Account Manager - German speaking role - Sky Creative

Want to do the best work of your life? With 24 million customers in 6 countries, make your mark at Europe’s leading media and entertainment brand. A workplace where you can proudly be yourself; our people make Sky a truly exciting and inclusive place to work. Our Account Management team manage projects and campaigns for Germany across multiple business verticals: Entertainment, Sports, Cinema, Sky TV & WOW, and we’re now looking for star Account Managers to join our growing team, to work on projects across different business verticals on a permanent or freelance basis. You’ll manage the day-to-day operations of a project, working closely with marketing, creative and production teams to meet the requirements of a brief and deliver projects end to end! What you'll do:

• Manage projects from brief to delivery. Partnering with teams within Sky Creative and Marketing, and ensuring progression across all stages, delivering on time and on budget
• On relevant projects assist the Account Director/Senior Account Director to ensure progression at key stages and landmarks. Lead small campaigns with AD support
• Work with the producer/PM to agree key project landmark dates for internal and marketing teams
• Partner with production and marketing in delivery phase and be accountable for the successful delivery of campaign assets
• Set up and coordinate marketing touchpoints & meetings, and follow up with contact reports to ensure all parties in marketing and within Sky Creative are clear of next steps
• Liaise with production and creative teams to ensure all feedback is received and applied
• Co-ordinate briefing meetings with marketing and inform relevant producer/project manager to arrange a kick-off with internal teams
• Ensure timeline and budget are followed accurately and raise any discrepancies with producer & account director
• Work closely with media partners and production to ensure all parties have the necessary information concerning deliverables for the campaign
• Apply your integrated experience across to deliver campaigns across ATL, BTL & digital.
• Look for ways of simplifying & adding clarity to everything we do. Proactively identify blockers and recommend solutions.
• Partner with Marketing Managers & Leads throughout a project, influencing and enabling progression at each key stage

What you'll bring:

• Fluent in German & English is mandatory!
• Solid experience (3-5 years) from an integrated agency background
• Strong project management skills, experienced at managing multiple projects with short and long lead times
• Able to manage all deliverables typical of an integrated advertising and communications campaign, from ATL to Digital
• Strong relationship building skills – trust, collaboration, knowledge, gets best out of people
• Strong and effective communicator to partners at all levels
• Resilience and experience - working within fast paced communications and marketing environments

Team Overview Sky Creative is Sky’s European Brand and Creative hub providing Brand Strategy, Brand Design, Advertising, Promotions and Broadcast Creative for multiple partners across our European Markets. The hub consists of an in-house capability and a matrix of external agency and post-production partners. The hub exists to drive excellence in Sky’s Brand and Creative output, and we are committed to diversity and inclusivity. The Rewards: There's a reason people can't stop talking about #LifeAtSky. Our great range of rewards really are something special, here are just a few:

• Sky Q, for the TV you love all in one place
• A generous pension package
• Private healthcare
• Discounted mobile and broadband
• Access a wide range of exclusive Sky VIP rewards and experiences

How you'll work: We know the world has changed, and we want to offer our employees the chance to collaborate at our unique office spaces, whilst enjoying the convenience of working from home. We've adopted a hybrid working approach to give more flexibility on where and how we work. You'll find out more about what this means for this role during the recruitment process. Your office base: Osterley: Our Osterley Campus is a 10-minute walk from Syon Lane train station. Or you can hop on one of our free shuttle buses that run to and from Osterley, Gunnersbury, Ealing Broadway and South Ealing tube stations. There’s also plenty of bike shelters and showers. On campus, you’ll find 13 subsidised restaurants, cafes, and a Waitrose. You can keep in shape at our subsidised gym, catch the latest shows and movies at our cinema, get your car washed and even get pampered at our beauty salon. Inclusion: We take pride in our approach to diversity and inclusion: we’ve been recognised by The Times and Stonewall for this, and we’ve committed £30million to support the fight against racial injustice. We’ve also set ambitious targets for increasing ethnic diversity and representation throughout our organisation. At Sky we don’t just look at your CV. We’re more focused on who you are and your potential. We also know that everyone has a life outside work, and we'll do everything we can to support you during your application. If you need us to make any adjustments to our recruitment process, speak to our recruitment team who will be happy to support you. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation. Why wait? Apply now to build an amazing career and be part of a brilliant team. We can’t wait to hear from you. To find out more about working with us, search #LifeAtSky on social media. A job you love to talk about. Just so you know: if your application is successful, we’ll ask you to complete a criminal record check. And depending on the role you have applied for and the nature of any convictions you may have, we might have to withdraw the offer.