Senior Account Executive
About The Position
The Senior Account Executive is an Account Services department position responsible for understanding the client’s strategy and owning the day-to-day management of projects. This is the level in Account Services where understanding the brand and communications strategies start to become more important. The Senior Account Executive takes a positive, collaborative approach to problem-solving. This person is expected to establish clear direction, set objectives, and distribute the workload in a well-planned and organized manner. The Senior Account Executive must maintain two-way dialogue with teams on the work and results, while also developing mentoring and management skill sets.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree required
- 2-3 years of experience in the advertising industry
- At least 1 year of Account Executive experience in an agency setting is required
- Strong professional presence—possesses positive, inspirational qualities that motivate internal team and evoke ease and confidence in clients
- Possesses superior verbal and written communication skills, both with clients and internal brand teams
- Positive, collaborative approach to problem-solving
- Can mindfully manage deadlines, multiple tasks, and challenges
- Ability to travel (locally and nationally) up to 25% of the time
- Willingness to go beyond what is described in the job description and be flexible for the team, and ultimately, the work
Responsibilities
- Builds and fosters relationships with clients and colleagues, providing value as a consultant on the brand and advertising needs
- Takes ownership of the project brief. Trains on creative brief, brand story, and brand strategies
- Owns a few projects that are more complex
- Develops presentation skills with experience on the projects that they own and other identified opportunities, e.g. agency POV, competitive analysis, etc.
- Demonstrates aptitude for managing a multi-functional team
- Consistently produce timely, high-quality internal and external communications
- Develop relationship with client, while attending client meetings, including Medical/Legal/Regulatory reviews
- Track budgets regularly and work with supervisors to meet monthly forecasts
- Continuously works to expand market knowledge and stay current with respect to advertising opportunities among various platforms, especially those valuable to assigned brands
- Stays current on emerging market trends and applies them to the brand planning and execution
- Oversees competitive analyses conducted by integrated agency team on the business or conducts analyses in the absence of an Account Coordinator
- Demonstrates a solid understanding of the product, scientific data, strategies, and marketplace
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
