Account Manager

At ZEAL we know it’s you that makes the difference so our benefits are designed with you in mind.

Pension

To help you save for your future we invite you to join the scheme where the Company contributes 3% of salary to your pension each month.

Holidays

Depending on level we offer 21 or 24 days holiday plus bank holidays. We also close down over the Xmas and New Year period to give everyone a well earned break, for which you also receive paid time off.

Annual Bonus

If the Company achieves its annual target everyone gets an opportunity to share in the success each year.

Learning \& development

We support continuous growth through on\-the\-job learning, team mentoring and access to training, resources and our ZEAL reading library.

Wherever you are in your career, we offer role specific industry training and development opportunities.

Work\-life balance

We believe in everyone adopting a great work\-life balance approach so we offer a degree of flexibility depending on your needs.

Private Medical

We offer private medical insurance which includes access to a range of benefits including discounted gym membership, online GP and access to Talking Therapies.

Enhanced Parental Benefit

To support our working parents we provide enhanced maternity, paternity, adoption and parental leave benefits including pay.

Life Assurance

We know it’s not a pleasant subject but family matters, so to support you we offer life assurance to everyone.

We’re passionate about creating an inclusive place to work that celebrates and values diversity and inclusion, and ultimately enriches our culture.

If you’d like to learn more about being part of the ZEAL team, or a specific role we are recruiting for, take a look below or get in touch at any time talent@zealcreative.com

A bit about us

We are ZEAL, a brand activation group that helps fast\-moving brands grow faster by turning apathy into action in the moments that matter most.

Powered by our ZEAL\-EQ process, we create powerful emotional engagement, unlock hidden shopper buying triggers and give brands the ‘cheat codes’ to win in their key retail channels.

Born in Manchester, we are an independent group with 150 people across Manchester, London, Singapore and Los Angeles, delivering integrated activation across shopper marketing, experiential, partnerships, PR, social, influencer and digital.

We work with leading global brands including Nestlé, Carlsberg Britvic, Suntory, Kraft Heinz, Kellanova, Arla, Bacardi, Essity, Froneri, Weetabix and Revlon.

Our work has been recognised across the industry, including three consecutive IPM Agency of the Year titles (2023–2025\), FMBE Brand Experience Agency of the Year 2026, and the Campaign Experience Awards’ Best Integrated Campaign (2025\). We have also been shortlisted for Independent Agency of the Year at the Campaign Agency of the Year Awards 2025 and are proud to be listed in Campaign’s Top 100 Best Places to Work.

Role in summary

Working across a range of brands under a household name client, we’re looking for an established Account Manager to join our growing team in Manchester.

As an Account Manager you’ll act as one of your clients’ main points of contact at ZEAL, independently managing the delivery of creative campaigns and projects ensuring the work is delivered on brief, on budget and in line with the agreed statement of work.

What you’ll be doing:

• Supported by the Account Director you’ll manage the delivery of projects, acting as a key point of contact between Client Services, Planning, Creative and the client


• Plan key milestones of projects including preparing timelines, securing creative resource, planning budgets and forecasting to ensure we deliver with excellence on time and on brief


• Taking the leading role with full accountability on your projects, ensuring they are delivered with impact and without fault


• Participating in client meetings, presentations and internal meetings, taking ownership of your actions and deliverables


• Facilitate sessions with Creatives to take them through your well thought out, actionable briefs, ensuring the creative solution meets the client brief


• Attend internal planning and forecasting meetings to ensure the correct resources are planned in each week, making course corrections quickly and efficiently when required


• Lead monthly project management meetings, reporting on time spent versus billed across your projects.


• Create estimates and budget proposals, and oversee delivery of day\-to\-day financials including invoices, raising POs, expenses and managing accrued income


• Actively develop your knowledge of the landscape where your clients’ brands operate through effective working relationships with Planning and Creative

• Proven experience in client services in an advertising agency, delivering creative briefs at Account Manager level of similar


• Ideally, experience with FMCG clients


• Strong financial management and commercial acumen


• The ability to effectively project manage and communicate with multiple stakeholders


• Confidence in liaising directly with clients and strong presentation skills to share creative ideas

• 24 days holiday (plus Bank Holidays, pro\-rata)


• Contributory pension scheme


• Annual company bonus scheme (pro\-rata)


• Private Medical Insurance


• Life Assurance


• Continuous learning and development


• Enhanced parental benefits

• The last Friday of every quarter is a ZEAL Day off


• Christmas closure


• Work from home budget to help you achieve your dream set up


• Dog friendly offices


• A wealth of social events from our seasonal gatherings to our quarter review get togethers

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