Assistant Account Executive

Kick•Minneapolis, MN

13d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Assistant Account Executive supports an Account Directors to drive and carry out the execution of projects across the clients’ businesses. This position supports the rest of the team in a manner that demonstrates a strong sense of urgency, an ability to be proactive and pay close attention to detail. Follow-up and organization are critical to earning the trust of the team, as is the need to manage multiple competing and changing priorities daily. An AAE must exhibit passion for the job and a willingness to learn and grow.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in a related field
2–4 years of experience in an advertising/marketing agency environment with experience in digital media and creative (required). This is not an entry-level role.
Candidates should have prior experience navigating agency workflow, managing timelines, and supporting integrated campaign execution.
Demonstrated experience managing integrated marketing projects across creative and digital channels.
Direct experience support paid-media campaigns is required. Experience may include paid search, paid social, programmatic, display, video, connected TV or other digital-media channels.
Working knowledge of the paid-media campaign lifecycle, including planning, creative development, asset delivery, activation, tracking, optimization and reporting.
Ability to thrive in a collaborative and fast-paced environment, managing competing priorities effectively
Confident and resourceful, a self-starter that can function with minimal supervision
Proven experience taking a lead role in a work project, team, volunteer or school environment
Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail with the ability to multi-task
Excellent written and oral communications skills
Ability to effectively communicate at all levels of an organization
Ability to actively listen, collaborate, and reach win/win solutions
Willingness to pitch in on any task, big or small
Demonstrates a passion for creativity and a healthy curiosity for the communications business, pertinent product categories, new mediums, etc.
Proven ability to be flexible, operate as a team player, and engage positively with others

Responsibilities

Builds trust in team members by taking initiative, responding quickly and accurately to requests from client and internal partners and demonstrating proactiveness
Compiles brand and category insight and regularly feeds to the team
Assists the broader integrated team, supporting multiple projects and clients
Compiles weekly status reports and contact reports within 24 hours
Assists in writing statements of work
Helps manage monthly billing, creates and tracks estimates
Builds and maintains project timelines with minimal oversight
Anticipates risks and flags scope or deadline concerns early
Drafts and proofs client-facing communication and presentation materials, as well as client deliverables
Manages multiple concurrent accounts, projects, and priorities while maintaining attention to detail and meeting deadlines
Provides general project initiation support (generating job #s, opening/populating folders on servers, adding to status, etc.)
Ensures deliverables move efficiently from brief through production
Effectively manages internal relationships, including relationships with project management and select clients
Schedules and coordinates meetings, internal and external; coordinates meeting agendas, note-taking and follow-up as needed
Communicates effectively at all points of contact – incoming assignments from clients, process-based communication (workflow, change orders, contact reports, etc.)
Participates in account management status meetings
Occasional support of account and creative teams in organizing photoshoots (scheduling, gathering client product, props, location and talent management, etc.)
Partners closely with project management to establish schedules, assign responsibilities, track progress and keep projects moving efficiently
Accepts direction and feedback to refine work and meet objectives
Other responsibilities, as may be assigned