Assistant Account Manager (Sales - Events Management)

SUMMARY:

This role requires a strategic thinker with strong leadership skills and a passion for the events industry.

Key Responsibilities:

• Identifying and pursuing new business opportunities aligned to Pico’s broad service capabilities in events, exhibitions, retail, experiential marketing, content, and technology.
• Lead pitches and proposal development. Includes working with the relevant team and producers to pull together the required Specialist Services to develop the proposal.
• Competent in leading client’s strategies and to identify client’s needs and to create strategies to meet those needs.
• Grow the business both locally and regionally through a strategic account management approach and look to continuously improve the planning and execution of activities planned by our clients.
• Key responsibility is to establish and maintain relationships with identified clients, both new and existing. Hosting of regular POV meetings with the client to share insights and extend the value creation will be expected of you.
• Forge relationships with new clients and strengthen those with existing clients through the implementation of communication plans, thus creating strong visibility to the strategic support that is provided.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Marketing, Event Management, or a related field.
• Minimum of 3 years of experience in account management or client engagement in the events management, Advertising, creative industry.
• Proven track record of managing and delivering successful events.
• Strong project management skills, with the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.