Senior Writer & Account Manager

What We Need:
This a great opportunity for a Senior Writer and Account Manager to help us drive full integration across our client portfolio, allowing you to take over the management of a number of key technology clients. You will also have a solid understanding of how best to optimise both traditional and digital communication in order to deliver excellent integrated strategies.
Key strengths within this role should include formidable written and visual content creation, outstanding client relationship management, project management skills and organization, the ability to think multi-channel/multi-platform at all times and take a key role in wider team staff management and resource planning and organisation. You will join a very talented and committed team, working on a great mix of instantly recognisable technology brand(s), and significant attention will be given to your career growth and development.
What you'll be doing:
MAIN ACCOUNTABILITIES
- Experience in communications strategy
- Strong writer and content creator
- Expert project leader, with the ability to navigate campaigns that have many moving parts while maintaining team and client health
- Overall team management and planning, client day-to-day management of your client accounts
- Ability to lead and work in an integrated team - providing well thought out briefs for paid, earned and owned elements of a campaign
What you've been able to accomplish:
Leadership:
- Confident self-starter:
able to identify and seize opportunities and build trust with key internal and external stakeholders
- Has confidence and knowledge to provide advice/counsel to senior clients in and around specialist area
- Has strong and persuasive communication skills
- Is a creative, flexible problem solver who has an ability to help others do the same
- Has desire to work as one team and share knowledge and learnings in a collaborative environment
Operational Competencies:
- Strong writing ability
- Good project management skills
- Is widely and deeply connected:
Has a proven ability to develop strong senior stakeholder relationships and comprehensive understanding of the media and new media environments
- Has relationships with, and a clear understanding of key stakeholder groups and how relevant groups interface with one another
Personal Management and Style:
- Is committed to delivering and exceeding expectations
- Is able to manage ambiguity and be pragmatic
- Shows patience and tenacity
- Drives efficiency and best practice
- Innovates and has the ability to deliver change
- Is flexible and responsive to changing priorities
- Develops and creates strong teams
Previous proven experience:
- Considerable experience in written communication - in an agency &
/or within applicable industry
- Minimum of 2 years individual &
team management experience, including experience developing a team
- Minimum of 2 years in PR, journalism or media management
- Experience of working across very technical content, with the ability to seamlessly transition to more consumer-orientated content
- Experience of both B2B and B2C, across multiple sectors
Agency Business
- Meet WE guidelines on best business practices including utilization, daily timesheets, accurate billing, timely expense reports, etc.
- Manage and understand how to utilize internal client service teams (editing, production, library, etc.) to ensure quality, comprehensive service to clients
About Us:
**WE Communications**:
WE is one of the largest communications and integrated marketing agencies in the world. We’re independent, we’re all about our people — both our clients and our employees — and we believe in the power of communications to move audiences to positive action.
For more than 30 years, we have been helping translate complex innovations into powerful, persuasive stories. Our sector expertise across key verticals — including technology, healthcare, consumer, and brand purpose — translates into insights and strategies that are informed, current and credible.
We work with companies that are embracing the ever-evolving digital world to reinvent themselves, to deliver new value to their customers or reach them in new ways and ultimately improve people’s lives.
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Equal Opportunity:
_**_ WE provides equal employment opportunity and does not discriminate against an employee or applicant because of age, race, color, religion, gender, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, or other legally protected class status._
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Diversity and Inclusion:
_**_ WE values a diverse and inclusive workforce and is committed to creating a workplace where everyone thrives. We promote an atmosphere in which diversity of people and ideas are welcomed and valued. Diversity includes differences in race, religion, gender identity or expression, age, lifestyle, ethnic background and sexual orientation as well as differences in experiences and ideas._