Senior Account Manager

At Map Project Office, we design products that make life feel simpler, smarter, and more human. From everyday objects to next-gen tech, our work sits at the intersection of design and innovation. We turn bold ideas into things people love to use. But what really defines Map is our culture. We’re a curious, collaborative team who believe the best ideas come from working openly together. Whether it’s partnering with start-ups or world-leading brands, we thrive on solving tough challenges and pushing design in new directions. We are looking for an experienced Senior Account/Project Manager to join our team. Reporting to the Business Director, you will play a key role in managing and growing client relationships across the studio, ensuring projects are delivered successfully while maintaining strong commercial performance. Working closely with senior creative counterparts, you will lead projects from brief through to completion, balancing client needs with project scope, timelines, and budgets. This is an exciting opportunity for a confident, proactive account leader who enjoys building trusted partnerships, spotting opportunities for growth, and helping teams do their best work. Key Responsibilities * Manage multiple projects from initial brief through to completion, ensuring delivery on time, within scope, and within budget. * Act as the primary client contact for assigned accounts, building strong and lasting relationships. * Work closely with creative teams to develop commercially viable responses to client briefs. * Create clear, detailed proposals and scopes of work in collaboration with creative counterparts. * Monitor project health, revenue, and pipeline, providing regular updates to the Growth Director. * Identify opportunities to grow existing accounts and support new business activity. * Lead new business conversations, presentations, and responses to RFPs and RFQs alongside senior creative team members. * Take ownership of the financial performance of assigned accounts, including forecasting, budgeting, invoicing, and change control. * Work with the Resource Manager to ensure projects are appropriately staffed while maintaining healthy margins. * Ensure all project administration is completed to a high standard, including agendas, meeting notes, project plans, and purchase orders. * Support and mentor junior team members, contributing to their development and growth. * Play an active role in shaping and maintaining Map’s studio culture Essential Skills & Experience * Proven experience in an Account Manager or Senior Account Manager role within a creative, design, branding, or agency environment. * Strong project management skills with the ability to manage multiple workstreams simultaneously. * Excellent client relationship and stakeholder management skills. * Commercially minded with strong financial acumen and experience managing project budgets. * Experience working closely with creative teams and navigating creative processes. * Exceptional organisational skills and attention to detail. * Positive, proactive, and solution-oriented approach. * Comfortable working independently while collaborating effectively across teams. * Confidence in challenging assumptions, solving problems, and taking ownership of outcomes. * Strong communication and presentation skills. If you're a commercially savvy relationship-builder who thrives in a creative environment and enjoys bringing people, ideas, and projects together, we'd love to hear from you. About map project office map project office (part of WPP) is an industrial design studio defining new ways of interacting with technologies. We take a strategic approach to designing products, systems, and spaces. We work across diverse fields and multiple scales, from small, everyday objects to visionary systems. At the core of every project is our curiosity about the interplay between people and technology. Our process is rigorous, strategic, and exploratory. With our in-house workshop, we translate ideas into physical prototypes by hand to quickly learn and iterate. At map, we design through making. We partner with ambitious clients at the forefront of their field, from exciting start-ups to global brands. Together, we expand the possibilities of people–technology relationships, designing meaningful human interactions that shift how we live. About WPP WPP is the trusted growth partner for the world’s leading brands. We unite cutting-edge media intelligence and data solutions, world-class creativity, next-generation production, transformative enterprise solutions and expert strategic counsel in a single company – powered by exceptional talent and our agentic marketing platform, WPP Open, to help our clients navigate change, capture opportunity and deliver transformational growth. For more information, visit WPP.com.

SENIOR ACCOUNT MANAGER – PUBLICATIONS London/Manchester/ Hybrid / Remote UK At Inizio Medical, the combined expertise of ApotheCom, Nucleus Global, and Ashfield Medcomms, supported by the specialist skills of MEDiSTRAVA, brings together world-leading medical communications excellence. We create compelling scientific content, connect expert communities, and deliver outcomes that matter.   Are you an experienced Medical Communications professional with a background in publications project delivery? We're looking for an Account Manager to join our growing team and support the successful delivery of scientific communications programmes. This is an exciting opportunity to work in a fast-paced agency environment, partnering with clients and internal teams to manage complex publications and medical affairs projects from initiation through to completion. Whether you're an established Senior Account Manager or an experienced Account Manager looking to take the next step in your MedComms career, you'll have opportunities to develop your expertise. You'll work alongside a collaborative and supportive team. Inizio Medical supports dynamic working and this role can be done in person, remotely or on a hybrid basis. WHAT YOU'LL DO: As a Senior Account Manager, you'll be responsible for overseeing the day-to-day management of multiple projects, ensuring deliverables are completed on time, within budget, and to the highest quality standards. Key responsibilities include: * Manage publications projects from kick-off through to completion, including abstracts, posters, manuscripts, and congress-related deliverables * Develop and maintain project plans, timelines, and status trackers * Independently drive projects while supporting accounts and programmes * Coordinate stakeholders to ensure smooth project execution * Manage project financial activities * Identify and communicate potential out-of-scope activities and project risks * Participate in client status calls and maintain regular communication with clients * Build valuable relationships with clients and internal colleagues WHAT YOU'LL BRING: * Strong experience working within a Medical Communications agency environment * Sound Publications management experience * Project management skills * Excellent project financial skills, including invoicing, budget management and forecasting * Organisational skills * Experience working directly with clients and managing project communications Why Join Us: At Inizio Medical, we believe our people are our strength. You'll enjoy: * A competitive salary and benefits package, including private medical insurance and a company pension. * Flexible, hybrid working options * A friendly and inclusive culture with regular Friday socials, wellbeing initiatives, and Town Hall events. * Career development opportunities and access to world-class learning resources. We are proud to promote a culture of diversity, inclusion, and belonging. We believe our differences make us stronger — and that diversity drives innovation, creativity, and success. Don't meet every job requirement? That's okay! Our company is dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace. If you're excited about this role, but your experience doesn't perfectly fit every qualification, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right person for this role or others.