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If you're looking for your next role, we've put together a job seeker checklist to help with your search.
If you have ever found yourself daydreaming at your desk about a better life, redundancy could be a blessing in disguise. It could be the push you need to find a much more rewarding job with a better company. Below you will find a few pointers we think will boost your chances of securing a new role quickly.
- Ask your old employer to provide a written reference that can be used in your CV. If you’re a manager, ask your team for a reference too.
- Update your LinkedIn profile and ensure you mark yourself as “Interested in Opportunities” – Specify what you are interested in, and where.
- Write your CV making sure you keep to a maximum of 2 pages where possible and listing your experience in reverse chronological order (most recent job to least recent).
- Ask a professional to review your CV (a recruiter, HR Manager or similar) link to CV writing guide)
- Once you’re happy, post your CV on to popular job boards. We find the most effective generalist boards are, Reed, CV Library and Indeed. You should include a very brief cover note on your CV saying what you’re looking for and where you’re prepared to work. If you’re willing to take freelance jobs or perm, note that down too. Always try to provide guide on salary (most boards will ask for you to select a bracket)
- Utilise your own network. Make it very clear to everyone you know that you’re looking, have they seen or heard of any roles going that might suit you? Can they recommend you to friends?
- Contact trusted recruiters and register your details, try to actually speak to someone where possible, the more experienced the recruiter the better.
- Spend time researching companies that you’re interested in before approaching them directly – where possible try to email the most senior people in each business and also connect with them on LinkedIn explaining (briefly) why they might be interested in you.
- Remember, always try to put yourself in the employer’s shoes, why should they hire you? It’s not all about what you want, it’s what you are able to bring to their company.
- Chase people up. It is no longer sufficient just to click apply, hiring managers have so many applications that it pays to contact them directly and check they have received your details. Push them for feedback, if you’re not right for that job, do they have any others that might suit you?
- Record a one minute elevator pitch for yourself and post on your social media. You can also include a link to the video on your applications, it is a huge differentiator.
- Don’t get downhearted – it’s very easy to quickly become despondent when applying for jobs and not receiving any positive responses. Stick to these guidelines and keep on going, the right job will eventually find you.
Looking to write or improve your CV, we have a guide to writing CV's here. If you're looking at applying for a role with us, you can send over your resume for us to check.
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Account Director
Newbury
New Business Manager - B2B Market Research
Fantastic chance for a driven and enthusiastic Account Director to join a market research agency right at the top of their game!
The agency is nearing the 50 headcount and works with some of the world's largest tech-focused brands to provide engaging and actionable insights to their clients. The working environment is superb, and they have a very active social side with vibrant and open-plan offices. Staff turnover is low, due to the work-life balance that they provide in an exciting and fast-paced environment.
What do they do?
They are an independent market research agency that delivers engaging & actionable insight to some of the world's largest technology brands. They have continued to see significant growth over the last 4 years and punch well above their weight whilst delivering bespoke research and expert client advice. They have an excellent reputation within the industry with plenty of inbound sales
What they would like from you.
- You will need experience in sales and account management within the market research sector and have an affinity for the B2B technology sector.
- You will be passionate about developing new business opportunities and be driven in achieving financial targets and other goals
- Strong knowledge of market research methods, terminology and practices.
- Strong communication skills at all levels
- An ability to collaborate constructively with others on developing accounts, opportunities, marketing campaigns and new products
- Able to prioritise effectively
- Driven to achieve financial targets and wider engagement goals
What's in it for you?
You can expect to receive an excellent basic salary, a competitive quarterly 30% bonus, cool open-plan office with free parking, regular social events, paid for monthly lunches.
Finally, it's an opportunity to work for a company that truly promotes work-life balance and the opportunity to be a part of an exciting company that will push and support you to move forward in your career with the freedom to express yourself within the role.
PR Account Manager
Berkshire / Buckinghamshire / Oxfordshire
A UK Top 150 Communications agency is looking for an experienced Account Manager to work on high profile accounts. Industry leading agency, excellent progression prospects and a welcoming, social team await.
The Agency
This top UK agency are the global leaders in providing communications campaigns to their specialist client base. Based out of brilliantly furnished offices in a desirable regional location, the agency is recognised by PR week as being in the top 150 agencies in the UK and they are continuing to grow well even in these uncertain times. With a strong track record for training and development, many of their staff have been with them for much of their careers and anyone joining can expect a welcoming, social and rewarding atmosphere with plenty of opportunity for advancement.
The Role
This role will be well suited to any Senior Executive or Manager level Communications/PR candidate who's looking for a role with personal and professional development prospects. The role will see the successful candidate acting as a primary point of contact for clients as well as overseeing Media Relations and content creation on a regular basis. Objectives of the role include:
- Manage Multiple communications projects of varying scope and size.
