. Thrive will provide you with the framework and support needed to reach your career aspirations. There really is no shortage of opportunities here for the right person that is prepared to roll their sleeves up, get involved and collaborate with those around them to deliver the best work for our clients and our agency.

At Wunderman Thompson, we are committed to actively building a diverse, equitable and inclusive workplace where everyone feels welcomed, valued and heard, and is treated with dignity and respect. As leaders and creative partners across industries, it is our responsibility to cultivate an environment reflective of our greatest asset; our people. We believe that this commitment inspires growth and delivers equitable outcomes for everyone as well as the clients and communities we serve.

Wunderman Thompson is?a WPP?agency.? For more information, please visit our website and follow Wunderman Thompson on our social channels via Twitter,?Facebook,?LinkedIn,?and?Instagram.

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To apply for this job please visit www.wundermanthompson.com.