Hybrid Account Executive

at Vladimir Jones

• Job title: Account Executive
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Mid level, Senior
• Salary: $65,000 - $75,000 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Glendale, United States

About the role

• Account Executive in an advertising agency, managing client accounts and projects. Developing relationships and ensuring successful project completion while adhering to timelines and budgets.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain active and productive working relationships with client contacts
• Develop a knowledge of, and be conversant in each client’s business – business model basics, key issues and competitive situation
• Anticipate, and proactively make the Account Supervisor/Director aware of any and all expectation issues
• Understand the functions and processes of all agency departments
• Effectively monitor the work of other agency departments against agreed upon timetables
• Effectively incorporate senior account management staff as project objectives or issues warrant
• Articulate, and adhere to, agreed upon project directives and production guidelines
• Evaluate and provide a point of view on strategic, creative and media alternatives
• Primary project executive on all client projects, demonstrating an ability to organize workload and workflow
• Set deadlines, assign responsibilities, monitor and summarize progress of projects
• Ensure project completion on time, and on budget
• Provide daily end to end project management of assigned clients projects and workflows
• Agency Processes – work with teams to communicate and streamline workflow of agency processes, provides oversight that they are being followed correctly
• Flexibility with condensed timelines and changes; not all projects align with the schedule planned
• As requested, provide presentation support including content development, presentation creation, preparation and delivery
• Collect, analyze, organize and present an insightful point of view on client assignments or new opportunities
• Contribute to the development of project and/or annual client planning documents
• Consistently utilize agency tools and processes to ensure projects are on-time, on-budget and in support of the information needs of agency management
• Develop conference reports, job starts, change logs, strategic briefs, media briefs, buy authorizations, client status reports
• Responsible for project estimates and on-going budget & time reconciliations; reports on variances and needs which are outside of the project scope
• Prepare monthly budget recaps for each client and distribute to the supervisor

Requirements

• Minimum 3-4 years’ experience within the advertising industry
• Project management experience is a plus
• Four-year degree from an accredited college/university in marketing or a related field
• Previous agency experience preferred
• Demonstrate a commitment to do whatever is required to get the job done right and with enthusiasm
• Possess sound judgment and effective problem-solving skills, learning quickly from experience
• Must demonstrate a high ability in priority setting, time management and managing workload – able to prioritize multiple tasks, deadlines and tight timelines
• High attention to detail – attentive, accurate and thorough
• Ability to negotiate with different personalities to accomplish goals
• Knack for managing up – proactively and efficiently communicates major project/client milestones to agency leadership
• A “self-starter” – able to anticipate needs, work with limited supervision and exercise independent judgment in problem solving when required
• Must be able to write and speak with clarity, authority and persuasion, possessing expert presentation and written skills to internal and external audiences
• Must have high budget management skills
• Ability to cultivate a collaborative work environment with team members and has a constant desire for relationship development (with clients, vendors, team members)
• Ability to multitask and support various groups of users
• Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, EAS and have a working knowledge of all agency presentation equipment.

Benefits

• 401k + employer match
• Medical, Dental, Vision
• Life and short-term disability (100% employer paid)
• Voluntary long-term disability
• EAP
• 9 paid holidays
• PTO, Floating Holiday, Volunteering Day
• Education reimbursement
• Employee referral program
• Employee recognition program where points turn into money!