Senior Account Manager Dubai UAE
Position: Senior Account manager
Date posted: 2019-06-13
Industry: Public Relation Communication
Employment type: Full Time
Experience: 3 to 5 year of relevant experience
Qualification: Bachelor’s Degree holder needed
Salary: AED 10000 to 15000
Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Company: Middle East Public Relations Association
Description:
An opportunity has arisen for a Senior Account Manager to work within the Brand team based in our Dubai office. The Senior Account Manager’s primary day-to-day role will be to oversee account programs and be the daily contact with clients and partners, providing them strategic counsel on tactical implementation and solid project management skills. He or she will be leading major activities for accounts, managing teams to deliver strong results and ensuring work is of high quality.
They will also be helping to develop program plans for brands, ensuring tactics meet client’s business objectives. The successful candidate will be a mentor to junior team members, providing them with guidance on their career development.
Managing accounts and being responsible for the overall quality and delivery of brand programs ensuring client’s strategic goals are met, daily client counsel, including problem solving
Develop and edit written documents that are on message and tailored to audience; documents will include slides, proposals, and plans, budgets, and issues management documents
Keeping abreast of new developments, trends and opportunities for both clients and the wider industry, Line management and people development, including recruitment, leading and participating part in new business ventures, including pitching
Native level English command, bilingual Arabic skills would be a bonus for the candidate
In depth local knowledge of the market, including regional business developments impacting the UAE (+GCC) and a strong knowledge of the competitive environment
Should have an understanding of integrated comms functions and be able to work with teams from across this expertise areas planning, creative, digital etc. At least three years of relevant experience in communications, preferably at a PR agency
Superior writing and editing skills, Presentation-development skills; project management skills; and consultative skills (including effective questioning, critical thinking, client management, etc.)
Ability to draft strategic client-facing internal and external communications plans and proposals, Passion for client service and team work
Ability to multi-task and manage a number of projects/work assignments simultaneously to tight deadlines, Understanding of budgeting client programmes, including budget development, management, resourcing and forecasting
Experience of working on clients in the tourism sector and on projects based within KSA would be a bonus
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