Experiential Account Manager

Stokenchurch, Buckinghamshire, UK (Hybrid)

Salary Not AvailableSenior Level5+ years expFull time

Posted 3 weeks ago

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Job Summary

Own experiential delivery across multiple client programs, balancing briefs, budgets and risk while leading teams and keeping clients in the loop.

  • Account ownership: manage day-to-day client relationships and serve as the primary contact for multiple projects.
  • Campaign delivery: lead experiential campaigns from brief to execution, coordinating creative, production and ops teams.
  • Delivery governance: manage timelines, suppliers, budgets, risks and profitability while mentoring juniors.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Managing day-to-day client relationships and acting as the primary contact across multiple projects.
  • Leading the delivery of experiential campaigns, events and activations from brief to execution.
  • Collaborating with clients and internal teams to develop creative solutions and campaign ideas.
  • Managing project timelines, budgets, suppliers and logistics to ensure successful delivery.
  • Preparing cost estimates, managing project finances and protecting profitability.
  • Briefing and coordinating creative, production and operational teams.
  • Supporting pitches, proposals and new business opportunities.
  • Leading, motivating and developing Account Executives, Event Managers and field teams.
  • Identifying risks, solving challenges and maintaining exceptional client service throughout project delivery.

Requirements

  • Experience managing end-to-end experiential, events or activation projects.
  • Strong client management and stakeholder engagement skills.
  • The ability to manage multiple projects and priorities simultaneously.
  • Excellent commercial awareness, including budgeting and financial management.
  • Experience briefing and managing suppliers, production partners and internal teams.
  • Strong presentation, communication and problem-solving skills.
  • A proactive, organised and solutions-focused approach.
  • A passion for experiential marketing, live events and creating outstanding brand experiences.
  • Around 5+ years' experience within experiential marketing, events, retail activation or a related agency environment.
  • Experience responding to client briefs, pitches and RFPs.
  • Confidence leading project teams and mentoring junior colleagues.
  • Strong Microsoft Office and digital collaboration skills.

Preferred

  • Around 5+ years' experience within experiential marketing, events, retail activation or a related agency environment.
  • Experience responding to client briefs, pitches and RFPs.
  • Confidence leading project teams and mentoring junior colleagues.
  • Strong Microsoft Office and digital collaboration skills.

Benefits

  • Holiday Package: 26 days plus bank holidays, increasing by 1 day each year of service up to 31 days plus bank holidays. Option to buy or sell up to 5 days
  • Pension Plan: Secure your future with a pension plan
  • Life Assurance: Enjoy peace of mind knowing you have 1X life assurance
  • Peppy: Confidential access to expert health support across areas like fertility, menopause, pregnancy, and more.
  • Health and wellbeing: DIGICARE+ App – Access to second opinions from doctors, counselling sessions, nutritionist advice, and gym discounts all in one place!
  • We are proud to foster an inclusive work environment.
  • We believe in a workplace that celebrates the unique perspectives and skills of all individuals believing this makes us stronger and more innovative.
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CPM UK

CPM is an international sales outsourcing and customer experience agency. We inspire people to TRY, BUY & LOVE your brand, wherever, whenever, and however they can be influenced.We work with brands and businesses that want to identify and seize every opportunity to maximise returns and minimise risk efficiently. Partnering iconic brands across all major sectors from Food and Drink to Luxury, Technology and Automotive. Our amazing people connect with customers across physical, virtual and digital touchpoints in multiple markets and channels. Using strategic planning, data science and technology, we select and deploy the best resource in the most agile way to maximise results for you.Our integrated solutions include: sales, merchandising, customer experience, sampling, experiential, shopper marketing, auditing and data science.But we couldn’t do it without our talented people. They uniquely possess a wide range of skills, experiences, and backgrounds, working as a cohesive team who cares, is curious and achieves together. There is a better way. Contact us to see how we can inspire youwww.cpm-int.com or call +44 (0)20 3481 1020

Founded in 1936
Thame, England, GBR
917 employees (119 in marketing)

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