Senior Account Executive

M&C Saatchi UAE are looking for an exceptional Senior Account Executive to join our team. In this role, you will contribute to projects tackling critical issues such as climate change, national security, social justice, conflict prevention, and sustainable development by collaborating with various sectors.

What you'll do:

• Developing and executing campaigns across a range of channels, from brand and advertising to social media, partnerships, and low-cost activations.
• Establishing strong relationships with clients, partners, and stakeholders, becoming their trusted partner in creating and delivering campaigns.
• Working closely with cross-functional teams to develop campaign assets, from strategy to design and production.
• Managing project timelines, maintaining regular client communication, and overseeing meeting materials, presentations, and status reports.
• Collaborating with campaign partners and contributing to building trusted partner client relationships.

What you'll bring:

• Experience in account management within a similar working environment.
• Excellent communication skills and a keen interest in working across diverse channels.
• Confidence in managing production processes and overcoming challenges.
• Proven ability to build strong relationships with colleagues, clients, and partners.
• Attention to detail and proactive problem-solving skills.
• Passionate about global/social issues and current events, such as climate change and international development.
• Ability to speak another language fluently would be a plus, but not mandatory.

About You:
A trusted and autonomous owner of client relationships, projects, and consistently exceeds expectations internally and externally.

You bring (required):
Experience of working in an established and respected network advertising agency.
Strong communication, organization, and strategic thinking skills.

As a bonus, you bring:
Fun, energy, and passion for creative solutions.

You are:
A sharp thinker with an ability to spot a killer insight, know what it takes to deliver creative connectivity, and meaningful change.
An inspiring team, client, and project leader.

What We Offer:
For the right team member, we will offer a competitive salary and benefits package which includes:
Great holidays: 23 days annual holiday, plus birthday day off.
Great flexibility: 4 days in office and Friday WFH, plus 10 days of working from anywhere in the world.
Great benefits: private healthcare plan and perks.
Great professional development: a mentoring programme at global level and generous training budgets to support your career pathway.
Great fun: a blended working culture and celebration days to socialise, bond and learn together.

APPLICATION CLOSE: 23 September 2024, no external recruiters.

About Us:
We were born out of the need for strategic and brutally effective creativity in the region. With every successful campaign, we have grown, and cherry-picked the best professionals to work with us from all over the region and the world. In 2012, we opened our Abu Dhabi office and expanded our team with our Dubai office in 2016 and then our Riyadh office in 2023. From these offices, we manage a number of local and global brands across the Middle East and Europe. Brutal Simplicity of Thought is the creative philosophy of M&C Saatchi. It defines the way we work and the work we produce. We believe: "It's easier to complicate than simplify. Simple ideas enter the brain quicker and stay there longer. Brutal Simplicity of Thought is therefore a painful necessity."

About M&C Saatchi Group:
M&C Saatchi Group is a creative federation of companies who navigate, create, and lead meaningful change for clients across five specialist divisions connected through people, culture, data, technology, and creativity. M&C Saatchi Group aims to unlock new value for clients and leave a positive impact on the world. M&C Saatchi Group's work is informed by two core principles - Brutal Simplicity of Thought and Diversity of Thought. Together they guide how problems are solved and integrated specialist teams are built. Headquartered in London, M&C Saatchi Group has circa 2,500 employees globally. Our global operations span 23 countries with major hubs in the UK, Europe, Middle East & Africa, Asia, and Australia.