SENIOR ACCOUNT MANAGER (IHA)

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Location: UK | Hybrid

Join the Digital Evolution at Asahi

We are building a creative powerhouse inside Asahi, one of the world's most respected beer brands. If you're looking to break free from traditional agency life and grow within an exciting in-house environment, this is your chance to make an impact.

At Asahi, we're assembling a best-in-class in-house agency to elevate some of the most iconic beer brands in the world-Peroni Nastro Azzurro, Asahi Super Dry, Pilsner Urquell, Kozel, Grolsch, Lech, and Tyskie-across multiple markets. And we need a Digital Executive to help drive our digital presence, ensuring our campaigns and platforms perform at their best.

Functional Overview

To deliver better, more creative and cost-effective solutions for our business, we are growing an in-house agency team, to support the Global Asahi brands and local market activities. As part of this model, we need an experienced Senior Account Manager to support several markets activities and Global brands.

As the Senior Account Manager, you will be the lead contact between the markets, brands and the in-house agency. You will not only have excellent campaign management experience, great people skills but also have a strong understanding of global marketing; including strategic, creative and production processes.

You will perform an integral role in the in-house agency, overseeing a team of account managers in various markets, supporting on end-to-end delivery of campaigns ensuring work is delivered on time and to a high quality while also ensuring we are operationally efficient and effective.

You thrive in a fast-paced environment, take ownership of your work and supporting the team. You have a passion for the consumer, using channels and content to connect with them in order to build and facilitate communities for brands. You have a strong experience building brands in multiple channels, an ability to influence key stakeholders. You have proven success in delivering to task and consistently meeting KPI's.

What You'll Be Responsible For

• Manage your key accounts, brands and markets, ensuring work is delivered on time and on budget, and to our high-quality creative standards.
• Build great relationships with the markets and their brand teams, while effectively collaborating with external agencies and 3rd parties.
• Input into your teams' financials and agency status, including COVI, ROI, KPIs and team capacity. Feeding into this every week.
• Track project deadlines and capacity to ensure we are in line with expected delivery, flagging to clients if additional support is needed.
• Lead and manage projects; Delivering campaigns that are successful, leaning into our overarching brand strategies, and business objectives.
• Be confident at building creative, social and digital plan presentations, and be a strong presenter of those plans and activities to the brand and marketing teams.
• Be a champion of the IHA processes, ensuring we are following key structures such as reporting, post project evaluation, feedback loops and communication protocols.
• Lead, and manage your direct report (account manager), to a high standard, bringing passion and can-do attitude, offering support and a willingness to get stuck in where needed.

What You Bring to the Table

• University degree
• At least 4 years working in an agency, or brand / marketing role.
• Experience working with global and local markets.
• FMCG experience is advantageous

Why Join Us?

• Work on some of the world's most recognised beer brands, delivering digital solutions that make an impact.
• Be part of a growing in-house agency, shaping its digital evolution from the ground up.
• Gain global experience, collaborating across markets to create high-performance campaigns.
• Enjoy a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment where new ideas are encouraged.
• Hybrid working model, offering flexibility while fostering collaboration.
• Competitive salary and benefits package, designed to support your career growth.

About Asahi Europe & International

Asahi Europe & International is part of Asahi Group Holdings, a global beer, spirits, soft drinks, and food group with leading positions in European and Asia-Pacific markets, listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, Japan. As of November 2020, Asahi Europe & International Group runs 19 production facilities in 8 countries across Europe and is the custodian of some of the best beer brands in the world, including Asahi Super Dry, Pilsner Urquell, Peroni Nastro Azzurro, Grolsch, and Kozel. Within the Asahi Group, the remit of Asahi Europe and International is also to develop and manage all export markets globally, outside of Japan and Oceania. Covering 90 markets and with over 10,000 passionate colleagues on board, the business is well positioned to inspire people around the world to drink better.

About Our In-House Agency

Our in-house agency is transforming how we deliver creative, social, and digital campaigns for Asahi's global and local brands. With teams based in Italy, the UK, Czechia, the Netherlands, and Poland, we operate as a pan-European hub-bringing together top talent to create high-impact marketing solutions.

By balancing creativity, cost-effectiveness, and speed, we're building a streamlined model that sets the standard for in-house agencies across the FMCG industry.

And we're just getting started. As we grow, our remit will expand across even more markets, giving you the opportunity to be part of something that's continuously evolving and pushing boundaries

Diversity & Inclusion Statement

We are committed to nurturing a workplace where we celebrate and respect difference and support everyone to be true to who they are! At Asahi Europe and International, we believe you can SHINE AS YOU ARE-no matter your age, gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disabilities, religion, or beliefs. We want to support you to be courageous in your individuality and to know that whoever you are and whatever your circumstances, you can belong with us without having to conform.

Ready to Make an Impact?

If you're looking for a role where you can truly shape the future of an in-house agency and contribute to high-impact digital campaigns, we'd love to hear from you.

Apply today and help us redefine what's possible for in-house agencies.