Awards & Rankings Specialist
Job Description
Accenture is a global professional services company with leading capabilities in digital, cloud and security. Combining unmatched experience and specialized skills across more than 40 industries, we offer Strategy and Consulting, Technology and Operations services and Accenture Song — all powered by the world’s largest network of Advanced Technology and Intelligent Operations centers. Our 710,000 people deliver on the promise of technology and human ingenuity every day, serving clients in more than 120 countries. We embrace the power of change to create value and shared success for our clients, people, shareholders, partners and communities. Visit us at accenture.com.
As part of the newly formed Pursuit + Reputation Marketing team, you will play a key role in helping to deliver a high-quality, results-driven Awards + Rankings program to position Accenture as the leader across the categories we want to own. You will work with an integrated, collaborative, globally connected team of innovative marketing + communications experts to elevate our brand and advance Accenture’s reputation as an industry of one.
At Accenture, we are continually innovating to find new ways to put individuals at the center of what we do and are using our expertise to build a more-inclusive future in which everyone can thrive. We are looking for a super-organized specialist to focus exclusively on awards and rankings.
Key Responsibilities
Support the A+R Pursuit lead in project managing our editorial calendar, helping to ensure we are always meeting or exceeding timelines, contributing to priority pursuits, providing guidance to Markets, MUs, Services, Industries and Functions on their priority pursuits, measuring KPIs and driving continuous improvement of our pursuit strategy and execution.
Support the A+R Amplification lead in project managing our amplification calendar, helping to ensure we are always meeting or exceeding timelines, drafting the briefs, developing and executing integrated amplification plans, coordinating with various teams across M+C and beyond, measuring KPIs and driving continuous improvement of our amplification strategy and execution.
Lead the A+R team’s proactive, effective and efficient use of technology solutions such as Monday.com and Synops that enable project and workflow management across the Pursuit & Reputation Marketing team, M+C function and with key business partners outside M+C. Modify existing tools and templates to solve new problems and challenges.
Maintain accurate data and information capture in a series of digital assets: the Awards + Rankings Knowledge Base, the Awards + Rankings Teams site, Monday.com and more.
Lead outreach to priority awards, rankings and ratings organizations for key dates and activity with support from M+C Operations.
Lead desk research, including media scans for rankings coverage, peer, competitor and client performance and participation, with support from M+C Operations.
Lead awards and rankings results capture and sharing across several areas – with support from M+C Operations – including annual Board presentations, annual reporting initiatives (e.g., Annual Report, Proxy Statement, etc.), ad-hoc GMC meeting materials, M+C Monthly Wrap Up, Good Morning Accenture, accenture.com and more.
Qualifications
Required Experience
Strong English Skills for Business (Written and Spoken)
5 years marketing experience.
Proficient with Monday.com and ability to adapt to new technology at speed, including Synops.
Proficient with MS Office tools, including Excel, Teams and PowerPoint.
Advanced project management skills: Initiating, Planning, Executing, Controlling/Monitoring, and Closing projects.
Marketing experience and demonstrated knowledge of marketing principles and channels.
Exposure to various project methodologies: traditional, Agile, etc.
Excellent written and oral communications.
Excellent organization skills with demonstrated follow-through on goals, plans, and projects.
Efficient meeting management.
Self-starter and strong interpersonal skills.
Ability to motivate team members to complete tasks by building trusted relationships.
Produce high-quality, detailed work as part of a fast-paced, dynamic team.
Bachelor’s degree required, project management qualifications a plus.