International Account Manager

London, England, United Kingdom

11/5/2024

Havas Entertainment

Havas Entertainment is a media agency designed exclusively for clients who live in culture – think Gaming, Arts, Film, TV, Entertainment, Toys, and Fashion. From Puma to Playmobil, Beats to Bumble, Rémy Cognac to Cointreau, Bethesda to Square Enix, UKTV to JBL (Harman), the list is impressive and it’s growing. Havas Entertainment will operate at the intersection of entertainment, creative, media & technology with the promise of creating meaningful experiences in culture.

We are here to rewrite the rules of entertainments & create meaningful moments in culture.

Do you want to challenge the status quo?

Do you think there’s a better way that defies the tired, outdated conventions you see from most of today’s media agencies?

Do you have an appetite to do the type of work that gets more shared, more talked about, more noticed?

If yes, then we are for you.

A Bit About You…

• We want people who feel a passion for this industry,
• Who are naturally curious,
• Who live and breathe culture.
• We want fresh opinions and ideas. Thinking that challenges the status quo and that leads to innovation.
• Your background could be media planning, or you might want to make a jump from advertising, social or even something outside our industry. Our philosophy here is to hire for attitude, train for skill. If you’ve got the qualifications great. If you’ve got the passion even better.
  
  

If any of this sounds like you. If you want to create solutions that unify advertising, PR, social, experiences and media. If you want to create cultural impact far greater than the sum of the individual parts, then please get in touch.

Account Manager

Harman, a renowned brand in the audio industry, has joined the Havas Entertainment team! HARMAN is a global leader in connected car technology, lifestyle audio innovations, professional audio and lighting solutions, and digital transformation. Brands within the Harman portfolio include JBL, Harman Kardon, AKG and Arcam.

We manage Harman’s EMEA multi-market campaigns, operating across 12 markets, which can be briefed by local, EMEA or Global markets. Our focus is on the strategy, planning and implementation of both upper and lower funnel activity, designed to raise awareness and drive consideration of the brand in-market, flexing according to market stage and local market nuances. Working with the client as a central function across all their campaign launches, means that multiple campaigns can be briefed into the team at any one time.

We are looking for a brilliant Account Manager to join the team. Reporting to the Account Director and responsible for managing and developing an Account Executive, the candidate will also sit within a much wider team which comprises a Managing Partner, two Account Directors, an additional Account Manager and two Account Executives.

The position requires a minimum of 2+ years working within a media agency environment and preferably with international experience, although this is not essential if you are willing to learn. We need an enthusiastic and pro-active candidate who is accustomed to the pressures and quick turnarounds of key account handling, ideally across all online and offline media channels.

Due to the nature of our agency and business, the candidate must have good communication skills; able to multi-task to an exceptional level; good organisational skills and understanding that a high level of service to our clients is expected. An additional benefit would be experience in the entertainment industries and/or a passion for entertainment.

All-rounders who can have well informed client conversations; channel neutrality and brand and performance, skillsets geared towards the needs of the clients. A focus on the discipline of media experiences is key.

Day-to-Day Responsibilities

Primary Focus: Develop a strong relationship with clients built on expertise, confidence, trust, enthusiasm and reliability of their business.

• Ensure all campaigns are managed and executed to an exceptional standard.
• Assist the senior team on campaign planning and buying.
  
  

General Work: Day to day communication of updates and maintenance to both clients and agency departments involved in products.

• Co-ordination of campaigns from brief.
• Managing delivery of live campaigns and coordinating with internal departments.
• Anticipating milestones and requirements on live campaigns are achievable, to ensure both client and agency departments are prepared in advance.
• Reactive to adapt plans when circumstances change (release dates, budgets) and brief accordingly.
• Ensuring all standard client requirements are delivered correct and on time (contact reports, monthly competitive reviews, online status reports).
• Manage campaign lifecycle from media briefing to media strategy to planning and implementation.
• Manage central hub for client resources including media plans and reporting.
• Coordination of reporting requirements with specialist teams.
• Ensuring best in class financial management including budget tracking from receipt of PO, throughout campaigns and through to client invoicing.
  
  

Client Service: Regular communication with key client contacts and presence at clients’ offices when required to sustain an elevated level of client service and partnership.

• Attending kick-off meetings with all marketing agencies and clients.
• Work with senior team to produce strategy and planning bespoke to each international territory.
• Work with senior team to present market, competitive and post-campaign analysis.
• Research and help organise media workshops with client marketing departments.
• Ensure weekly roundups of agency work is communicated in a concise and clear way.
• Assisting coordination of creative delivery.
• Occasional international travel for client meetings and attendance of industry events.
  
  

Agency responsibilities: Ensure communication within Havas Entertainment is standard practice to both ensure information is dynamic for strategy and planning and to generate original ideas within the company is apparent.

• Attendance of regular team update meetings to share plans, share experience, and discuss possible area’s plans can approve.
• Work closely with the specialist teams to deliver best in class recommendations.