Job Title: Senior Account Manager

Location: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Employment Type: Full Time

Company Name: Spencer Recruitment

Industry: Careers & Jobs

Job Description / Role:

ABOUT US:

Spencer Recruitment is partnering with a global advisory, Edelman Smithfield. We are looking for candidates with previous experience in PR agencies. Are you living in Riyadh or considering relocation? If so, we have some amazing job opportunities for you.

THE ROLE:

The Senior Account Manager (SAM) is responsible for managing overall account team performance as it relates to client service and quality control on multiple, sizable pieces of business. They will understand Edelman’s various consulting processes/approaches and capabilities, including public engagement, message workshops, master narrative assignments, brand engagement, and stakeholder mapping exercises, and will recommend them appropriately to clients and lead teams on plan implementation.

KEY ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Basic Qualifications:

At least five years of relevant experience in Media, Corporate Communications, and Public Relations.

Preferred Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field from an accredited college or university.

Ability to manage large projects, as well as teams, on multiple sizable accounts.

Understands clients’ businesses and their missions, as well as their key stakeholders: consumers, employees, investors, regulators, media, vendors, partners, and other businesses/organizations, etc.; able to impart this knowledge to team members.

Superior written and verbal communications skills; demonstrated ability to effectively multitask, delegate and manage assignments, and accurately evaluate others’ work.

Familiar with best-practice integrated PR and Communications tactics and tools and the ability to appropriately recommend them to executive-level clients and lead the execution of all related projects in house.

Ability to act as a daily client contact for multiple clients simultaneously and possesses a track record of responsible, client-related finance management, including comprehensive managing within client budgets.

Able to manage and inspire a team and to make sound judgments on a daily basis, knowing when to seek senior counsel.

KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS:

Significant financial communications agency experience encompassing listed company and transaction advisory.

Excellent written, numerical, and analytical skills.

A demonstrable interest in and knowledge of business and current affairs, well-versed in the daily business and general news agenda.

An extensive understanding of financial information and the ability to communicate financial data to a variety of audiences.

The ability to own and manage client, internal, and third-party stakeholder relationships at multiple levels.

Organized, able to prioritize effectively, deliver to a deadline, and perform under pressure.

Takes personal responsibility for quality and timeliness of work, with keen attention to detail.

Ability to make sound and balanced judgments on available information.

Has a developed knowledge of how the media works, key players, keeping up to date, and an established journalist network.

To Apply:

Please send your resume to careers@spencerrecruitment.com and include the job reference number SP968-05 in the subject line.

Contact Email: careers@spencerrecruitment.com