Senior Business Manager

Description 

Media.Monks Amsterdam is looking for a Senior Business Manager with solid knowledge of the Digital Creative. Someone who knows how to steward business relationships at the intersection of creativity and technology.

 

Now, about the opportunity

As Senior Business Manager you’re experienced in all aspects of the agency's (commercial) efforts to deliver creative marketing initiatives for clients. You will be responsible for going beyond the day-to-day of driving projects through the agency and ensuring that we deliver coordinated, on-strategy work across our clients’ programs. You can identify opportunities and transform these into briefs. The ideal candidate is a go-getter who can quickly jump on new challenges, has solid business acumen and works fast and flexibly to get the job done. Humility and collaboration are also a big part of their DNA. In our fast-paced work environment, attentiveness and the ability to handle multiple projects with ease, are a must. 

 

Day-to-day responsibilities include:

• Oversees accounts and executes projects with extreme attention to detail and excellent follow-through on all financial matters
• Supports our agency account leadership team as they plan and execute client marketing and advertising programs
• Drives program-level project management with extreme detail to ensure deliverables are produced on time, on budget, and to client’s specifications
• Supports the creation of creative briefs, drafts schedules, creates budget estimates and tracks financial logistics.
• Demonstrates excellent time management and ability to manage multiple complex projects simultaneously.
• Maintains excellent written and verbal communication with all parties
• Builds and retains key relationships with agency and client partners

 

Requirements

• 5-7+ years in marketing communications and digital marketing, ideally in a business focussed role
• Proven skills in the execution of advertising and 360 digital marketing campaigns
• Strong grasp of agency logistics and processes and the ability to anticipate impacts and changes
• Excellent ability to multitask and stay abreast of multiple projects at one time
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment
• High energy, structured, detail oriented person, with a go-getter, positive attitude; comfortable working autonomously and within groups
• Experience working directly with clients to build strong relationships and create a positive experience that helps meet client's business expectations and needs
• Effective verbal, written, and presentation-related communication skills around project planning and status, roadblocks and, when needed, alternate courses of action
• Proficient with Google for Work products (slides, sheets etc)
• Fluent in both written and spoken English
• BA/BS degree

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About Media.Monks:

Media.Monks is the purely digital operating brand of S4Capital plc that connects 8,600+ digital natives across one global team. We are united by a mission to shift industries forward and pave the path towards ambitious outcomes so our clients and our people can realize their full potential for growth. Our unified model combines solutions in media, data, social, platforms, studio, experience, brand and technology services to help our clients continuously reinvent themselves throughout increasingly rapid cycles of disruption. Our efforts to shape culture, build innovative technologies and unlock the future of growth have earned recognition from numerous esteemed panels: we maintain a constant presence on Adweek’s Fastest Growing lists (2019-22), regular recognition at Cannes Lions, inclusion in AdExchanger’s Programmatic Power Players (2020-23), the title of Webby Production Company of the Year (2021-23), a record number of FWAs, and have earned a spot on Newsweek’s Top 100 Global Most Loved Workplaces 2023. Together, these achievements solidify our experience in digital innovation, excellence in craft, and commitment to personal growth.

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