WE Communications Senior Client Executive

Location: Singapore
Business sector: Digital Marketing
Job reference: 804030
Published: about 1 year ago
Come join us as a Senior Client Executive, where you'll combine skills of digital & social acumen, business understanding and strategic thinking, BD, great client servicing, leadership and engagement!

Responsibilities
Media and Influencer Engagement:
  • Develop and lead communications plans and strategies.
  • Manage media/PR/influencer campaigns, including media events, analyst meetings, media tours, KOL/influencer/advocacy programmes
  • Deep knowledge and understanding of the media and KOL/influencer landscape in Singapore and/or APAC
  • Experience with analyst relations, government relations etc. is a bonus
  • Propose and develop editorial content and PR materials (eg. press releases, briefing documents, pitches, bylines, end of campaign reports etc.) with minimal supervision
  • Work with junior team members to guide them on editorial content creation
Digital & Social Acumen:
  • Assist in creating high-level digital/social media strategies that are integrated into communication plans
  • Engage with agency digital & monitoring divisions regarding client projects & deliverables
  • Experience in social media management, including community management, editorial calendars and metrics reporting
  • Serve as day-to-day contact for media/influencers; share knowledge
  • Conduct outreach relevant to integrated communication
  • Oversee management of reactive requests, proactively influence & garner coverage
  • Lead brainstorms & strategic campaign development
Client Servicing:
  • Maintain day-to-day contact with the client and ensure timely delivery of projects
  • Anticipate client communication challenges & develop recommendations
  • Develop & implement integrated communication strategies and plans
  • Manage specific projects that are part of a larger campaign
  • Develop and maintain trackers for projects
  • Begin to understand clients’ business model from a global perspective; understand key markets, global influencers and the impact on client/business narrative
Business Acumen and Strategic Thinking:
  • Develop & own portions of a plan
  • Identify opportunities for cross-team integration
  • Share POV, knowledge & expertise with the team/ agency through presentations, brown bag sessions or development courses, etc.
New Business Development:
  • Become familiar with WE capabilities across the agency including global region specialties in comparison to competitor agencies
  • Assist with new business development, including taking an active role as part of the development/pitch team
  • Serve in a lead research role on organic growth new business efforts including sourcing and gathering audience, industry or competitor market data
  • Understand & identify potential opportunities to grow & diversify existing account
  • Begin to develop and nurture network of peer contacts outside the agency
People Leadership:
  • Be a peer resource to staff, interns & new hires
  • Build management skills by mentoring and managing junior level staff and account team
  • Take accountability for role on projects
  • Model agency values
  • Demonstrate ability to give/accept constructive feedback
  • Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously
Requirements
  • A minimum of Diploma or Bachelor’s Degree in Communication or Business in Marketing
  • At least 2 years of working experience in the communication field, preferably from an agency environment. Any integrated communication experience would be a bonus
  • Good grasp and understanding of communication (knowledge/experience in traditional PR and/or social-digital media and marketing strategies, etc.)
  • Able to thrive in a fast-paced team environment (frequent tight deadlines, multitasking, etc)
  • Good speaking, writing, and communication skills in English
  • Any leadership experience mentoring a junior will be a plus
  • Strong interest in B2B Enterprise Technology, Corporate, Gov work will be a plus
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