Account Executive - London, United Kingdom - Mindshare

Mindshare
Mindshare
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London, United Kingdom

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Role:


Account ExecutiveDepartment/Team***:

***Connections Planning
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Role Objective**We are looking for an enthusiastic, creative, curious Account Executive to join the Unilever Personal Care


Unilever is one of the world's leading FMCG firms and one of the most powerful FMCG brands in the UK, with an incredibly impressive portfolio of household names.

The company's product portfolio comprises food products, beauty, and personal care products, home care products, nutrition and ice-cream. They have a long-standing heritage of putting their customers at the heart of everything they do - and leading with the principles of driving positive change through their brands


As one of the biggest spenders in the category across TV, your role will be supporting the UL planning team in shaping and creating successful campaigns for their Personal Care products (Dove, Lynx, Sure etc).

We work closely with our Investment and Live Planning teams to ensure our strategies & media-mix are optimised to drive high volumes of quotes & sales with customers.

You will be working to understand audience behaviours, exploring emerging category trends and the competitive landscape; these are essential in this competitive vertical.


About the role


The Connections Planning team plays a crucial role in designing the audiences, connections, content and measurement that deliver the most innovative and effective solutions to clients.

To do this requires a team of people with a high degree of knowledge of the UK media market and a deep understanding of the role of technology in driving opportunities to target audiences, its impact on the connections and content that will engage people, and how media can be measured and optimised.


Members of the team understand consumer trends and are able to translate insights and strategic direction into actionable media solutions.

They interact with a wide range of other teams including Intelligence and Strategic Planning, the specialist channel teams that execute the media, and the Live Planning team that optimises across all media channels.


Working closely with and supporting Connections Planners along with Strategic planning and Client Leadership makes up a large proportion of an Account Executives' time and means you will have the opportunity to learn how Mindshare approaches the definition and design of the audiences, connections, content, and measurement that comprise our media solutions.

The bulk of your time will be spent supporting the team in planning exciting, award-winning campaigns as well as working with channel specialists to make those plans a reality.

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About you
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:

  • Enthusiastic and positive with a genuine interest in a career in marketing and advertising
  • Enthusiastic, reliable and excellent team player
  • 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

What we can offer

you

  • A strong salary commensurate and inline with relevant experience
  • 25 days annual leave and your birthday day off
  • Ongoing internal and external training opportunities
  • Flexible working
  • The opportunity to attend industry conferences and awards nights
  • Career and personal progression
  • Private Healthcare
  • Excellent pension matching structure

About Mindshare

  • Mindshare is a leading global marketing and media services network with billings in excess of £23billion worldwide. We work with some of the most famous businesses and brands in the UK such as Unilever, Ford, KFC, Marks & Spencer, Volvo and TK Maxx. The Mindshare network consists of 116 offices across 86 countries throughout the USA, Latin America, Europe, Middle East, and Asia Pacific; each dedicated to forging competitive marketing advantage for businesses and their brands.

Our approach

  • Our ambition is to drive Good Growth for our clients. Good Growth is about delivering growth that is enduring and is considerate of people and planet. Media is a powerful force, and we need to be mindful of the responsibility that it brings. We help our clients make better decisions by ensuring we use media in a trusted, inclusive and sustainable way. We recognise that in order to drive Good Growth, we need to place people at the heart of ever
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