Account Manager (Creative & Digital)

Are you a top-performing Account Manager with proven experience and deep knowledge of the creative & digital process? Are you a driven, passionate people-person and collaborator keen to join a growing studio? Look no further! 

On behalf of our client, a creative studio experiencing rapid growth, we’re looking for a super suit with great communication skills and an excellent work ethic to join their team in central Auckland. This hybrid Account Manager role involves both creative and digital projects. You’ll coordinate and deliver design and branding briefs plus end-to-end web infrastructure builds, including eCommerce sites. 

You’ll have the confidence and flair to lead relationships with local and offshore clients, largely in the fashion, art and lifestyle sectors. Some digital knowledge is a must, and you’ll need to be able to calmly handle workflow, budgets, and deadlines.  

Want to combine your passion for client service, creative and digital? APPLY TODAY! 

The breakdown

We are looking for a talented agency suit with: 

• 4+ years working in design, digital, advertising or marketing agencies
• Experience forging solid relationships with clients

Proven results and experience in:

• Coordinating and delivering end-to-end web infrastructure builds
• Running client briefing sessions and processing them into briefs
• Offering strategic input, problem solving and best practice in digital production
• Assigning projects and workload where appropriate through WIP planning
• Preparing project schedules, time estimates and budgets
• Ownership of client projects, delivering work on time and within budget
• Researching client’s products, services, competitors, and target markets
• Presenting design work through artwork approval to clients
• Strategic input into existing key accounts
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Highly organised, with an ability to multi-task
• Streamline, Asano and Slack is a bonus
• Figma, Shopify and Sanity (CMS) is a bonus

Are you someone who is…

• Innovative and solutions-focused?
• Personable and relatable?
• Focused and has excellent attention to detail?
• Interested and always learning?

The reward

• Yearly salary of $90,000 - $95,000 + health insurance
• WFH one day per week
• Work for a highly creative boutique agency

Mandatory requirements

• Have full rights to work in New Zealand

Apply today

If this role sounds like you, apply today or e-mail [email protected] with a summary of why you may be interested in this position. 

About The Pond:

The Pond is committed to becoming New Zealand’s number one specialist recruiter in the Digital & Tech, Creative & Design, and Marketing & Sales sectors. We focus on finding the best candidates in the local and overseas market that last the distance and help transform our clients’ businesses. Established in 2006, The Pond is driven by a dedicated team of experienced recruiters and support team who get results for clients daily. Our audited placement average is 4.4 years, so the people we place do stick.