Account Manager | EDU

Red Ventures • Charlotte, NC

2d • $65,000 - $90,000

About The Position

As an Account Manager on the Red Ventures' Education team, you will own full-funnel client success management from ideation and inception to ad deployment, including - but not limited to - partner engagement, program conceptualization, ad building, quality assurance, data storytelling and program optimization for our portfolio of higher education websites such as BestColleges.com . This position will have complete ownership over their individual book of business and direct/indirect leadership on the Account team.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree and at least 3 years of related industry experience, preferably in account management or direct marketing at an agency or marketing company.
• Demonstrated track record of growing client accounts via programs and budgets
• Intellectually curious, takes initiative to dig deeper and understand business drivers
• Ability to quickly assess client situations and configure mutually beneficial value propositions.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, as well as mastery over the Microsoft Suite of products (Excel, PowerPoint and Word)
• Ability to prioritize and meet multiple deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
• High attention to detail and organizational skills
• Top talent that has a bias-to-action and thrives in environments where they are creating new opportunities where none currently exist

Nice To Haves

• Higher Education experience is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Ability to secure full monthly budget asks from partner
• Identifying growth corridors within existing book of business including upselling partner programs that we don’t currently run
• Identify opportunities for strategic partnership by finding partners pain points and collaborating with GTM team to build solutions
• Influence partners to drive increases in monthly spend and communicate value propositions to earn additional budget
• Understand partner’s marketing objectives and work with cross-functional teams to create innovative strategies that maximize program performance
• Manage the construction of partner digital advertisements
• Drive the day-to-day client activity to ensure accurate and timely execution of marketing programs
• Partner with clients and internal teams on multivariate test plans to maximize client campaign performance
• Lead client meetings to present and discuss program optimization, execution and marketing best practices
• Manage an internal book of business in full, including revenue management, budget planning, monthly updates, heightened financial acumen, among other aspects

Benefits

• Health Insurance Coverage (medical, dental, and vision)
• Life Insurance
• Short and Long-Term Disability Insurance
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Holiday Pay
• 401(k) with match
• Employee Assistance Program
• Paid Parental Bonding Benefit Program
• Flexible Paid Time Off (PTO): We believe time to rest and recharge is essential. That’s why we offer a generous and flexible PTO policy. Full-time employees accrue 20 days of PTO for a full calendar year annually, with an increase to 25 days after five years of service.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 501-1,000 employees