Edelman Data & Intelligence (DXI) is looking for a Senior Account Manager for our office in Abu
Dhabi.As a Senior Account Manager, you will manage medium to large-scale projects including primary (quantitative and/or qualitative) and/or secondary research methodologies. The role involves working with clients, internally and externally, to build relationships and deliver projects with the support of our team in the UAE and across EMEA.
Key Responsibilities:
- Managing medium to large scale projects from start to finish
- Project planning and internal resource management
- Proposal writing, including methodological design and costing
- Writing presentations, using visual storytelling and presenting to clients
- Client relationship management
- Supplier relationship management
- Effective communication with clients, and internal and external stakeholders
- Working on a number of different projects at the same time (normally in different subject areas and with different teams)
- Prioritizing work to effectively deliver tasks against deadlines
- Line management of 1-2 account executives
Minimum Requirements:
- Degree educated (or equivalent)
- Previous experience in primary or secondary research in a professional environment
- Good knowledge of the MS office suite - Excel, Word, and PowerPoint
- Fluency in English. Fluency in Arabic is a strong advantage
Soft Skills:
- Able to work both independently and as part of a team
- Highly organised with proven time management skills
- Keen to work in client service with both internal and external clients
- Enjoy examining a problem from multiple different perspectives
- Strong numeracy skills
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Excellent attention to detail
Edelman Data & Intelligence (DXI) is a global, multidisciplinary research, analytics and data consultancy with a distinctly human mission.
We use data and intelligence to help businesses and organizations build trusting relationships with people: making communications more authentic, engagement more exciting and connections more meaningful.
DXI brings together and integrates the necessary people-based PR, communications, social, research and exogenous data, as well as the technology infrastructure to create, collect, store and manage first-party data and identity resolution. DXI is comprised of over 350 research specialists, business scientists, data engineers, behavioral and machine-learning experts, and data strategy consultants based in 15 markets around the world.
We are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your experience doesn’t perfectly align with every qualification, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.
