Partnerships Account Coordinator - William Reed : Job Details

Who we are

We are William Reed.

We are a global media group delivering exceptional content through events, digital, data & insight.

From agribusiness, ingredients and food processing, to retail, hospitality & fine dining - we provide the inspiration, insight and connections to power our customers’ success.

We have offices in Gatwick and London, UK; Montpellier, France; Singapore and Chicago, US. In line with the Company’s current Agile Working Policy, the successful candidate would be eligible to work part of the week from our Crawley office and to work remotely for the rest of the week.

Position

Position: Full time (35hr per week), permanent

Location: Crawley / Hybrid

Are you eager to learn and develop in your role, always looking for opportunities to enhance your skills and knowledge? Do you thrive in a collaborative and dynamic environment? Do you excel in communication and relationship building, ensuring all client standards are met?

The Partnerships Account coordinator will work alongside the Partnerships Account Management team, supporting the team’s focus on the servicing and retention of our extensive partnership portfolio. Working to ensure the needs of our partners are met, and their expectations are exceeded. Additionally, nurturing relationships with our partners, ensuring that their sponsorship rights are delivered and that 50 Best communicates our partnerships accurately at all times.

What you'll be doing:

• Building on existing templates to set-up and populate documents such as: critical paths, annual calendars, briefing documents, sponsorship assets trackers, guest lists, and cheat sheets.
• Booking and attending client meetings.
• Creating agendas, take meetings notes and share actions with key stakeholders.
• Distilling partners’ contracts and highlight the key milestones, deadlines, and KPIs to Account Management team.
• Working closing with internal stakeholders and attend planning meetings.
• Supporting with the coordination of key partnership tasks for international and regional sponsors for the 8 annual event programmes 50 Best delivers, including coordinating accurate updates to sponsor lineups, media monitoring, logos, and assets.
• Regularly communicating with some partners, primarily via Teams calls and email.
• Directly managing some of the smaller partner accounts as their first point-of-contact.
• Producing pre- and post-event reports.
• Ad hoc administration duties for the Operations Director and fulfilling of any necessary duties delegated by the Operations Director and Senior Partnerships Account Manager.
• Attending face-to-face meetings with key accounts on an ad hoc basis.
• Attend international 50 Best events on an ad hoc basis.

What you'll need:

• Accuracy, outstanding attention to detail and strong organisational skills.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• A high level of IT competency specifically with Outlook, Excel, Word and PowerPoint.
• To be a highly punctual, organised, efficient and pro-active individual.
• Willingness to learn and develop.
• To be a confident team player and thrive in a collaborative environment.
• Proven track record of strong relationship building skills with excellent client care
• To have excellent time management skills in order to prioritise tasks effectively.

Company Benefits Include:

• 25 days annual leave in addition to bank holidays- increasing by one additional day after 6 years, up to a maximum of 30 days.
• An additional day of leave for you to take on a cultural celebration day or on your birthday if you like. A day for you! At William Reed, we call this our "MeDay".
• A volunteer day to take for supporting a chosen charity and giving back to the community.
• Opportunity for hybrid working
• Contributory Pension
• Life Assurance Scheme
• Group Income Protection
• Enhanced family-friendly leave pay entitlements
• Wellbeing benefits, including: A health care cash plan, Employee assistance programme and a 12-month wellness calendar for company-wide health, wellbeing, diversity & inclusion awareness dates.
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Electric Car Scheme

Why work for us

We provide a supportive work environment and are committed to maintaining a healthy work/life balance for all of our employees. Working for William Reed means that you will be joining a stable organisation that is committed to developing its employees and brands.

We warmly welcome and encourage applications from talented individuals of all backgrounds and characteristics.

If you need any support in accessing this opportunity, please do not hesitate to discuss this with us.