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Account Executive - Connections Planning

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Mindshare

Oct 24, 2023

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  • Job
    Full-time
    Entry Level
  • Marketing
    Media & Journalism
  • London

Requirements

  • Prior media/marketing experience is not a pre-requisite. A combination of “hands-on” experience and a structured training programme means Account Executives gain a comprehensive knowledge of how a media agency business operates and an understanding that is the cornerstone of a successful career in the media industry.
  • Required key skills & behaviours:
  • A genuine interest in a career in marketing and advertising
  • Enthusiastic, reliable and excellent team player
  • High attention to detail and levels of accuracy
  • Inquisitive and curious with a drive to really get under the skin of our client’s marketing
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • Strong organisation skills incl. time and project management
  • High level of comfort using data – both small and large datasets
  • The ability to analyse data to discover insights
  • Comfortable working in teams and will be able to proactively engage and collaborate with peers
  • Proficiency in Excel, PowerPoint and Word

Responsibilities

  • We are looking for an enthusiastic, creative, curious Account Executive to join our specialist Local media team within Connections Planning.
  • This role in Local is unique and offers a great insight into the full matrix of marketing communications including client relationships, strategic thinking, cross channel planning, media buying, specialist teams, agency partners and measurement. You will get a great grounding in planning and buying local print, mags, OOH, digital display, digital audio, radio, and doordrops.
  • You will be supporting the local team across clients such as M&S, TJX (TK Maxx and Homesense), and Rolex.
  • M&S and TJX are two of our long-standing core clients in the Local team; TJX are the umbrella company of the much–loved high street brands TK Maxx and Homesense. On a day-to-day basis, you will be supporting the team across both M&S and TJX in shaping and creating successful campaigns for new store openings, relocations and renewals. We work closely with the Connections Planning team for these accounts, as well as key suppliers/media owners and the clients themselves.
  • Working on Rolex/Tudor you will be helping to plan luxury print campaigns across a range of the Rolex and Tudor retailers such as Watches of Switzerland Group, Beaverbrooks, and Emson Haig, working closely with the Rolex local lead and the internal planning team.

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Marketing & Advertising
Industry
5001-10,000
Employees

Mission & Purpose

Mindshare is a media services company that accelerates Good Growth for its clients in the age of transformation. Good Growth is business growth that is enduring and sustainable whilst also helping to shape society and the world for the better. We accelerate Good Growth for our clients by using Precisely Human Intelligence that combines data science and behavioural science to understand consumers and their motivations better and we act on that intelligence through the intentional use of media, connecting brands with consumers around their shared values. We were the first purpose built company created by WPP and today our 10,000 people operate in 116 offices in 86 countries, helping to drive Good Growth for our clients, our people, the industry and the world.