- Combine creativity with research and industry knowledge to identify new hooks, angles and thought leaderships themes that deliver for clients
- Mentor Junior staff members to ensure they can develop and thrive
- Become a trusted point of contact for Clients.
What's in it for you?
As a steadily expanding, privately-owned company, the agency offers significant opportunities for long-term career development. A stable, long standing global client base also provides potential for international travel. This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced PR professional to work with high profile, innovative clients in an agency renowned for developing staff. There is an attractive package on offer here too, Including:
- New Business commission scheme (typically 9%)
- Childcare scheme
- Pension Scheme
- Funding for training and development
- Macbook for each employee
- Access to Perkbox rewards
Senior UX Writer - SaaS
Berkshire
Senior UX Writer - SaaS - Berkshire - £DoE
The Company
From humble beginnings in 2012, this company now employee over 70 people at their cutting edge, purpose-built offices. Their enterprise B2B software is loved by some of the world's leading companies and they are growing exponentially. They are an engineering-led company and an agile, innovative team, meaning the entire focus is on product excellence and delighting customers.
Role:
They are looking for an experienced Senior UX Writer to lead the effort for increased impact of all online content. The successful candidate will manage one full time content writer and will work alongside the lead generation, tech and digital experience teams to ensure high quality content is effectively presented across all online channels including email comms and the website. While this role requires management skills (proof-reading and project management), you will also be required to write original copy individually.
Key responsibilities:
- Create outstanding, impactful and concise UX copy, improving online conversion metrics
- Figure out the most effective way of presenting content, with heavy emphasis on UX.
- Manage one content writer, project-manage internal subject matter experts and external sources.
- Uphold the company tone of voice and messaging consistency across all properties.
- Deliverables include the main website, campaign landing pages, blogposts, interviews, videos scripts, webinars and SEO keywords input to lead generation team.
- Review, edit and deliver high quality content quickly, including case studies, interviews & blogposts.
YOU:
- Around 5 years in in online content roles with a strong UX capacity
- You're a team player and have great stakeholder management skills, this role is highly interactive.
- Your work should require little or no review & edits before publishing.
- Excellent proof-reading skills in the tech industry, ideally in software.
What will you get in return?
- 10% pension, Private Health, 25 days holiday, competitive Salaries.
- Very smart and sociable team
- Latest technology, gadgets and innovation
- Fantastic new purpose buolt offices
- Degree of flexible working and culture of trust
Operations Director - Inbound Marketing Agency - Berkshire
Berkshire
Operations Director - Inbound Marketing Agency - Berkshire - £70 - 80k bonus
The Company
Passionate about their work and well respected in their sector, this Berkshire based marketing agency has been delivering award-winning B2B marketing strategies for over a decade and recently achieved back to back months of record revenue. With a long-standing client base covering the UK, Scandinavia, Central Europe and the United States, their rates of retention are outstanding - something they are particularly proud of. Based out of easily accessible offices in an attractive Berkshire location, they offer onsite parking and flexible working. Their growing team enjoy a relaxed atmosphere with absolutely no politics and their low staff turnover reflects this. Their ambitious plans now mean they are ready to hire a dedicated Operations Director - ideally someone who has previously helped facilitate the growth and potentially sale of a similar agency.
Broad outline of responsibilities and skills required:
Your main aim will be to evolve the operational efficiency of the business and build on internal processes to ensure the company continues to service their clients successfully as they scale up.
- Review company-wide working practices and operational processes to increase operational efficiency and productivity
- Help ensure the business keeps up-to-date on safety and compliance regulations
- Ensuring adherence to company policies and procedures across all departments
- Being an advocate for and helping to implement company culture across a growing organisation
- Experience with software and technologies that help streamline efficiency within the marketing agency setting.
- Experience in an operational role within a digital marketing agency would be preferred
- Liaising between departments to ensure smooth and efficient cross-departmental communications and workflows
- Helping with the recruitment, training and monitoring of new staff
- Management and oversight of company financial operational processes, and working closely with senior leadership to report on and highlight any issues
- Oversight and responsibility for company GDPR practices
- Lead on and develop company policy
- Proven experience working closely with business leaders and stakeholders to achieve company objectives
- Proven management experience and/or experience coaching team members
- Proven experience leading and delivering projects
- Working knowledge of data analysis, BI and performance/operation metrics
- Fast and confident decision-maker
- Effective problem solver
This is an exceptional opportunity to join a successful business at senior level. You can expect to receive an generous basic, profit linked bonus, healthcare and 28 days holiday Bank hols.
