Client Relationship Manager

Salary: £22,000 to £26,000 depending on experience

Closing Date: 13th May 2022

Introduction

As a Client Relationship Manager at Illustrate Digital, you’ll be working in our client services team to help strategise and manage our fantastic clients’ projects.

You’ll be assisting daily client relationship tasks; such as planning, briefing, idea creation and admin responsibilities. You’ll be working with set clients to pitch solutions to grow their business through their website development.

You’ll also be working alongside our project manager, as well as the wider UX and engineering teams, to brief and schedule work and keep an eye on progress and commercials.

Key Responsibilities

This job description is only a summary of the role as it currently exists and is not exhaustive or comprehensive. The responsibilities and accountabilities might differ from those outlined and other duties, as assigned, might be part of the job.

  • Creating strong community and relationships with clients and key partner companies
  • Meeting with clients to help strategise and roadmap changes to their digital solutions
  • Consulting with UX designers, developers and project managers to plan and develop solutions
  • Drafting statements of work to clearly communicate project scope internally and externally
  • Touching base with clients to ensure they remain informed and to gather valuable feedback
  • Creating strong community and relationships with clients and key partner companies
  • Gaining a deep understanding and assist in improvement of our service offering and capabilities
  • Actively seeking to up-sell clients where it is appropriate and valuable to their brand or business

Skills, Experience and Background

  • Excellent communication, negotiation and presentation skills
  • Able to build trust and good relationships with clients and their teams
  • Problem-solving aptitude
  • Upsell products and services
  • Work collaboratively with technical and sales teams to meet customer needs
  • Act as one point contact for all customer requirements
  • Proven track record of meeting and exceeding targets
  • Experience in tracking relevant KPIs (e.g. customer satisfaction)
  • Proficient in GSuite (Docs, Sheets, Slides), with working knowledge of CRM platforms (e.g. HubSpot)
  • A customer-oriented attitude
  • BSc/BA in Business Administration, Marketing or a related field is advantageous but not essential
  • Background in customer service; industry knowledge is a plus

Personal Attributes

The successful candidate will need to be a highly credible, determined clear thinking and articulate individual with:

  • High standards of personal and professional integrity
  • Huge levels of energy and enthusiasm
  • Openness and resilience
  • Honesty, tact and a strong will to succeed
  • An appetite to constantly seek improvement in all aspects of their work

About Illustrate Digital

We came together to form Illustrate Digital through a common frustration with the bad habits and lack of craftsmanship we were noticing had started to give the web industry a bad name. We’d like nothing more than to put an end to the all too common pain points experienced by brands with other agencies.

We’re here to be different, as an extension of a clients’ business, helping them to achieve their goals by sharing our expertise, backing and driving them to the next level.

Split across our offices in Bristol and Cardiff, as well as a remote team across the UK, working as part of Illustrate Digital is a progressive and dynamic experience. We’re a social bunch who like to keep well connected and who thrive off a good amount of banter. Not forgetting to mention that we love producing great work that everyone on the team can be proud of.

Additional Benefits

Here are some of the perks and benefits of working with us:

  • Flexible working hours
  • Work from home or remotely
  • An extra day of holiday for your birthday
  • Extra holiday allowance for Christmas
  • Apple computer equipment provided
  • Cycle Scheme available
  • Company pension included
  • Brilliant locations to work from in Bristol Temple Meads and Cardiff Bay
  • Free tea and coffee at our office locations
  • Lunch Club
  • Periodic days out for fun and team building and food

Opportunities for Growth

We’re a growing digital agency, which means there will plenty of opportunities opening up for future growth. If you think you’ve got what it takes to grow beyond this advertised job role or can help us develop the agency in another way then please apply for this job, we’d love to chat to you.

How To Apply

If you’re keen to be interviewed for this role please email your CV, an introduction about yourself and any relevant work examples to: [email protected]

Want More Info?

You can find out more about us, what our values are and what we’re like to work for all inside our About page here: https://illustrate.digital/about-us/