Client Manager, Havas

ABOUT US

At Talon, our mission is to unlock the full potential of out of home, making it more effective, creative, measurable and sustainable than ever.

We’re passionate about OOH and are on a mission to drive the growth of this sector within the media industry. In just over a decade, our desire to offer intelligent, creative, technology-led OOH solutions and a full-service OOH offering saw us grow into a team of over 450+ people located in key cities across the globe. In that time, we have been awarded for our approach to our people, our clients and our industry.

We hire the finest talent to help us unlock the full potential of the Out of Home (OOH) environment for our clients; and pride ourselves on the individuals who represent our business.

• Lead on the servicing of a portfolio of clients across a range of agencies.
• Managing campaigns from start to finish alongside working with other departments on buying & delivery.
• Create best in class response to briefs, supporting rational documents and PCAs.
• Help determine the best OOH plan taking into consideration all Talon products and services (including Ad-Tech).
• Be responsible for presenting the above work to clients and agencies with the support of the Client Director / Business Director.
• Attend all client and agency meetings across your patch of business with the support of the Client Director / Business Director.
• Proactively sell the OOH medium and identify opportunities across your portfolio of clients to sell in OOH.
• Take the lead on resolving client/campaign issues as and when they arise alongside assisting/coaching your team in resolving their issues.
• Proactively sell Talon Ad-Tech, tools and services including Atlas.
• Have a thorough understanding of audience data partners and Talon property options to be able to articulate and facilitate an Atlas response to brief.
• Ensure Talon Creative Portal and Digital Verification platforms are maximised on all OOH plans.
• Ensure Talon Atlas platform is maximised where relevant on OOH plans.
• Ensure full delivery of Atlas campaigns, ensuring all budget is spent and produce relevant PCAs for Clients when required.
• Drive agency relationships through hot desking, meeting with key personnel and presenting all agency sessions.
• Take responsibility for the day-to-day management of the client team to ensure they are effectively servicing clients and are proactively contributing to growing client and agency business.
• Have a thorough understanding of the strategy and objectives of your main accounts and use this knowledge to add value.
• With the Investment Team – deliver relevant KPI requirements and PRF guarantees. Build relationships with the auditors.
• Plato facilitation from start to finish, including adding all relevant campaign detail to the system.
• Take the lead on resolving client/campaign issues as and when they arise alongside assisting/coaching your team in resolving their issues.
• Develop and manage the Talon relationship with agency, client and media owner contacts.
• Work with the Business Director and Client Director to set individual client KPIs and ensure they are met.
• Ensure you and the team are utilising in-house systems including Plato on a regular basis.
• Responsibility for utilising other in-house Talon tools and services such as Digital Verification & Creative Portal
• Work with the Business Director to provide accurate client forecasts ensuring they are kept up to date with key changes to forecasted business.
• Oversee and manage the team Executive (where applicable) by setting clear KPIs and having regular check-in meetings to encourage and continue their development.
• Hot desk at our agencies.
• Attend audit meetings with relevant Investment team member where applicable.
• Help to resolve finance queries.
• Champion sustainability and advocate the value of positive social and environmental impact within your team.
• Participate in projects and initiatives which drive Talon’s commitment to positive social and environmental causes.
  
  E.g., charity partnerships, volunteering, carbon offsetting etc.
• Role model the Talon values and behaviours to help ensure the best possible culture and tone is set throughout Talon.