AD AGENCY ACCOUNT MANAGER

$79,040 - $91,520/Yr

Cella - Lake Forest, IL

Full-time - Mid Level

Lake Forest, IL

Administrative and Support Services

About the position

The Ad Agency Account Manager will play a crucial role in collaborating with the brand team to develop creative briefs and recommend promotional tactics. This position involves overseeing creative projects from concept to completion, ensuring that client expectations, budgets, and timelines are met. The Account Manager will also manage financial forecasts and conduct monthly reconciliations, while tracking project time daily to ensure timely delivery within budget.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with the brand team in the development of creative briefs.
• Recommend key promotional tactics that align with the strategy and goals of the brand.
• Issue client contact reports to ensure key information is being quickly communicated to all involved stakeholders.
• Review creative development of a project during concept to completion to ensure specifications, client expectations, budgets, timelines, etc. are being adhered to.
• Facilitate ongoing, timely and accurate communications to ensure all projects are completed on time and within budget.
• Develop annual forecasts.
• Conduct financial reconciliations on a monthly basis.
• Track time on a daily basis.

Requirements

• Experienced Agency Account Manager with strategic thinking ability.
• Bachelor's degree required; Master's degree or equivalent experience is desirable.
• Minimum of 4-6 years of total account management experience.
• Pharmaceutical industry experience preferred (both U.S. and Global).
• In-house ad agency/ad agency experience is a plus.
• Excellent communication skills: verbal, presentation, written.
• High energy, positive, organized individual comfortable in a high-visibility role.
• Ability to manage high volume project scope in a fast-paced creative environment.
• Great collaborator with ability to focus on both the big picture and small details.

Benefits

• Health insurance coverage
• Incentive and recognition program
• 401K contribution