Promotional Products Account Manager
London
An industry leading promotional merchandising company are looking for experienced account handlers. Global brands, strong earning potential and plenty of prospects await…
The Company
This central London company are one of the top businesses in their sector. Specialising in the design, production and delivery of promotional products for multiple sectors, they work with over 20 of the World's most valuable brands in sectors including, automotive, finance, food, logistics, technology and retail. The company is proud of its office and work place environment and the large team are a welcoming, diverse and social group. The business continues to perform well - even in uncertain times - and as a result of this growth the company is very keen to speak with experienced Account Managers in the promotional merchandising industry.
The Role
This is an important role for the business and will see the successful candidate working across several key global clients to foster lasting relationships and maximize revenue opportunities. You'll work with top brands from the start and the commission scheme on offer presents very strong earning potential. Responsibilities include:
- Develop and maintain relationships within all key departments for assigned clients, including sales, marketing and procurement contacts.
- Understand client business initiatives, sales and marketing strategy, sales distribution channel, procurement process, brand strategy, brand identity guidelines, event schedules, ad campaigns, anniversaries, product introductions, in order to proactively present product ranges and secure merchandise orders.
- Maintain up-to-date knowledge of company's product lines and processes, sales philosophy, and industry conditions to provide innovative support and technical assistance to customers.
The Opportunity
This company are extremely well backed and form part of large global group. They have a commitment to work environment and staff well-being, offer strong progression opportunities, work from home is available and the commission scheme on offer is highly attractive. If you're keen to join a role with potential in a business that's going places, then this role should appeal to you...
Please apply for more information
PR Account Manager
Berkshire / Buckinghamshire / Oxfordshire
A UK Top 150 Communications agency is looking for an experienced Account Manager to work on high profile B2B accounts. Industry leading agency, excellent progression prospects and a welcoming, social team await.
The Agency
This top UK agency are the global leaders in providing communications campaigns to their specialist client base. Based out of brilliantly furnished offices in a desirable regional location, the agency is recognised by PR week as being in the top 150 agencies in the UK and they are continuing to grow well even in these uncertain times. With a strong track record for training and development, many of their staff have been with them for much of their careers and anyone joining can expect a welcoming, social and rewarding atmosphere with plenty of opportunity for advancement.
The Role
This role will be well suited to any Senior Executive or Manager level Communications/PR candidate who's looking for a role with personal and professional development prospects. The role will see the successful candidate acting as a primary point of contact for clients as well as overseeing Media Relations and content creation on a regular basis. Objectives of the role include:
- Manage Multiple communications projects of varying scope and size.
- Combine creativity with research and industry knowledge to identify new hooks, angles and thought leaderships themes that deliver for clients
- Mentor Junior staff members to ensure they can develop and thrive
- Become a trusted point of contact for Clients.
What's in it for you?
As a steadily expanding, privately-owned company, the agency offers significant opportunities for long-term career development. A stable, long standing global client base also provides potential for international travel. This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced PR professional to work with high profile, innovative clients in an agency renowned for developing staff. There is an attractive package on offer here too, Including:
- New Business commission scheme (typically 9%)
- Childcare scheme
- Pension Scheme
- Funding for training and development
- Macbook for each employee
- Access to Perkbox rewards
Research Manager
Berkshire
Research Manager (Senior Research Executives will also be considered)
Up to £35,000 DOE, Berkshire (WORK FROM HOME 3-4 DAYS post-Covid) Immediate start, remote onboarding.
Fantastic chance for someone with 3-10 years market research OR insights experience to join a market research agency right at the top of their game! The agency is nearing 50 staff and works with some of the world's largest tech-focused brands to provide engaging and actionable insights to their clients. The working environment is superb, and they have a very active social side with vibrant and open plan offices. Staff turnover is low, due to the work-life balance that they provide in an exciting and fast-paced environment.
What do they do?
They are an independent market research agency that delivers engaging & actionable insight to some of the world's largest technology brands. They have continued to see significant growth over the last 4 years and punch well above their weight whilst delivering bespoke research and expert client advice.
What they would like from you?
- Proven working knowledge of quantitative research methods from work experience in relevant business
- Track record of good client management/interactions
- Ability to analyse data and create a compelling story from it
- Proven ability to work as part of a team in a relevant company
- Strong experience working on multiple projects at different stages at the same time
- Capabilities in the following key areas; accuracy, attention to detail, teamworking, deadline management, workload management
What's in it for you?
You can expect to receive an excellent basic salary which is paying between £26,000 and £35,000, a contributory pension plan, a bonus scheme (paid quarterly), cool open-plan office with free parking, regular social events, paid for monthly lunches and more.
Finally, it's an opportunity to work for a company that truly promotes work-life balance and the opportunity to be a part of an exciting company that will push and support you to move forward in your career with the freedom to express yourself within the role.
If you would like to know more about this position, then please click on the link to apply OR reach of directly to Mark Darlington at Stonor Recruitment
Account Director
Newbury
New Business Manager - B2B Market Research
Fantastic chance for a driven and enthusiastic Account Director to join a market research agency right at the top of their game!
