Corporate Account Manager - Aiken

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Company	Aiken
Location	Belfast or Dublin. Our working week is a hybrid of home and office based
Apply by	22 January 2021
Position / Title	Corporate Account Manager
Contract Type	Full Time
How To Apply	To apply please send cover letter and CV by Friday 22nd January to Loading...

The Role:

AIKEN is now seeking to hire an experienced and ambitious strategic communications account manager with previous experience of working in corporate communications.

Responsibilities:  

• Maintain a strong understanding of the client’s products, services, market, and industry and build sustainable client relationships 
• Ensure key stakeholder management and collaboration as you progress projects and activity 
• Maintain and manage an always on approach to stakeholder monitoring, insights and intelligence
• Demonstrate a passion and enthusiasm for client’s business and leverage your understanding to unlock new business opportunities 
• Develop strategic communications plans and engagement strategies designed to support clients’ business objectives 
• Ensure the quality output and delivery of client projects and activity on time and on budget
• Ensure day to day client and internal communication and management 
• Monitor and measure campaign performance on an ongoing basis through campaign KPIs and internal and external reporting 
• Oversee, encourage, mentor junior team members and manage account team 
• Be actively involved in company new business efforts and be proactive in exploring new business opportunities 

 Key Criteria:  

• A passion for strategic corporate communications and stakeholder engagement
• Excellent writing, organisational, presentation and interpersonal skills 
• An ability to work to tight deadlines across several different client mandates and industry sectors 
• A strong understanding of the corporate landscape with excellent media contacts and relationships 
• An excellent understanding of the political environment in either Belfast or Dublin
• Experience of managing campaigns from concept through to delivery with an emphasis on results delivery and client satisfaction 
• Ownership of managing projects against budget and delivering profitable work 
• Strong work ethic with a team player attitude and excellent stakeholder management skills 
• A relevant third level qualification
• Experience: 4 years +

Desirable attributes:  

• A strategic mindset with the ability to think ahead and anticipate the needs of your clients 
• Understanding of the planning and economic development environment 
• A self-starter, ability to think on your feet and make decisions 
• A desire to embrace responsibility and take ownership of clients, projects and your career 
• Excellent client-facing and presentation skills delivered with integrity 
• Exceptional attention to detail coupled with personal pride in every output you deliver 

Benefits

As a member of the team you will have access to a wide range of employee benefits including:

• 20 paid days leave increasing every 3/5 years to a max of 25 days
• 11 public / bank holidays
• Paid day off on your birthday
• Summer hours
• €100 per year to organise an event for a charity of your choice
• €150 budget for home working equipment
• A company mobile phone and iPad
• Training budget

Location: Belfast or Dublin.  Our working week is a hybrid of home and office based

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