ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE - Metro NYC
January 24, 2008
Position Summary
Account Management:
- Support the account supervisor & account director with general day-to-day office operations
- Manage advertising and marketing assignments through strategy and creative development, revision, and production
- Attend creative and product briefings and create reports
- Work with agency resources to develop strategic insights and develop briefing materials
- Field studio requests from clients and initiate their completion via creation of creative briefs, cost estimates when appropriate, and liaison with the studio
- Ensure timely and on-budget completion of projects, and all necessary client and internal approvals are in place
- Coordinate with Media to develop and understand media plans and approval processes
Competitive Analysis:
- Analyze competitive advertising and media spending data to create comprehensive competitive analysis presentations for internal and client presentations
- Make monthly visits to retailers to observe trends and activities surrounding in-store advertising, promotions and new products
- Keep abreast of industry and competitive activity and create and share alerts internally & to relevant clients
- Create a summary document of observations
Accounting:
- Initiate project numbers and work with production to create estimates for projects
- Oversee and track status of estimate approvals
- Liaison with accounting department to allocate invoices, process purchase orders and oversee client billing
- Maintain a budget to track expenditures and billings for all projects, and keep account team informed of projects financial status
Skills & Requirements:
- Organized and detail-oriented
- Able to efficiently manage time, priorities, and resources
- Proficient Microsoft Office
- Flexible and available when necessary in order to complete assignments on-deadline or fulfill urgent requests
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- BS/BA Degree preferred or equivalent work experience
- 1-4 Years of experience in an Agency required
Attributes:
- Self-starter, who can complete tasks independently
- Ability to multi-task and be flexible in meeting deadlines and urgent requests
Position Type:
Direct-hire
Salary:
Open
How To Apply:
Please submit your resume in confidence to jobs@staffingauthority.com
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