
Account Executive
Vladimir Jones
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Glendale • Colorado • United States
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Salary
💰 $65,000 - $75,000 per year
About the role
- 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!
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard Skills & Tools
project managementbudget managementstrategic planningcreative evaluationmedia alternatives evaluationcontent developmentpresentation creationdata analysisworkflow organizationtime management
Soft Skills
problem-solvingattention to detailnegotiationcommunicationrelationship developmentself-starterflexibilityprioritizationcollaborationenthusiasm