Account Manager - Purple Team | Imagination
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Shanghai, China

Account Manager – Purple Team

Full Time Client Services / Project
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Overview

Imagination is seeking an account manager to join one of our client service teams that focuses on brand experience consulting. The role will support the Business Director to deliver a variety of project types from permanent brand destinations, digital / interactive experience to traditional events and you will be involved in the full working process of creative briefing, ideation, strategy, content, and experience delivery. You will be engaging with our clients covering lifestyle, properties, alcohol, and automotive industries.

As part of the project team, you will inspire our Creative, Account and Production teams to get involved, expand their repertoire and discover new ways to create and deliver these experiences, blurring the lines between us all.  In the meantime, you will need to ensure the projects remain on track, on budget, and exceed client expectations. We are looking for talent with experience in different types of projects, willing to keep your eyes open and accept new challenges. 

You will work closely with our Business  Director throughout the project life cycle but are also expected to work independently, building your own key client relationships, and driving business growth for Imagination.


Key Responsibilities

  • Ability to develop relationships between account management team, other Imagination resource teams and third party suppliers
  • Be a true process champion and support best practices implementation proactively
  • Write effective and compelling project briefs and client contact reports
  • Brief and manage internal teams to ensure projects are on track and exceeding client expectations
  • Day to day client facing role for client communication
  • Doing required desktop research and support contributing to client presentations and proposals
  • Fulfilling the role in compliance with company policies and procedures
  • Maintain positive client relationships and seek further business opportunities
  • Manage project budgets from initial brief through delivery and on to final client reconciliation
  • Responsible for project planning, ensuring client sign off for purchase orders and delivery of projects, taking participative approach as required
  • Support the development of new business relationships when appropriate

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

  • A good sense of understanding or experienced in Chinese experience marketing and digital trends
  • Ability to work independently and being accountable for individual project
  • Able to conduct yourself with the highest standard of behaviour and respect for colleagues
  • Good attitude and willing to learn and grow
  • Good personality and communication skills which will help to gain client’s trust quickly and play as a team player within the team
  • Good working English language skills and native Mandarin speaker
  • Have a good communication skill to work with the multi-culture internal team and clients 
  • Leadership experience on campaigns/events and/or digital projects would be a plus
  • Work under pressure and flexible with business trip requirements

Application requirements

We welcome applications from all suitably qualified Mandarin speaking candidates with the legal right to live and work in China.
All applicants should include their resume and a cover letter.


WHAT MAKES US, US

About us

We spark the imagination
Changing the way people think, feel and act

Our work

We design experiences that create memories, 
change behaviours and shape cultures

Our solutions

We specialise in consultancy, brand destinations, live events, content and investor communications




DE&I

Imagination believes that diversity, equity and inclusion are more than just words, and more than a legal framework or a moral obligation – they are guiding principles that, when acted upon, make us stronger, more innovative and more creative as an organisation.

We commit to not only significantly increasing our efforts to effect change today, but also to ensure that our efforts will be sustained for the long-term.

To support us on this journey we have appointed a Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Board to help shape our plans to bring about positive change, to help us learn and keep us all moving forward together.

We believe the responsibility for a diverse, equitable and inclusive workplace ultimately rests with all of us.

We believe that all employees should feel a sense of belonging at Imagination – regardless of their race, religion or belief, gender identity, age, sexual orientation, disability or background.

We believe racism has no place within our workplace or our work culture and we reject all forms of hatred, prejudice, intolerance and discrimination.

We believe that Black Lives Matter and it is our expectation that all employees become actively committed to making unbiased choices and are anti-racist in everything they do. Our Imagination community must share and live these beliefs, as diversity makes us stronger.

Our priority is humanity and our efforts towards a more diverse, more equitable and more inclusive workplace are never done.


Application

If you are not a perfect fit for the description above, please feel free to make a case for why you’re the right person for the job.

Send us a cover letter and state why you think we should consider you.
Talent comes in all forms and we want to encourage applications from as many different backgrounds as possible.

  • Role Account Manager – Purple Team
  • Location Shanghai, China
  • Department Client Services / Project
  • FTE Full Time
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