Account Manager (Consumer) - Current Global

Account Manager (Consumer) - Current Global

28 Oct
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Talent Pal
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Dubai

28 Oct

Talent Pal

Dubai

**About Current Global**

Current Global is a new communications offering across Middle East, North Africa and Turkey and part of the Weber Shandwick Collective, a network of specialist creative, marketing, communications and consulting firms built for the convergence of society, media, sustainability, policy and technology, within the Interpublic Group. Current is a midsized communications agency built for an agile world, focused on influencing behaviour where real life happens - in the moment. Headquartered in Dubai, we are focused on earned-first and built to deliver powerfully integrated, culturally resonant solutions to the most complex strategic and communications problems. We specialise in developing and implementing pan-Arab,





multimarket regional and international campaigns for a region undergoing a period of unprecedented change and opportunity

**What’s happening?**

An amazing opportunity: join a highly creative, multi-disciplined mid-size international communications agency and network. What this means: the opportunity to work on some of the best brands in the world, the ability to draw on all the resources of a top global networked agency, and the chance to work in an entrepreneurial environment.

**Who do we need?**

As a successful Account Manager, you must have proven skills across planning, creative and strategic thinking, as well as the ability to manage accounts and account teams. You will be a strong leader with excellent writing and communications skills and an ability to translate client needs into project plans. You will also help develop and implement engagement campaigns for a variety of clients. Ideally, you should have agency/consulting or related experience with a background in consumer PR.





You are adept at drawing upon previous sector experience to provide clients with knowledge and counsel
- all complemented by your sector specific client servicing skills and media relations with key journalists in both horizontal and vertical media.

**What will you be doing?**

**Client Relations**:

- Responsible for the day to day running of client business, the manager will take a lead role ensuring that deliverables are met on time and within budget.
- Be a key player in supporting the clients at events and activations.

**Content development**:

- Develop a range of external and internal content including press releases, key message documents, speeches, memos, etc.
- Assist in setting and meeting campaign measurement and evaluation criteria.

**New Business**:







- Organic growth/project sell-in from existing clients - critical to this is ensuring clients are aware of our offerings and pitching services to clients wherever possible.

**Industry and Market knowledge**:

- Maintain a high understanding of client’s business and work to create a good knowledge of current developments and trends affecting the clients’ industries and markets
- Have knowledge of the role of social media channels in PR and how to best utilise each channel to the clients’ benefit
- Demonstrate understanding of the clients’ digital work and provide counsel to team on social media content and activations

**Account Team Management**:

- Contributing guidance and ideas for the account teams to implement and develop client work






- Assist in financial management for clients, including supplier coordination and activity reports.
- Minimum 4+ years of experience
- Experience from a reputed PR Agency managing Consumer clients, preferably
- Experience within lifestyle, travel or destinations PR a bonus
- Well-rounded communication skills, good at client servicing and media relations, as well as the ability to write in a range of styles including news releases, case studies, status reports, features and proposals
- Experience in managing people and teams
- Experience with clients and accounts that are measurement and evaluation driven
- Strong presentation skills, poise, and professionalism

**Who should I get in touch with?

▶️ Account Manager (Consumer) - Current Global
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