Working in a fast-paced agency environment, the role of Account Manager is the glue that keeps everything together. Account Managers are the day to day contact for the client, taking briefs and advising them on best campaign tactics and marketing disciplines to achieve the client’s objectives. Account Managers will be able to relay the clients brief to the agency’s creative studio working with Designers to bring the brief to life. An Account Manager will have a level of commercial acumen networking within clients to spot opportunities to grow accounts and constantly strengthening relationships.

The role generally requires regular face to face contact onsite with clients as well as delivering presentations as part of the pitch process.

Employers tend to prefer candidates with prior agency experience as they will be used to the fast paced work environment as well working across multiple brands. It isn’t uncommon for an Account Manager to work on upwards of half a dozen accounts.

Salary wise outside of London the role generally pays between £25,000 to £33,000 depending on regional variance and level of experience.

We couldn’t limit our ethos for being a recruitment company who do things the right way to one location. That just wouldn’t be fair!

We seek to work with everyone from independent start-ups to globally renowned businesses across the West Midlands, supplying them with the best marketing, PR, Creative and Sales talent.

A hub for skilled creative and communications professionals. The West Midlands is home to the cities of Worcester, Birmingham, Coventry, Stafford and Wolverhampton.

It plays host to some instantly recognisable brands and innovative start-ups within the agency and media space, making it a hub for creativity outside of London. Birmingham also spotlights some fantastic financial & professional service organisations, educational institutions, charities, FMCG & consumer brands, alongside boasting a rich manufacturing + engineering heritage.

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Top skills in demand in The West Midlands (well according to us anyway):

The West Midlands has strong demand for marketing, digital and communications skills. These are some of the most popular roles we work in partnership with clients on.

• Marketing + Digital Marketing Specialists

• Account Handling/Management

• Public Relations

• Development (Front, Back-end & Fullstack)

• Content Specialists

• Designers (Graphic, Digital)

• Project Management

• SEO

• PPC/Paid Advertising
  

What are salaries like in The West Midlands?

Providing a benchmarker for salaries, our Midlands salary survey is the perfect tool for those based in The West Midlands to gain an idea of what the market is offering.