We currently have six vacancies as follows:
1. Project Director at Teamspirit
Reporting to the Group Project Director or Client Services Director, you will be responsible for directing your client accounts to ensure creative and service excellence. You provide inspiration and are a driving force for the Project team.
Teamspirit is a specialist financial services agency and really passionate about what we do - and how we go about doing it. So we have a strong culture; to be part of our team we want people who will live up to our values. This means that you need to be able to demonstrate the following :
• Be expert - know your stuff, understand the dynamics of the financial services market, who's launching, who's changing. Know your clients, what they like, what they don't. Have a point of view.
• Be responsible - take on the problem and stay committed to finding a solution for your clients. Deliver on your promises. Look after your team-mates and your environment. Your colleagues should be able to depend on you.
• Be teamspirited - results are better when achieved together. Be collaborative and open to working as a team. Be a team player.
• Be true - to your team and your clients, about what to expect and when. About what you can and can’t do. About what you do and don’t understand. Treat clients and colleagues with respect.
• Make it happen - roll your sleeves up, have a can-do attitude. Set goals for each piece of work. Meet and beat deadlines. Meet that target every time.
• Open-minded - accept new challenges. Listen to others point of view. Approach briefs from different POVs. Question the Status Quo.
• Proud - take pride in the work that you do and the results that we achieve.
• Brave - champion new ideas and innovative solutions. Always look for a solution even when you reach a dead end. Have the courage to do the right thing even in the face of opposition.
• Passionate - be motivated and enthusiastic to go that extra mile. Show your clients and colleagues that you really care about what you do. Have a point of view, and then shout about it. Show initiative, do the research, put the effort in, care about the quality of everything you do.
And your clients would expect you to:
1. Build and maintain high standards of executional work to ensure Teamspirit delivers the best product to them and makes a significant contribution to their business.
2. Take direct responsibility for growth, quality of work and smooth operation.
3. Challenge them and push the boundaries with regards to creativity and innovation.
4. Establish a good working rapport between the client and agency teams.
5. Build positive relationships with senior client contacts and other agencies that the client works with.
6. Pro-actively manage projects efficiently, to agreed budgets and timings
7. Have an understanding of their brand, their business and the products that they market
Strive to deploy appropriate strategic and business development resources necessary for the development of any plans or campaigns
Your role specifically requires you to provide leadership and ensure the team delivers outstanding client service by:
• Anticipating, recognising and meeting client needs.
• Developing and implementing creative solutions to satisfy the strategic and creative requirements of client briefs. Always striving to step outside and beyond the brief.
• Identifying business development opportunities amongst clients and involving appropriate Teamspirit resources to secure additional business.
• Management of process to deliver client business ensuring that work is delivered on time and within budget.
• Manage and implement appropriate planning and control mechanisms - creative briefs, schedules and status reports - to ensure that projects are managed effectively.
• Gatekeeping the overall quality of work before presenting to clients and ensuring compliance with the brand.
• Proven ability to evaluate creative work with reference to the brief and on its own merits. Must have the respect of the Creative Department to champion client comments.
• Quality control over all aspects of creative output, production and print ensuring the highest values are executed.
• Demonstrate conceptual thinking ability by identifying key issues and developing possible solutions. Comes forward with solutions, not problems.
• Develop close long term client relationships.
• Identify when appropriate to involve directors of Teamspirit in client business.
• Ensure directors kept up-to-date with status of client business.
• Cost projects ensuring efficient and timely purchase process is employed and that monthly projections are updated on a weekly basis for the Directors.
• Develop business in line with the business targets for existing clients and help the business to meet stated new business targets.
Your role as a manager:
• To motivate and manage your Project Manager(s).
• To identify training requirements within project team.
• To ensure annual and six monthly reviews are undertaken.
• To review each quarter for PRP purposes.
Your role with regard to new business:
• Involvement in new business presentations as appropriate to new and existing clients.
• Identify new business opportunities and involve Teamspirit directors as appropriate.
Your role within Teamspirit:
• Identify appropriate entertainment or events for clients.
• Ensure that you get involved with projects outside of your day-to-day role to ensure that Teamspirit are constantly moving forward, keeping up with the latest developments in financial services and marketing.
Your skills/experience:
• Minimum 5 years commercial experience ideally on client and agency side. Prior supervisory experience required.
• Good understanding of the financial services market, with at least two years working with a financial services organisation.
• Good understanding of design, marketing, production techniques and agency systems & procedures.
Your attributes:
• Highly developed interpersonal, team building and relationship management skills.
• Effective oral and written communication, presentation, influence and negotiation skills.
• Ability to make decisions and resolve problems quickly and effectively.
• Strong organisational skills to effectively manage smooth flow of work through agency.
• Time management and the ability to determine priorities and delegate effectively.
• Demonstrates ability to select, motivate and develop staff.
• Tact, diplomacy, maturity in relating and interacting with people at all levels.
• Discretion exercised and organisational impact is high.
Reports to: Group Account Director or Client Services Director
Applications:
Please send your covering letter and CV to Jo Dimeloe by email jdimeloe@teamspirit.uk.com
2. Five Job Vacancies in the Research Division
Facts International:
Facts International is looking to grow its team through the addition of an Insight Manager and a Senior Research Executive.
The role of Insight Manager is to manage key client accounts, in particular end clients, who require full service expertise from initial consultation and questionnaire design through to delivery of findings. Reporting to the Client Services Director, the Insight Manager is responsible for liaising with internal departments and the client on all matters pertaining to the client’s research project.
The role of a Senior Research Executive is to manage and oversee research projects. Reporting to an Associate Director, the emphasis of the role is to maintain and enhance customer relations through the successful management of research projects and the research team. This should include the development of existing client relationships and the development of working relations with new clients to assist with the expansion of the business. Senior Research Managers are a point of contact for clients and other internal staff members and are responsible for the completion of projects to time and budget.
Opinion Leader Research:
Opinion Leader is looking to expand its senior team through the engagement of a Research Director and an Associate Director.
Ideal candidates for these roles should possess both quantitative and qualitative experience across the full spectrum of research methodologies. Experience in the following industry sectors would be advantageous: health care, social, financial services, b2b, media, and telecoms.
The primary focus of these positions is to oversee research projects, including project management, effective delegation of duties, management of individual team members, and development of skill-sets within these teams. Both Directors will also be required to assist in developing new business and growing existing accounts and revenue streams.
If you are interested in any of the above positions and have relevant experience please contact Kate Meyers, Divisional Head of HR, at Kate@facts.uk.com or call 01233 648 522.