The agency is nearing the 50 headcount and works with some of the world's largest tech-focused brands to provide engaging and actionable insights to their clients. The working environment is superb, and they have a very active social side with vibrant and open-plan offices. Staff turnover is low, due to the work-life balance that they provide in an exciting and fast-paced environment.
What do they do?
They are an independent market research agency that delivers engaging & actionable insight to some of the world's largest technology brands. They have continued to see significant growth over the last 4 years and punch well above their weight whilst delivering bespoke research and expert client advice. They have an excellent reputation within the industry with plenty of inbound sales
What they would like from you.
- You will need experience in sales and account management within the market research sector and have an affinity for the B2B technology sector.
- You will be passionate about developing new business opportunities and be driven in achieving financial targets and other goals
- Strong knowledge of market research methods, terminology and practices.
- Strong communication skills at all levels
- An ability to collaborate constructively with others on developing accounts, opportunities, marketing campaigns and new products
- Able to prioritise effectively
- Driven to achieve financial targets and wider engagement goals
What's in it for you?
You can expect to receive an excellent basic salary, a competitive quarterly 30% bonus, cool open-plan office with free parking, regular social events, paid for monthly lunches.
Finally, it's an opportunity to work for a company that truly promotes work-life balance and the opportunity to be a part of an exciting company that will push and support you to move forward in your career with the freedom to express yourself within the role.
PR Account Manager
Berkshire / Buckinghamshire / Oxfordshire
A UK Top 150 Communications agency is looking for an experienced Account Manager to work on high profile accounts. Industry leading agency, excellent progression prospects and a welcoming, social team await.
The Agency
This top UK agency are the global leaders in providing communications campaigns to their specialist client base. Based out of brilliantly furnished offices in a desirable regional location, the agency is recognised by PR week as being in the top 150 agencies in the UK and they are continuing to grow well even in these uncertain times. With a strong track record for training and development, many of their staff have been with them for much of their careers and anyone joining can expect a welcoming, social and rewarding atmosphere with plenty of opportunity for advancement.
The Role
This role will be well suited to any Senior Executive or Manager level Communications/PR candidate who's looking for a role with personal and professional development prospects. The role will see the successful candidate acting as a primary point of contact for clients as well as overseeing Media Relations and content creation on a regular basis. Objectives of the role include:
- Manage Multiple communications projects of varying scope and size.
- Combine creativity with research and industry knowledge to identify new hooks, angles and thought leaderships themes that deliver for clients
- Mentor Junior staff members to ensure they can develop and thrive
- Become a trusted point of contact for Clients.
What's in it for you?
As a steadily expanding, privately-owned company, the agency offers significant opportunities for long-term career development. A stable, long standing global client base also provides potential for international travel. This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced PR professional to work with high profile, innovative clients in an agency renowned for developing staff. There is an attractive package on offer here too, Including:
- New Business commission scheme (typically 9%)
- Childcare scheme
- Pension Scheme
- Funding for training and development
- Macbook for each employee
- Access to Perkbox rewards
Senior UX Writer - SaaS
Berkshire
Senior UX Writer - SaaS - Berkshire - £DoE
The Company
From humble beginnings in 2012, this company now employee over 70 people at their cutting edge, purpose-built offices. Their enterprise B2B software is loved by some of the world's leading companies and they are growing exponentially. They are an engineering-led company and an agile, innovative team, meaning the entire focus is on product excellence and delighting customers.
Role:
They are looking for an experienced Senior UX Writer to lead the effort for increased impact of all online content. The successful candidate will manage one full time content writer and will work alongside the lead generation, tech and digital experience teams to ensure high quality content is effectively presented across all online channels including email comms and the website. While this role requires management skills (proof-reading and project management), you will also be required to write original copy individually.
Key responsibilities:
- Create outstanding, impactful and concise UX copy, improving online conversion metrics
- Figure out the most effective way of presenting content, with heavy emphasis on UX.
- Manage one content writer, project-manage internal subject matter experts and external sources.
- Uphold the company tone of voice and messaging consistency across all properties.
- Deliverables include the main website, campaign landing pages, blogposts, interviews, videos scripts, webinars and SEO keywords input to lead generation team.
- Review, edit and deliver high quality content quickly, including case studies, interviews & blogposts.
YOU:
- Around 5 years in in online content roles with a strong UX capacity
- You're a team player and have great stakeholder management skills, this role is highly interactive.
- Your work should require little or no review & edits before publishing.
- Excellent proof-reading skills in the tech industry, ideally in software.
What will you get in return?
- 10% pension, Private Health, 25 days holiday, competitive Salaries.
