Media Account Manager

Account Manager

Independent Media Agency

South Manchester 4 days p/week in office

Salary £33k (basic & bonus)

A growing independent media agency working with much-loved brands across Travel, Retail and Leisure are looking for an Account Manager to join their team following continued new business wins and exciting growth!

Based in South Manchester, the agency is close-knit, ambitious, and down-to-earth. The culture is friendly and no-nonsense, with a strong focus on long term client relationships, team development, and genuine work life balance. The team genuinely love working together!

They are looking for an Account Manager full of ideas who can hit the ground running and get stuck in media planning & buying across the full media mix TV, OOH, Radio, Print, and Social.

The Role

Manage client relationships and media strategy

Supporting the wider team to build in-depth detailed media plans

Strategic planning from brief to sign off, using your commercial and analytical mindset

Working closely with the TV team to develop strong knowledge of clients TV campaigns, reporting on success

Support and mentor junior members of the team

Financial management across key accounts

Keeping up to date with clients and nurturing relationships with them

About You

Media experience across the full media, or at least one of their key channels; TV, BVOD, Radio, Digital, Social, OOH

Confident communicator with a proactive mindset

Results-focused with a great attention to detail

Competent in your use of Microsoft Office such as Word, Excel, and PowerPoint

Proactive, curious and keen to learn!

This role would suit a Senior Account Executive ready to step up, or an Account Manager seeking a fresh challenge and career growth.

Based in their creative, modern office space with plenty of character, you'll join a team who genuinely are passionate about what they do but also love to have a laugh and understand work/life balance is paramount. Their staff turnover is super low and this is testament to their staff feeling respected and valued.

Perks include- full company holiday, a business where their people are at the core, onsite parking, and many more!

As an industry leading, nationwide Marketing, Digital, Analytics, IT and Design recruitment agency, we are continually receiving new assignments to work on, so keep a close eye on our website, Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter pages for a full list of current permanent and interim opportunities as well as marketplace news and fun stuff. Forward Role is operating as an employment agency.