Account Executive - Experiential Marketing

Job Description:

Dentsu Creative is a global creative agency network designed to unlock exponential growth for clients. We use Transformative Creativity as a differentiating, driving force to bring our capabilities together to positively impact people, businesses and society. Established in June 2022, Dentsu Creative is integrated with dentsu's Media and CXM businesses in over 145 countries and regions, to offer Integrated Growth Solutions.

ROLE PURPOSE

As an Experiential Marketing Account Executive at Dentsu Creative, you will play a key role in delivering innovative and engaging experiential marketing campaigns for our clients. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to manage day-to-day account activities, ensuring that projects are executed efficiently, creatively, and on schedule. This position requires strong communication skills, attention to detail, and the ability to build and maintain client relationships.

Client Relationship Management:

• Serve as the primary point of contact between the agency and the client.

• Understand client goals, brand guidelines, and marketing objectives.

• Maintain strong relationships by providing regular updates, reports, and recommendations.

• Day-to-day management of client accounts, handle client requests and ensure their expectations are met or exceeded.

Event & Campaign Planning

• Assist in developing event concepts, activations, and experiential marketing strategies.

• Contribute to brainstorming sessions and strategy development.

• Ensure event plans align with client budgets and objectives.

• Maintaining a high level of knowledge of the sponsorship/marketing industry

• Helping the team with New Business pitches, producing documents and client presentations

• Assisting in the development of creative ideas, undertaking research as requested and ensure ideas are possible to implement within specific parameters and budget

Project & Vendor Management

• Coordinate logistics, timelines, and deliverables for events.

• Liaise with vendors, venues, staffing agencies, and production teams.

• Oversee event setup, execution, and breakdown to ensure smooth operations.

Budgeting & Financial Oversight:

• Assist in preparing project budgets and cost estimates.

• Track and manage spending to ensure projects stay within budget.

• Handle invoices, payments, and expense reports for events.

Reporting & Performance Analysis

• Gather data and feedback from events and campaigns.

• Prepare post-event reports, including key metrics, ROI, and insights.

• Present results and recommendations to clients for future improvements.

WHAT YOU BRING

• Strong communication and client management, both verbal and written.

• Project management and organizational skills

• Budgeting and financial oversight

• Creativity and problem-solving abilities

• Ability to work under pressure and meet tight deadlines

• Teamwork and collaboration across multiple departments

• Quick to absorb and analyse large amounts of information

• Enthusiastic, energetic and imaginative

• Approachable, outgoing and diplomatic

• Able to present ideas with conviction

• Highly organised and flexible

• Experience managing or assisting with live events or marketing campaigns.
• The ideal candidate will have some exposure to creative or events.

WORKING WITH US

Joining Dentsu Creative, you will be part of a creative network, delivering ideas at the intersection of brand, culture, and commerce. In an age when brands are built and grown in altogether new ways we espouse humility alongside practical flexible problem solving.

On your journey you will partner with inspiring people across the world and become part of a truly inclusive culture where everyone is given the opportunity to thrive and create the best work of their careers; always learning and always listening to shape ideas, create culture and change behavior. By bringing together the capabilities, experience and relationships of our collective experts, the opportunities for personal growth and development are endless.

Inclusion and Diversity:

Our diverse and inclusive culture enables our employees to bring their best selves to work and be proud of doing so. For us, this is the foundation for great innovation which, in turn, generates better outcomes for our people, partners and communities. This is why we encourage applications from people with disabilities, and of all ages, nationalities, backgrounds and cultures.

We are happy to discuss flexible and agile approaches to working for all our roles - we can't promise we will be able to offer you everything you want or need but we do promise to discuss it with you openly and honestly. If you have any reasonable adjustment needs arising from a disability or medical condition to fully participate in the recruitment process, please discuss this with our recruitment teams.

About dentsu:

Taking a people-centred approach to business transformation, we use insights to connect brand, content, commerce and experience, underpinned by modern creativity. As part of Dentsu Group Inc. we are headquartered in Tokyo, Japan and our 65,000 employee-base of dedicated professionals work across four regions (Japan, Americas, EMEA and APAC). Dentsu combines Japanese innovation with a diverse, global perspective to drive client growth and to shape society.

Diversity, equity, and inclusion sits at the heart of our Social Impact strategy - our fully integrated sustainability strategy which includes our ambition to build a fair and more equal society, where everyone is equipped to thrive.

About our benefits:

We offer everything you would expect from a large company - like 25 days' holiday plus your birthday off - and a few additions, like 2 paid volunteering days each year to support charitable causes and 3 wellness days per year.

Location:
London

Brand:
Dentsu Creative

Time Type:
Full time

Contract Type:
Permanent]]>