- Very smart and sociable team
- Latest technology, gadgets and innovation
- Fantastic new purpose buolt offices
- Degree of flexible working and culture of trust
Operations Director - Inbound Marketing Agency - Berkshire
Berkshire
Operations Director - Inbound Marketing Agency - Berkshire - £70 - 80k bonus
The Company
Passionate about their work and well respected in their sector, this Berkshire based marketing agency has been delivering award-winning B2B marketing strategies for over a decade and recently achieved back to back months of record revenue. With a long-standing client base covering the UK, Scandinavia, Central Europe and the United States, their rates of retention are outstanding - something they are particularly proud of. Based out of easily accessible offices in an attractive Berkshire location, they offer onsite parking and flexible working. Their growing team enjoy a relaxed atmosphere with absolutely no politics and their low staff turnover reflects this. Their ambitious plans now mean they are ready to hire a dedicated Operations Director - ideally someone who has previously helped facilitate the growth and potentially sale of a similar agency.
Broad outline of responsibilities and skills required:
Your main aim will be to evolve the operational efficiency of the business and build on internal processes to ensure the company continues to service their clients successfully as they scale up.
- Review company-wide working practices and operational processes to increase operational efficiency and productivity
- Help ensure the business keeps up-to-date on safety and compliance regulations
- Ensuring adherence to company policies and procedures across all departments
- Being an advocate for and helping to implement company culture across a growing organisation
- Experience with software and technologies that help streamline efficiency within the marketing agency setting.
- Experience in an operational role within a digital marketing agency would be preferred
- Liaising between departments to ensure smooth and efficient cross-departmental communications and workflows
- Helping with the recruitment, training and monitoring of new staff
- Management and oversight of company financial operational processes, and working closely with senior leadership to report on and highlight any issues
- Oversight and responsibility for company GDPR practices
- Lead on and develop company policy
- Proven experience working closely with business leaders and stakeholders to achieve company objectives
- Proven management experience and/or experience coaching team members
- Proven experience leading and delivering projects
- Working knowledge of data analysis, BI and performance/operation metrics
- Fast and confident decision-maker
- Effective problem solver
This is an exceptional opportunity to join a successful business at senior level. You can expect to receive an generous basic, profit linked bonus, healthcare and 28 days holiday Bank hols.
Promotional Products Account Manager
London
An industry leading promotional merchandising company are looking for experienced account handlers. Global brands, strong earning potential and plenty of prospects await…
The Company
This central London company are one of the top businesses in their sector. Specialising in the design, production and delivery of promotional products for multiple sectors, they work with over 20 of the World's most valuable brands in sectors including, automotive, finance, food, logistics, technology and retail. The company is proud of its office and work place environment and the large team are a welcoming, diverse and social group. The business continues to perform well - even in uncertain times - and as a result of this growth the company is very keen to speak with experienced Account Managers in the promotional merchandising industry.
The Role
This is an important role for the business and will see the successful candidate working across several key global clients to foster lasting relationships and maximize revenue opportunities. You'll work with top brands from the start and the commission scheme on offer presents very strong earning potential. Responsibilities include:
- Develop and maintain relationships within all key departments for assigned clients, including sales, marketing and procurement contacts.
- Understand client business initiatives, sales and marketing strategy, sales distribution channel, procurement process, brand strategy, brand identity guidelines, event schedules, ad campaigns, anniversaries, product introductions, in order to proactively present product ranges and secure merchandise orders.
- Maintain up-to-date knowledge of company's product lines and processes, sales philosophy, and industry conditions to provide innovative support and technical assistance to customers.
The Opportunity
This company are extremely well backed and form part of large global group. They have a commitment to work environment and staff well-being, offer strong progression opportunities, work from home is available and the commission scheme on offer is highly attractive. If you're keen to join a role with potential in a business that's going places, then this role should appeal to you...
Please apply for more information
PR Account Manager
Berkshire / Buckinghamshire / Oxfordshire
A UK Top 150 Communications agency is looking for an experienced Account Manager to work on high profile B2B accounts. Industry leading agency, excellent progression prospects and a welcoming, social team await.
The Agency
This top UK agency are the global leaders in providing communications campaigns to their specialist client base. Based out of brilliantly furnished offices in a desirable regional location, the agency is recognised by PR week as being in the top 150 agencies in the UK and they are continuing to grow well even in these uncertain times. With a strong track record for training and development, many of their staff have been with them for much of their careers and anyone joining can expect a welcoming, social and rewarding atmosphere with plenty of opportunity for advancement.
The Role
This role will be well suited to any Senior Executive or Manager level Communications/PR candidate who's looking for a role with personal and professional development prospects. The role will see the successful candidate acting as a primary point of contact for clients as well as overseeing Media Relations and content creation on a regular basis. Objectives of the role include:
- Manage Multiple communications projects of varying scope and size.
