Account Manager

Posted 6 hours 31 minutes ago by Cottrell Moore Ltd

Permanent
Not Specified
Sales & Marketing Jobs
Essex, Colchester, United Kingdom, CO1 1
Job Description

Hybrid: Monday - Friday, 9:00AM - 5:30PM

About the role:

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a commercially minded Account Manager to join a team of creative and client services professionals. You will take ownership of a portfolio of client relationships, leading the delivery of offline, digital, and web projects while identifying opportunities to grow accounts. This role sits across client strategy, project delivery, and a degree of team leadership - ideal for someone who enjoys the pace of agency life.

Benefits:

  • Generous holidays starting from 33 days per annum
  • Birthday leave (post-probation)
  • Tax-free EOT bonus
  • Group life assurance
  • Social events run by the Social Committee
  • Optional private medical insurance after 1 year
  • Long service awards every 5 years
  • Employee of the Quarter programme
  • Free tea, coffee, snacks, kitchen facilities, and breakout spaces
  • Beer Fridge Fridays
  • Referral programme
  • Pirkx benefits from day one
  • Auto-enrolment pension (3% employer contribution after 3 months)

Key Responsibilities:

  • Serve as the go-to contact for assigned clients, building strong relationships and consistently delivering excellent service
  • Own the end-to-end delivery of digital, web, and offline projects, ensuring everything lands on time, within budget, and to a high standard
  • Identify and pursue opportunities to grow accounts, both with existing clients and new business
  • Guide and support the Account Executive through coaching, performance management, and ongoing development
  • Oversee financial processes including quoting, invoicing, and accurate project setup/tracking using Synergist

Requirements:

  • Demonstrable experience as an Account Manager within a marketing or creative agency
  • Strong commercial awareness, with a track record of growing accounts and exceeding client expectations
  • Confident leadership and people management skills, including experience managing direct reports
  • Strong communication and presentation skills, able to produce clear, strategic briefs and client-facing documentation
  • Highly organised and detail-oriented, comfortable managing multiple clients and deadlines in a fast-paced environment