Account Manager - 6 months fixed term contract

Role profile

In the highly competitive world of sports, it's critical to use effective media and advertising strategies to communicate offerings to a mass audience. Media Solutions provides essential services to clients, helping them to measure, analyse, and interpret the effectiveness of their advertising and investments, and to make sound economic decisions.

As a Media Account Executive / Account Manager, you'll use Nielsen Sports analysis to advise clients on the exposure of their brands or platforms in media and to identify areas for improvement. You'll work closely with your clients to understand their specific needs and requirements and use this information to create detailed analyses, combining data from different sources in the Nielsen Sports product portfolio.

In addition to your analytical skills, you'll have excellent communication and presentation skills, and be able to turn your analysis results into compelling stories that deliver meaningful insights and added value to our clients. You'll also have the ability to collaborate with other Solutions groups, Revenue and Sales Enablement teams to drive growth initiatives.

Skills/Competency

Key skills and competencies for this role include:

• Having an analytical mindset
• Identifying client needs
• Being knowledgeable in media and sponsorship
• Good time management and prioritization skills
• Excellent communication skills to present recommendations to different audiences

You'll also need to:

• Maintain an internal and external network
• Coordinate ongoing client projects
• Continually expand your knowledge of client business issues and needs
• Understand Nielsen Sports products
• Stay updated on the media and advertising industry

Furthermore, you should be digitally literate, and a driver of automation and standardised, repeatable business processes to improve efficiency and effectiveness. With your help, we can support our clients in achieving their business growth goals, and deliver high-quality services that exceed their expectations.

Tasks and Responsibilities

• Building strong relationships with clients and providing comprehensive client service
• Understanding our clients' challenges and developing appropriate solutions to meet their needs
• Analysing information and presenting findings to clients independently or in collaboration with other associates
• Mastering Nielsen Sports tools and the product portfolio, continuously expanding knowledge on clients, the sports business landscape, media, and advertising industry
• Mastering project planning tools to implement and track your projects, project management, capacity planning tools, and order systems
• Collaborating with media operations teams at Nielsen Sports to align client projects and meet service-level agreements
• Managing reactive/inbound sales support, identifying solutions in collaboration with the revenue team
• Collaborating on projects with other solutions groups, where applicable
• Actively contributing to business process improvement of existing media solutions and products, as well as the development of new products and services
• Monitoring the profitability of programs and projects and ensuring the profitability of your projects
• Taking responsibility for a Nielsen Sports product/program under supervision and managing projects/programs of any complexity
• Providing scope, cost calculations, and feasibility checks for projects of any complexity

Overall, you will work closely with clients, revenue teams, and media operations teams to drive business growth, ensure client satisfaction, and maintain profitability. You will also contribute to the continuous improvement of our services and products by adopting the automation of our processes and services.

Nielsen is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability status, age, marital status, protected veteran status or any other protected class.