- Combine creativity with research and industry knowledge to identify new hooks, angles and thought leaderships themes that deliver for clients
- Mentor Junior staff members to ensure they can develop and thrive
- Become a trusted point of contact for Clients.
What's in it for you?
As a steadily expanding, privately-owned company, the agency offers significant opportunities for long-term career development. A stable, long standing global client base also provides potential for international travel. This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced PR professional to work with high profile, innovative clients in an agency renowned for developing staff. There is an attractive package on offer here too, Including:
- New Business commission scheme (typically 9%)
- Childcare scheme
- Pension Scheme
- Funding for training and development
- Macbook for each employee
- Access to Perkbox rewards
Research Manager
Berkshire
Research Manager (Senior Research Executives will also be considered)
Up to £35,000 DOE, Berkshire (WORK FROM HOME 3-4 DAYS post-Covid) Immediate start, remote onboarding.
Fantastic chance for someone with 3-10 years market research OR insights experience to join a market research agency right at the top of their game! The agency is nearing 50 staff and works with some of the world's largest tech-focused brands to provide engaging and actionable insights to their clients. The working environment is superb, and they have a very active social side with vibrant and open plan offices. Staff turnover is low, due to the work-life balance that they provide in an exciting and fast-paced environment.
What do they do?
They are an independent market research agency that delivers engaging & actionable insight to some of the world's largest technology brands. They have continued to see significant growth over the last 4 years and punch well above their weight whilst delivering bespoke research and expert client advice.
What they would like from you?
- Proven working knowledge of quantitative research methods from work experience in relevant business
- Track record of good client management/interactions
- Ability to analyse data and create a compelling story from it
- Proven ability to work as part of a team in a relevant company
- Strong experience working on multiple projects at different stages at the same time
- Capabilities in the following key areas; accuracy, attention to detail, teamworking, deadline management, workload management
What's in it for you?
You can expect to receive an excellent basic salary which is paying between £26,000 and £35,000, a contributory pension plan, a bonus scheme (paid quarterly), cool open-plan office with free parking, regular social events, paid for monthly lunches and more.
Finally, it's an opportunity to work for a company that truly promotes work-life balance and the opportunity to be a part of an exciting company that will push and support you to move forward in your career with the freedom to express yourself within the role.
If you would like to know more about this position, then please click on the link to apply OR reach of directly to Mark Darlington at Stonor Recruitment
Account Director
Newbury
New Business Manager - B2B Market Research
Fantastic chance for a driven and enthusiastic Account Director to join a market research agency right at the top of their game!
The agency is nearing the 50 headcount and works with some of the world's largest tech-focused brands to provide engaging and actionable insights to their clients. The working environment is superb, and they have a very active social side with vibrant and open-plan offices. Staff turnover is low, due to the work-life balance that they provide in an exciting and fast-paced environment.
What do they do?
They are an independent market research agency that delivers engaging & actionable insight to some of the world's largest technology brands. They have continued to see significant growth over the last 4 years and punch well above their weight whilst delivering bespoke research and expert client advice. They have an excellent reputation within the industry with plenty of inbound sales
What they would like from you.
- You will need experience in sales and account management within the market research sector and have an affinity for the B2B technology sector.
- You will be passionate about developing new business opportunities and be driven in achieving financial targets and other goals
- Strong knowledge of market research methods, terminology and practices.
- Strong communication skills at all levels
- An ability to collaborate constructively with others on developing accounts, opportunities, marketing campaigns and new products
- Able to prioritise effectively
- Driven to achieve financial targets and wider engagement goals
What's in it for you?
You can expect to receive an excellent basic salary, a competitive quarterly 30% bonus, cool open-plan office with free parking, regular social events, paid for monthly lunches.
Finally, it's an opportunity to work for a company that truly promotes work-life balance and the opportunity to be a part of an exciting company that will push and support you to move forward in your career with the freedom to express yourself within the role.
PR Account Manager
Berkshire / Buckinghamshire / Oxfordshire
A UK Top 150 Communications agency is looking for an experienced Account Manager to work on high profile accounts. Industry leading agency, excellent progression prospects and a welcoming, social team await.
The Agency
This top UK agency are the global leaders in providing communications campaigns to their specialist client base. Based out of brilliantly furnished offices in a desirable regional location, the agency is recognised by PR week as being in the top 150 agencies in the UK and they are continuing to grow well even in these uncertain times. With a strong track record for training and development, many of their staff have been with them for much of their careers and anyone joining can expect a welcoming, social and rewarding atmosphere with plenty of opportunity for advancement.
The Role
This role will be well suited to any Senior Executive or Manager level Communications/PR candidate who's looking for a role with personal and professional development prospects. The role will see the successful candidate acting as a primary point of contact for clients as well as overseeing Media Relations and content creation on a regular basis. Objectives of the role include:
- Manage Multiple communications projects of varying scope and size.
