Senior Account Manager - Public Relations/Communications

Our client is one of the leading global communications marketing firm helping business and organisations evolve, promote, and protect their brands and reputations.

Location: Mumbai

Educational Qualifications: A Post Graduate qualification in Business Administration or a professional qualification in the field of public relations/ marketing communication or advertising

Job Responsibility

1. Project Management

- Assume responsibility for client management.

- Set priorities and manage a team of staff in executing projects.

- Assume overall responsibility for control, documentation and other issues.

2. Project Execution/ Client Servicing

- Provide technical inputs, analysis, conceptualizing solutions, preparing reports and presentations.

- Communication with clients, raise new issues with clients, take charge of client meetings.

- Support AD/ Director to negotiate on behalf of clients where necessary and manage client perception with respect to the project.

- Responsible for maintaining and updating the information base and knowledge requirements of the group.

3. Business Development

-Identify and keep seniors appraised of opportunities to market services, generate visibility by participating in seminars etc.

- Generate ideas for transaction in terms of best practices, new techniques for executing -jobs, structuring deals and be aware of key issues in negotiations.

- Be involved in deal generation.

4. Employee Development / HR

- Employee recruitment / Employee retention

- Be a coach and provide feedback to staff.

- Responsible for functional training on the job - design, development and delivery.

- Manage staff grievances on work related issues.

- Performance reviews for AAE/AE's/SAE's.

5. Professional Development

- Keep abreast of new developments in profession, business and the regulatory environment.

- Develop the knowledge management data for practice.

- Build a good network with peers and professionals in the field.

6. Relationship Development

- Maintain cross - office interaction.

- Initiate cross - group interaction.

7. Collections

- Follow up for collections.

8. Supervision exercised

- Overall supervision of the team's work, in execution of assignments, monitor project costs

- Can take decisions relating to client service, keeping the AD/ Director informed.

- Plan and sanction training and development needs for the team keeping the AD/ Director informed.

- Allocate employee to various assignments keeping the AD/ Director informed.

Experience:

- Minimum of five to seven years of experience in public relations or communication after post-graduation.

- A Senior Account Manager must be able to manage the budgets and account teams on sizable pieces of business.

- The SAS has agency-wide responsibility for account profitability, new business solicitation, and quality of account service and employee development.

- S/he must possess superior communication skills and be able to counsel clients' top executive management on public relations and marketing issues.

In addition, this individual must be able to multi-task efficiently.

Please send your profiles at nkaul@talismanadvisors.com /9818063731