Account Manager

A consultancy that works on the early stages of major public and private infrastructure projects is seeking an Account Manager to join its London team.

The primary focus of your role is stakeholder engagement, identifying compelling narratives and opportunities that drive advocacy with political and business stakeholders on behalf of their client portfolio; this includes anticipating and managing political and stakeholder risks, and bringing clarity to key political challenges. The work is geared to finding solutions and helping deliver the vital and transformative infrastructure projects that shape our future.

Key responsibilities:

• Deliver impactful campaigns and high quality materials to support client objectives
• Manage relationships with senior project stakeholders and clients
• Manage relationships with a wide range of external stakeholders such as business leaders, local and national government, special interest groups and local communities
• Develop stakeholder mapping, manage stakeholder databases, develop briefing notes and identify potential advocates
• Work with a range of technical experts in client teams to understand and translate complex information for a wide range of audiences
• Monitor Government and Parliament activity relevant to our clients and business development
• Research new infrastructure projects and relevant developments in planning policy

Key Skills required:

• Demonstrable experience in stakeholder management, ideally in built, infrastructure, energy, utilities environment, agency or in-house
• Skilled communicator - both written and spoken
• Experience of campaign management
• Enthusiastic and entrepreneurial
• Comfortable dealing with stakeholders at all levels

Due to a high volume of applicants, we are unable to respond to everyone. We will get in touch if you are successful in your application.

VMAGROUP is a leading international interim, contract, temporary and permanent recruitment and executive search specialist. We are specifically focused on providing support to the communications, digital and marketing communities.

Our specialist practice areas cover: communications, corporate communications, internal communications, change communications, PR, media relations, financial communications, CSR, public affairs, investor relations, marketing, digital marketing and agency services.

We have a reputation for providing expert consultancy services and advice, supported by in-depth knowledge of the professions we recruit for. Our thought leadership and benchmarking studies have become go-to resources for the communications and marketing industry, supporting planning and decision-making for organisations of all shapes and sizes.

In the UK, VMAGROUP has offices in London and Manchester and in Europe, VMAGROUP has offices in Amsterdam and Brussels, but we work with organisations and individuals on a global basis.

VMAGROUP is committed to equal opportunities and is a Diversity Pledged Recruiter.