- Combine creativity with research and industry knowledge to identify new hooks, angles and thought leaderships themes that deliver for clients
- Mentor Junior staff members to ensure they can develop and thrive
- Become a trusted point of contact for Clients.
What's in it for you?
As a steadily expanding, privately-owned company, the agency offers significant opportunities for long-term career development. A stable, long standing global client base also provides potential for international travel. This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced PR professional to work with high profile, innovative clients in an agency renowned for developing staff. There is an attractive package on offer here too, Including:
- New Business commission scheme (typically 9%)
- Childcare scheme
- Pension Scheme
- Funding for training and development
- Macbook for each employee
- Access to Perkbox rewards
Senior UX Writer - SaaS
Berkshire
Senior UX Writer - SaaS - Berkshire - £DoE
The Company
From humble beginnings in 2012, this company now employee over 70 people at their cutting edge, purpose-built offices. Their enterprise B2B software is loved by some of the world's leading companies and they are growing exponentially. They are an engineering-led company and an agile, innovative team, meaning the entire focus is on product excellence and delighting customers.
Role:
They are looking for an experienced Senior UX Writer to lead the effort for increased impact of all online content. The successful candidate will manage one full time content writer and will work alongside the lead generation, tech and digital experience teams to ensure high quality content is effectively presented across all online channels including email comms and the website. While this role requires management skills (proof-reading and project management), you will also be required to write original copy individually.
Key responsibilities:
- Create outstanding, impactful and concise UX copy, improving online conversion metrics
- Figure out the most effective way of presenting content, with heavy emphasis on UX.
- Manage one content writer, project-manage internal subject matter experts and external sources.
- Uphold the company tone of voice and messaging consistency across all properties.
- Deliverables include the main website, campaign landing pages, blogposts, interviews, videos scripts, webinars and SEO keywords input to lead generation team.
- Review, edit and deliver high quality content quickly, including case studies, interviews & blogposts.
YOU:
- Around 5 years in in online content roles with a strong UX capacity
- You're a team player and have great stakeholder management skills, this role is highly interactive.
- Your work should require little or no review & edits before publishing.
- Excellent proof-reading skills in the tech industry, ideally in software.
What will you get in return?
- 10% pension, Private Health, 25 days holiday, competitive Salaries.
- Very smart and sociable team
- Latest technology, gadgets and innovation
- Fantastic new purpose buolt offices
- Degree of flexible working and culture of trust
Operations Director - Inbound Marketing Agency - Berkshire
Berkshire
Operations Director - Inbound Marketing Agency - Berkshire - £70 - 80k bonus
The Company
Passionate about their work and well respected in their sector, this Berkshire based marketing agency has been delivering award-winning B2B marketing strategies for over a decade and recently achieved back to back months of record revenue. With a long-standing client base covering the UK, Scandinavia, Central Europe and the United States, their rates of retention are outstanding - something they are particularly proud of. Based out of easily accessible offices in an attractive Berkshire location, they offer onsite parking and flexible working. Their growing team enjoy a relaxed atmosphere with absolutely no politics and their low staff turnover reflects this. Their ambitious plans now mean they are ready to hire a dedicated Operations Director - ideally someone who has previously helped facilitate the growth and potentially sale of a similar agency.
Broad outline of responsibilities and skills required:
Your main aim will be to evolve the operational efficiency of the business and build on internal processes to ensure the company continues to service their clients successfully as they scale up.
- Review company-wide working practices and operational processes to increase operational efficiency and productivity
- Help ensure the business keeps up-to-date on safety and compliance regulations
- Ensuring adherence to company policies and procedures across all departments
- Being an advocate for and helping to implement company culture across a growing organisation
- Experience with software and technologies that help streamline efficiency within the marketing agency setting.
- Experience in an operational role within a digital marketing agency would be preferred
- Liaising between departments to ensure smooth and efficient cross-departmental communications and workflows
- Helping with the recruitment, training and monitoring of new staff
- Management and oversight of company financial operational processes, and working closely with senior leadership to report on and highlight any issues
- Oversight and responsibility for company GDPR practices
- Lead on and develop company policy
- Proven experience working closely with business leaders and stakeholders to achieve company objectives
- Proven management experience and/or experience coaching team members
- Proven experience leading and delivering projects
- Working knowledge of data analysis, BI and performance/operation metrics
- Fast and confident decision-maker
- Effective problem solver
This is an exceptional opportunity to join a successful business at senior level. You can expect to receive an generous basic, profit linked bonus, healthcare and 28 days holiday Bank hols.
