Account Executive Job Description Template

This account executive job description template has been created by Tiger Recruitment as a guide for our clients and candidates. It is generic and will need to be tailored to the specifics of each company’s requirements.

Account Executive Job Description

Key responsibilities:

• Liaising with clients daily over telephone and email
• Building relationships with colleagues, clients and the media
• Monitoring the media for publicity opportunities, including the internet and newspapers
• Working as part of the account team to develop proposals and implement PR activity on large-scale projects, ensuring they finish on time and in budget.
• Monitoring effectiveness of campaigns, writing reports and overseeing campaign budgets
• Arranging and attending client meetings
• Organising and overseeing market research
• Creating and giving presentations to potential and existing clients
• Maintaining and developing a client’s brand

Essential requirements:

• At least two years’ previous experience in a similar role
• Existing contact list is desirable, but by no means essential
• Experience in the creative industry
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Up to date with current affairs

Personality profile:

• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Brilliant networker
• Passion to work in the creative industry
• Commercially aware
• Flexible

Benefits:

• Competitive salary and bonus
• Gym membership
• Company phone
• Pension scheme
• Health care
• 25 days annual leave per annum