Associate Account Manager

The Walt Disney Company • Celebration, FL

1d • Onsite

About The Position

Yellow Shoes is the award-winning, in-house agency that develops creative strategies and solutions to support Walt Disney Parks & Resorts. Yellow Shoes is dedicated to helping promote the business while building the Disney brand. Our competitive advantage is an intimate knowledge of, and unique integration within, each Parks & Resorts business. Account Management serves as the bridge between the business, Marketing & Sales Strategy leadership, and the Creative and Production teams (both internal and external), adding value to the marketing and creative direction/delivery. We are recruiting for an Associate Account Manager supporting Yellow Shoes. This role will report to Sr Mgr-Account Mgmt and sits in Celebration, FL. You Will: Understand our needs, ensuring strategy is sound and providing solutions that address the problems that clients are asking the agency to help solve. Set the agency up for success by managing client expectations, project timing, and direction. Fundamental understanding of creative development process and knowledge of media channels leveraged by DX (Disney Experiences). Partner with Project Management in keeping clients updated and engaging leadership to maintain momentum toward deliverables. Assist in budget accuracy to ensure work isn't exceeding approved funds. Work with internal agency peers to contribute to the development of creative solutions that deliver the brief and move the business forward. Basic understanding of our client's brand, providing thought partnership through knowledge of their business and effective marketing solutions. Build relationships with your client and discipline partners through combination of face-to-face interactions and electronic communications.

Requirements

• You have 2+ years of professional marketing, ad agency, brand management, media, or related experience.
• Knowledge of communication mediums including video, print, digital, social, email, collateral, OOH, and the production process supporting each.
• Experience working with external clients and internal agency teams.
• Keep current on the pulse of the ad industry.
• Knowledge of brand management and advertising for consumer brands.
• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent work experience

Nice To Haves

• Experience managing budgets for clients/projects as well as timelines, approvals and overall deliverables.
• Experience working on both large and small brands across a variety of consumer products or experiences.
• Cross functional knowledge both internally and externally working across departments such as marketing, operations, brand and vendors and more.
• Knowledge of Adobe Workfront (or other work management systems) and SharePoint (or other collaboration tools)

Responsibilities

• Understand our needs, ensuring strategy is sound and providing solutions that address the problems that clients are asking the agency to help solve.
• Set the agency up for success by managing client expectations, project timing, and direction.
• Fundamental understanding of creative development process and knowledge of media channels leveraged by DX (Disney Experiences).
• Partner with Project Management in keeping clients updated and engaging leadership to maintain momentum toward deliverables.
• Assist in budget accuracy to ensure work isn't exceeding approved funds.
• Work with internal agency peers to contribute to the development of creative solutions that deliver the brief and move the business forward.
• Basic understanding of our client's brand, providing thought partnership through knowledge of their business and effective marketing solutions.
• Build relationships with your client and discipline partners through combination of face-to-face interactions and electronic communications.

Benefits

• Disney offers a rewards package to help you live your best life.
• This includes health and savings benefits, educational opportunities and special extras that only Disney can provide.
• Learn more about our benefits and perks at https://jobs.disneycareers.com/benefits

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level