Freelance Account Manager

ROLE: Account Manager

LOCATION: Melbourne, Australia

A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE ROLE AND TEAM

OLIVER is a global marketing agency. Our skilled creative talents are dedicated to high-profile clients and are based either onsite, near site or offsite in our hubs. OLIVER partnered with adidas in 2015 building out a language localisation team and since then we have launched 5 other teams spanning from shoot production to toolkit creation and we are now embarking on our biggest venture with them on building a centralised adaptation global team.

With an unmatched history and tradition of creating iconic products, consumer connections and experiences, adidas has been defining sport culture since the beginning. And they're not done. We are working with adidas to build a dedicated global centralised adaptation dedicated team, which will deliver all their global localised remastering and adaptation needs.

Our team will support adidas's global markets from our centralised offices as well as being onsite/near-site with the clients in these markets. The support will span from eCom, social, print and their retail content needs. This team will serve as adidas' bespoke global adaptation global agency, working at the heart of their business.

We are looking for people who want to work closer with clients and brands, who are entrepreneurial and relish the opportunity to be a part of something new and dynamic.

The Australia Account Manager develops and builds strong relationships with the local clients, becoming a trusted and valued advisor and delivery specialist. The Account Manager oversees the portfolio of in-market campaigns and its cultural nuances.

The role delivers an exceptional level of client service and creative thinking, as well as having an active role in driving efficiencies and lead growth across all the categories including Originals, Football, Running, to name a few.

WHAT IS REQUIRED:

Understand the importance of brands and working within brand guidelines.
A deep understanding of the business; their needs, expectations and requirements in order to provide the best service and solution through close partnership in the key market.
Experience with global creative toolkits, market adaptations, and localisations.
The pro-actively own and manage local client engagement and relationship management.
Effective project management through the full lifecycle using project governance as directed by the client - receiving and interrogating briefs, attending and driving regular client and internal status meetings, escalating issues and proactively resolving problems, managing project resource and spend and making critical decisions.
The ability to drive and motivate a team and project through to successful completion.
Run account meetings and take responsibility for service levels and KPIs.
Work closely with clients to create strong concepts from initial briefing. Understanding the local nuances to their local markets.
You will be working with our global stakeholders and providing insightful feedback. This role is key for connecting global and local teams.
Work closely with production leads and creatives to develop a brief from beginning to end.
You ideally need to come from a background in production with a strong delivery background. You should already understand the process and nuances for delivery high volumes of adaptation work.
Growing strong relationships with the different agencies, including their, creative origination agencies, media agencies, printers etc. Being the central point to ensure we get the work from the creative agencies on time and deliver to the media agencies and printers to their timelines.
A strong passion for sport and particularly for the adidas brand.
Ideally a strong background in a retail environment, both online and offline.
WHAT GOOD LOOKS LIKE:

The ability to manage both individual and project workloads and identifying challenges and risks within them.
Executional rigour, competent in multitasking and great organisational skills.
The ability to combine and translate complex material from different sources and contexts into stories and content that engage and resonate with in-market target audience.
Competent in presenting and communicating ideas to clients.
Experience working with retail/ sports products.
3-4 years of relevant experience in:
Paid Media
Digital & Programmatic
Print
Social
OOH
Retail
Production
Adapting and Activating Toolkits

A LITTLE BIT ABOUT US:
What OLIVER does is provide clients with dedicated, on-site agencies that are built from the ground up. These agencies live and work right at the very heart of our client's organisation. Delivering precisely the skills and capacity they require, complemented by brand talent from our whole business on everything from planning to execution.

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