BECOME PART OF THE PRIDE

Leopard Co is on the hunt for our next team member to get their teeth into an awesome role working with a range of business-to-business focused clients.

Working across our agency group, which includes Big Cat and spottydog communications we’re looking for a team member with experience working within a busy marketing agency environment who thrives working on trade and industry campaigns.

Our clients include the biggest name in taps and showers, sustainability, industry bodies, construction and technology – making amazing products that lead the market and make a difference to our world.

Work at Leopard Co spans strategic consultancy, through to tactical delivery of PR, marketing, social media, digital, events and stakeholder engagement. It means there is scope to shape a role around team members that join us, to play to their strengths and support them on their career journey.

Being proactive is at the heart of what we do, and we're looking for candidates who can take initiative, anticipate needs, and drive positive change. If you thrive in a fast-paced environment, possess a never-give-up attitude, and are driven by the desire to make a meaningful impact, we encourage you to apply and become a valued member of our team.

To be successful, you’ll need to have experience working in a marketing, PR or communications agency.

The role

We work with a range of clients to support and lead on B2B and B2C communications, from leading hospitality giants to cutting-edge tech brands.

As an Account Manager, you’ll be responsible for day-to-day running of activity within your dedicated client portfolio to deliver marketing, PR and Social Media activity.

This responsibility will include the delivery of tactical communications activity personally or through effective management of your account team. You will be the main point of contact for clients to provide feedback and issue reports so all team members within Leopard and client-side are aware of the progress of activity.

Your role will require you to maintain high levels of client service and responsiveness, whilst balancing the commercial needs of managing team resource.

Day-to-day management of client activity includes setting internal objectives and priorities, supervising activity delivered by junior team members, overseeing reporting and ensuring client activity is financially managed and budgeted.

As a more senior client handler, you should be comfortable finding solutions and overcoming challenges from clients and reprioritising to respond to evolving client priorities and commercial requirements.

Outside of client service delivery, you will also be responsible for delivering activity to support Leopard’s operational and marketing activity, together with inputting into innovation to ensure that Leopard as a business and from a consultancy service perspective stays best of breed.

As a communications consultancy, the variety of work we deliver on behalf of our clients is huge, so you will have the opportunity to work within a busy and dynamic agency environment.

Our culture

Maintaining our vibrant workplace culture, as well as fostering an environment to support learning and development, means we come together as a team to operate from our Birmingham city centre workspace on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays, with the option of remote working outside of our core days.

With a pet-friendly office, you’ll need to like dogs or our office dogs (Lily and Lottie) will be upset, as will some of our lovely pet-sector clients!

We’re famous for our six team social events, where we get together to have fun and let our hair down. Previous social events have seen us cruising the Birmingham canals, whipping up creative bakes, trying our hand at darts, and turning our office into our very own wellbeing centre.

Check out our Instagram page (@bigcatagency and @spottydogcomms) for a behind-the-scenes look at what we get up to!

We’re committed to supporting learning opportunities and continuous professional development, supported by our membership with leading bodies IPA and CIPR.

We also offer a great package, with extras such as 3% match pension, 24 days holiday together with up to five additional days offered for family care. The salary will be equivalent to the level of experience you have and will range from £28,000-£42,000.

Applying for this role

We welcome applications from all backgrounds so our team can be as representative as the community we serve. If you’re not sure if this could be the right role for you, do get in touch — we’d be happy to answer any questions that might hold you back from applying.
To apply, send us your CV and let us know why you believe that this is the role for you. Email to [email protected]

If you’re successful in the first phase, you’ll be invited to attend an assessment day at our office, where you’ll be set a series of tasks so we can get to know you and you can get to know our team, too.

Applications close 3rd March 2024. Please be aware that we can’t wait to welcome a new pup to the pack; so, if we find a top dog before our closing date, we will close our recruitment search ahead of this date.

Please note that it is vital that you must live within a 45-minute commute of our office in central Birmingham (B2 5UG). We’re just a five-minute walk from New Street Station.
We hope to meet you soon!