Promotional Products Account Manager
London
An industry leading promotional merchandising company are looking for experienced account handlers. Global brands, strong earning potential and plenty of prospects await…
The Company
This central London company are one of the top businesses in their sector. Specialising in the design, production and delivery of promotional products for multiple sectors, they work with over 20 of the World's most valuable brands in sectors including, automotive, finance, food, logistics, technology and retail. The company is proud of its office and work place environment and the large team are a welcoming, diverse and social group. The business continues to perform well - even in uncertain times - and as a result of this growth the company is very keen to speak with experienced Account Managers in the promotional merchandising industry.
The Role
This is an important role for the business and will see the successful candidate working across several key global clients to foster lasting relationships and maximize revenue opportunities. You'll work with top brands from the start and the commission scheme on offer presents very strong earning potential. Responsibilities include:
- Develop and maintain relationships within all key departments for assigned clients, including sales, marketing and procurement contacts.
- Understand client business initiatives, sales and marketing strategy, sales distribution channel, procurement process, brand strategy, brand identity guidelines, event schedules, ad campaigns, anniversaries, product introductions, in order to proactively present product ranges and secure merchandise orders.
- Maintain up-to-date knowledge of company's product lines and processes, sales philosophy, and industry conditions to provide innovative support and technical assistance to customers.
The Opportunity
This company are extremely well backed and form part of large global group. They have a commitment to work environment and staff well-being, offer strong progression opportunities, work from home is available and the commission scheme on offer is highly attractive. If you're keen to join a role with potential in a business that's going places, then this role should appeal to you...
Please apply for more information
PR Account Manager
Berkshire / Buckinghamshire / Oxfordshire
A UK Top 150 Communications agency is looking for an experienced Account Manager to work on high profile B2B accounts. Industry leading agency, excellent progression prospects and a welcoming, social team await.
The Agency
This top UK agency are the global leaders in providing communications campaigns to their specialist client base. Based out of brilliantly furnished offices in a desirable regional location, the agency is recognised by PR week as being in the top 150 agencies in the UK and they are continuing to grow well even in these uncertain times. With a strong track record for training and development, many of their staff have been with them for much of their careers and anyone joining can expect a welcoming, social and rewarding atmosphere with plenty of opportunity for advancement.
The Role
This role will be well suited to any Senior Executive or Manager level Communications/PR candidate who's looking for a role with personal and professional development prospects. The role will see the successful candidate acting as a primary point of contact for clients as well as overseeing Media Relations and content creation on a regular basis. Objectives of the role include:
- Manage Multiple communications projects of varying scope and size.
- Combine creativity with research and industry knowledge to identify new hooks, angles and thought leaderships themes that deliver for clients
- Mentor Junior staff members to ensure they can develop and thrive
- Become a trusted point of contact for Clients.
What's in it for you?
As a steadily expanding, privately-owned company, the agency offers significant opportunities for long-term career development. A stable, long standing global client base also provides potential for international travel. This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced PR professional to work with high profile, innovative clients in an agency renowned for developing staff. There is an attractive package on offer here too, Including:
- New Business commission scheme (typically 9%)
- Childcare scheme
- Pension Scheme
- Funding for training and development
- Macbook for each employee
- Access to Perkbox rewards
Research Manager
Berkshire
Research Manager (Senior Research Executives will also be considered)
Up to £35,000 DOE, Berkshire (WORK FROM HOME 3-4 DAYS post-Covid) Immediate start, remote onboarding.
Fantastic chance for someone with 3-10 years market research OR insights experience to join a market research agency right at the top of their game! The agency is nearing 50 staff and works with some of the world's largest tech-focused brands to provide engaging and actionable insights to their clients. The working environment is superb, and they have a very active social side with vibrant and open plan offices. Staff turnover is low, due to the work-life balance that they provide in an exciting and fast-paced environment.
What do they do?
They are an independent market research agency that delivers engaging & actionable insight to some of the world's largest technology brands. They have continued to see significant growth over the last 4 years and punch well above their weight whilst delivering bespoke research and expert client advice.
What they would like from you?
- Proven working knowledge of quantitative research methods from work experience in relevant business
- Track record of good client management/interactions
- Ability to analyse data and create a compelling story from it
- Proven ability to work as part of a team in a relevant company
- Strong experience working on multiple projects at different stages at the same time
- Capabilities in the following key areas; accuracy, attention to detail, teamworking, deadline management, workload management
What's in it for you?
You can expect to receive an excellent basic salary which is paying between £26,000 and £35,000, a contributory pension plan, a bonus scheme (paid quarterly), cool open-plan office with free parking, regular social events, paid for monthly lunches and more.
Finally, it's an opportunity to work for a company that truly promotes work-life balance and the opportunity to be a part of an exciting company that will push and support you to move forward in your career with the freedom to express yourself within the role.
If you would like to know more about this position, then please click on the link to apply OR reach of directly to Mark Darlington at Stonor Recruitment