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Senior Account Manager
Reporting to the account supervisor, the senior account manager acts as a link between the client and the agency and ensures that the day-to-day running of marketing projects goes smoothly. This person keeps clients informed at every stage of a project and ensures that they are happy with the work as it progresses. This position coordinates the activities of the internal team and takes primary responsibility for meeting deadlines. The senior account manager will typically handle the accounts of one to two non-competing clients, including responsibility for creative briefs and job orders, developing project estimates (with input from team members), managing budgets, maintaining schedules, developing status reports and conference reports and setting up meetings. The senior account manager is expected to be familiar with the clients’ business’ and be ready to contribute ideas and suggestions in meetings. He or she will lead some strategic projects with the support of the Acct. Supervisor and will be expected to be able to fill in for the account supervisor in meetings when necessary.
Responsibilities
- Acting as liaison between client and agency by maintaining regular contact and ensuring that communication flows effectively
- Keeping account supervisor fully briefed on client needs, concerns and issues; maintaining overall client initiatives calendars
- Thorough awareness of client’s business goals and general knowledge of the client’s business needs and challenges beyond direct areas of responsibility
- Helping to develop marketing plans to meet client’s business goals by working directly with client to assess and refine needs
- Participating in strategic planning projects
- Overseeing the progression of projects; coordinating projects with internal agency departments
- Developing and updating project timelines, meeting deadlines and prioritizing tasks
- Participating in creative development: writing creative briefs, briefing creative team, assuring adherence to strategy during the review process
- Monitoring competitive activity and media
- Constantly monitoring internal and external processes and making suggestions for improvements as necessary
- Responsible for job profitability and supporting overall client profitability
Requirements
- Requires Bachelor’s degree in advertising or marketing or related field
- Requires 4+ years agency experience managing clients, preferably with B2B clients
- Knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint required; Visio and Project a plus
- Must be a confident self-starter, a team player, an innovative problem solver and able to manage multiple projects at once
- Needs to be attentive to detail, resourceful, work well under pressure and have strong communications skills
- Experience in the high tech consumer electronics vertical is a plus
About nFusion
nFusion is an integrated marketing agency that combines the insight of a marketing consultancy, the creativity of an advertising agency and the expertise of an interactive firm to deliver distinctive, holistic marketing campaigns that produce real, measurable results. We will respond to qualified candidates as quickly as possible. No phone calls please.
nFusion does not accept resumes from headhunters, placement agencies or other suppliers that have not signed a formal agreement with us. Our supplier base is restricted to specified hiring needs. Therefore, any resume received from an unapproved supplier will be considered unsolicited, and nFusion will not be obligated to pay a referral or placement fee.
Culture
What defines life at nFusion? Is it our cross-disciplinary approach to problem solving? Our laid-back Austin locale? Or our bizarre obsession with matching coworkers? See for yourself.
Benefits
At nFusion we take care of our employees. nFusioners enjoy comprehensive health insurance, time off and more. See our commitment to employee wellness and work/life balance by checking out our complete list of benefits.
