Senior Client Services Manager

Reporting To:

Jim Walker

Senior Account Director

Department:

Client Services

Salary banding: £37k – £47k

Hybrid Working: 3 days per week in the Manchester office

We’re looking for a Senior Client Services Manager to join the Client Services department to build and maintain long-term professional relationships with our clients and work collaboratively alongside our delivery team, as well as our Sales and Marketing team to provide high-quality activity across multiple clients.

Role Responsibilities:

• Client management– to be able to effectively build and manage approximately 10+ concurrent clients, ensuring they receive purposeful and strategic guidance across core services; Digital PR, Social Media advertising, SEO, and PPC.
• Supporting the wider team – as a Senior member of the department you are expected to support and nurture the more junior team members, this will include support with client communications, building knowledge in different areas of the role, and overall mentorship.
• Delivery of work – you will need to be comfortable liaising with the whole delivery team to make sure they are delivering what is needed to meet clients’ retainer needs together with presenting this to your client base.
• Strategy – a key part of your day-to-day duties will be ensuring that both yourself and the team are regularly creating new strategies for the clients and that they are successfully implemented into campaigns. Your input is essential to ensure the client’s goals are achieved – if not exceeded.
• Strategy – Embryo has developed innovative tools and strategies that enable our clients to succeed. As a leader within the team, you will need to ensure these tools are integrated on a day to day basis and play a key role in producing client insights and performance
• Building relationships – we pride ourselves on our level of customer service and the way we work with our clients. Building good relationships with your clients is a key part of your role. You’ll need to have a deep understanding of the client’s needs, business, brand, sector, competitors, and audiences.
• Teamwork – you’ll need to be a team player and work with other areas of the business on multi-channel clients, this includes our sales team. We are a business that likes to help each other out, so showing willingness to help and support others is key.
• Fresh Ideas – bringing fresh ideas to the whole team and ensuring that we remain at the forefront of the very latest digital marketing standards.
• KPIs – you should be comfortable working closely with the clients to ensure that client KPIs and objectives are met throughout the campaign.
• Contributions – play an active part in the growth of client campaigns and retaining their business thus minimising our churn rate.
• Accountability – It is essential for this role that the Senior Client Services Manager is accountable for their duties and any issues that arise with their clients.
• Trust – Working with the departments around you requires trust and respect for each other. For this position to be successful you will need to be confident enough to have open and honest conversations with each other in order to deliver the best results for the client.
• Sales and Targets – you will have monthly targets to meet which are based on client retention, growth and upsells.

Skills and Knowledge:

• Problem-solving – you need to be skilled in finding solutions when presented with any problems either internally or externally with clients.
• Listening – this is an essential skill to have within this position, always listen to the clients’ needs throughout the campaign and work collaboratively to find solutions with our clients.
• Organisation – It is your responsibility to make sure that the campaigns are running smoothly for your clients. There will be times when multiple people are involved, both client-side and internally, so it is important that you are the key contact for your client in order to avoid any lack of communication and organisation.
• Reporting – each month we provide all clients with a detailed report of their campaign progress. You should be confident in your analytical skills and be able to report on these when needed for clients whether this is via email, face to face or on the phone.
• Software – you should have experience in using CRM tools, Google Analytics, GSuite, and communication channels such as Slack. For any other software or tools, training will be provided.
• Communication – you should be comfortable engaging with clients, reporting to them over the phone and face to face. Thus, your telephone manner must be friendly and professional at all times. Your communication skills, both written and verbal, should be excellent.
• Time Management – we use an extremely efficient CRM tool to assist in time management, but you should also be confident that your workload is manageable and appropriate deadlines are set and met.
• Knowledge – you must have an excellent level of understanding of the digital marketing services that we offer: SEO, PPC, Digital PR, and Social Media advertising.
• Passion – you should be passionate about customer service and want to deliver the best results for your clients.