Account Manager - JLR Retailer Campaigns

About the role

WPP Production, a global creative production company producing advertising and marketing content for major brands, is hiring an Account Manager who reports to the Senior Account Manager. The role supports JLR regional and retailer campaign activity and acts as the day-to-day contact for JLR retailer and regional stakeholders, agency partners and WPP Production teams.

Key responsibilities

• Sense-check incoming briefs with the Senior Account Manager and Delivery Lead, confirming scope, deliverables, timings, markets, approvals and production dependencies.
• Coordinate end-to-end production: imagery sourcing and selection, master asset development, spec validation against the asset toolkit, adaptation and localization, quality control and final delivery.
• Manage approval stages for imagery, master assets and adaptations, capturing feedback and communicating its impact on scope or timing.
• Work with creative, studio, transcreation, digital and media teams so that production dependencies are planned and tracked.
• Maintain production plans, status reports, action logs, contact reports and agendas so stakeholders see progress, risks and next steps.
• Manage delivery against agreed WPP Production SLAs, chase delayed inputs and escalate risks up the line.
• Support workload triage, hand over straightforward work and escalate complex or high-risk jobs early.
• Ensure master and adapted assets meet brand, technical and market requirements, and build trusted relationships with client and agency stakeholders.

Required profile

• Automotive experience is essential; experience with JLR, premium automotive brands, retailer marketing or regional automotive accounts is highly desirable.
• Proven account management, integrated agency or production experience delivering multi-channel campaigns across print, digital, broadcast and/or retail.
• Experience managing production workflows including master creative, imagery selection, local market adaptations and transcreation/localisation.
• Comfortable working across international accounts, ideally five or more, with many client, agency and production stakeholders.
• Clear written and verbal communication in English and Arabic.

Required skills

• Strong project management, handling multiple jobs, tight deadlines and accurate trackers.
• Understanding of client approval processes, production specifications and asset delivery.
• Highly organized, detail-oriented, proactive and resilient under pressure.