Account Manager

Menacom

Oman

Ref: OP963-29

Job description / Role

Employment: Full Time

We are looking for a dynamic and driven Account Manager at our Y&R Oman office who will be primarily responsible for managing two key relationships with our clients. The incumbent will be working with a world leading full-service advertising agency, distinguished by its proprietary knowledge, analytic rigour and creative solutions. At Y&R, the Account Manager should be a team player and have strong inter-personal and people management skills.

Role Accountabilities:
- Liaising with the client on day-to-day basis and being the client’s representative at the agency
- Assist the Account Director and contribute in the strategic development process to ensure sound advertising solutions are achieved
- Work with our clients to uncover business needs and objectives, craft appropriate strategies, and identifies/implements products to help achieve client goals
- Designing the brief that will facilitate better creative output
- Managing relations with internal departments of the agency namely creative, media, production and accounts.
- Coordinating with the suppliers (Printers, Production Houses, and Fabricators etc.) to meet the client’s deadline.

Requirements

Y&R people are passionate about what they do. We are passionate about our clients. Passionate about our work. We care about each other and the communities in which we live. All of which adds up to a culture that believes ideas should come from everywhere. That every agency should think of themselves as a headquarters charged with being the best in their market.

Our Requirements
- A Graduate with specialization in mass communication/marketing/advertising
- 3- 4 years of working experience in an advertising agency of reputation
- Prior experience of working in an advertising agency (desirable)
- Working knowledge of MS office (Word & Excel) and power-point presentations is a must
- Fluent in English (verbal and written) is essential and conversant in Arabic.
- Experience of handling a telco account in the past would be a definite added advantage
- Should be willing to work out of normal office hours, should be punctual and organized.
- Strong interpersonal/communication skills
- A persuasive and confident approach to creative projects
- Must develop thorough knowledge of the client’s business, its target audience and its competitors.

About the Company

MENACOM, part of WPP and Y&R Brands, with headquarters in Dubai, is the Middle East and North Africa region’s leading communications conglomerate. The group includes advertising agencies Young & Rubicam, Intermarkets and Partnership; public relations firms ASDAA Burson-Marsteller, Raee and Polaris; direct marketing specialists Wunderman; media specialist firm mec; and interactive firm Tattoo.

With over 940 employees in its network of 33 offices, MENACOM provides marketing communications services in 13 countries across the Middle East, Levant and North Africa.

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