Account Management Archives - The Hunting Lodge

Account Director, Experiential; $125-135K; Remote (East coast pref)

Award-winning boutique experiential marketing agency fueled by a talented team of strategic thinkers, brand marketers and visual artists believes that an idea is only as powerful as its execution. Established by a former client-side marketer, the agency’s business model builds brand loyalty and ROI through impactful experiential programming rooted in true brand values. This fast-paced work environment seeks talented team members who crave learning new skills and aren’t afraid to tackle big projects.

The Account Director is responsible for the overall leadership of agency’s client relationships and business, including the development of strategic plans and oversight of the execution of plans and program elements, as well as managing all related finances. For this role, you will be collaborating and guiding a well-known, global Technology brand. The Account Director must demonstrate an ability to manage workflows and manage internal teams to meet client deadlines. Charismatic with a commanding presence, you possess excellent presentation skills that represent the agency’s thinking as well as creative strategy. With a hybrid skill set of strategic planning, communication and execution, you anticipate potential client and/or program issues and communicate these observations to agency leadership and provide solutions. You’ll establish plans for success and define KPIs with clients and lead internal teams to deliver on program goals. Further, you have an ability to identify new business opportunities within existing client base. As expected, the Account Director will track profitability, define and communicate schedules and budget to junior staff as well as delegating workload. Please be tech-savvy with complete knowledge of Microsoft Office (especially strong proficiency in Excel). Finally, you should have high standards, a strong work ethic and enjoy working in a team environment. 6+ years of experience; non-traditional work hours and frequent travel.

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March 23, 2022/by Hunter Gilmore

Account Management, Freelance

PLACED: Freelance Account Supervisor, Experiential; Miami

Ready to work with high-profile brand partners in music, entertainment, sports, lifestyle, and technology?!

Full-service, culture-centered agency seeks a Freelance entrepreneurial Senior Manager, Client Services to serve a collaborative role on their Experiential team. Brands are constantly faced with ever-changing business challenges, so they look to the agency for fresh solutions, backed by meticulous insight and robust history. Today’s dynamic landscape and evolving consumer behavior is an invitation to identify and leverage unprecedented opportunities for clients, while delivering culture-driven engagement, with measurable results. You’ll help create authentic and efficient platforms for brands to engage with their targeted consumers every day, in every way.

With responsibility for overseeing the successful delivery of various aspects of live projects, from brief to execution, the strategically-savvy Senior Manager, Client Service will ensure that all of the projects’ relevant resources including operations and logistics are allocated and delivered on-time, on-budget ($500K+) and of high quality. You will contribute to the operations, processes, budgeting, agency quality control, vendor management as well as continually staying up to date with industry innovation. You can develop production schedules, enforce deliverable dates, build nurturing client relationships, and create a positive, team-minded environment. Focused and ambitious, you thrive in a fast-paced environment, possess a ‘can-do’ attitude, and explore every opportunity to grow the business.

Ideal candidates have 4-7 years of experience. You naturally remain calm under pressure while working on multiple projects simultaneously and achieve tight deadlines. An open-minded mentality allows your thorough exploration of all ideas and thought-starters.

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March 8, 2022/by Hunter Gilmore

Account Management

Account Director, B2B; $125-160K, Remote (EST hours)

Award-winning, indie B2B branding and marketing company is looking for an Account Director to join its sophisticated team. At critical inflection points, the agency works with clients to align brand strategy with business strategy—creating stories and experiences to engage customers, influence prospects, rally employees, inspire investors and build communities.

What you’ll be doing…

~Account and Project Management

Serve as primary client liaison and strategic partner with multiple clients to efficiently facilitate projects

Lead multi-pronged, medium-large client engagements, ensuring on-time and on-budget delivery

Oversee standard start-up procedures (secure job numbers, prepare working group lists, schedule interviews, etc.)

Generate, communicate and manage production schedules

Facilitate all aspects of our client engagements including brand strategy, visual brand development, marketing, advertising, digital/web projects

Maintain client loyalty through proactive relationship management

~Financial Management

Efficiently organize and monitor the on-going management of costs (from developing estimates through tracking actuals), securing the appropriate client authorization throughout the course of the project

Secure estimates from and negotiate with outside suppliers to ensure competitive prices

Work closely with Controller to manage payment schedules and review pre-bill for clients

~New Business Development

Engage in broad-based branding discussions with clients to become trusted counselor, and in so doing, identify further opportunities for mutually beneficial growth of relationship

Actively mine existing accounts for new business opportunities and referrals

Provide input on process, budget and schedule for proposals

What we expect…

Minimum 8 years experience working in an Account Management role at a Branding, Marketing or Advertising Agency or a related position i.e. Branding/Marketing in a Financial Services, Technology, Healthcare, or Professional Services firm
Outgoing, engaging personality; great attitude and team player
Must be an excellent verbal and written communicator, comfortable preparing proposals and presentations and speaking in front of small groups
Must be a self-starter and nimble multi-tasker; very detail-oriented

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March 15, 2021/by Hunter Gilmore

Account Management

Account Supervisor, Integrated; $75-85K, Remote (NYC hours)

Are you the kind of problem solver that doesn’t get called a problem solver because you solve problems before anyone knew there was one? Then we want you!

Join an inclusive marketing agency of strategists, producers, creatives and talented problem solvers growing their team. We need someone who doesn’t turn water into wine, but knows that people will want both. We want someone who is thirsty to learn new skills and hungry to manage big projects, and ready to enjoy the occupational banquet of content, experiential, social and digital work.

The Account Supervisor is responsible for the overall management of client relationships and businesses, including overseeing execution, owning the project, championing the vision, planning and handling program elements and financial management. You’re experienced in managing and overseeing multiple clients/projects, as well as in sourcing through various vendors and negotiating competitive pricing. You enjoy interacting with the creative team, communicating briefs and feedback. You possess experience in working with a variety of creative channels – digital, design, social media, experiential, print, etc. Quick thinking and the ability to be resourceful in high-pressure situations is a must. Please be tech-savvy with complete knowledge of Microsoft Office (especially strong proficiency in Excel). Finally, you should have high standards, a strong work ethic and enjoy working in a team environment; 4-5 years of experience. This is a remote position working NYC hours (EST).

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March 9, 2021/by Hunter Gilmore

Account Management

Director of Account Management; Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Who we are.

A team of passionate people providing food and beverage companies with more complete 360+ marketing solutions than any other marketing agency in the region. We do this by building stronger, deeper relationships, understanding the who/how/why of the entire food chain and rolling up our sleeves to get it done. Open to on-site, or remote-to-relocation. Relocation assistance available.

Why you should work with us.

We strive every day to work a little harder, a little smarter and a little more together than yesterday in an effort to provide the richest, deepest, most-comprehensive and innovative solutions for our partners, present and future. Everyday. No excuses. If you want to join a team where everyone works hard, solves problems, builds relationships, acts on intuition, is flexible and brings positive energy to the problem, join us.

The role.

Seeking a strategic, results-oriented, go-getter to join the agency leadership team. You are driven, committed and passionate about growing a business into something beyond expectation. You get excited about growth and evolution. You possess a “can-do” attitude and are not afraid to navigate a complex and fluid environment. You understand the race can be a marathon not a sprint. You are motivated by challenges and consider “no” a reason to keep pushing. You are a natural leader but understand the importance of collaboration and teamwork. You are knowledgeable about what’s current but even more excited about what’s next.

The job.

Develop, present, execute, manage and measure annual account plans.
Serve as agency representative and client brand steward by developing strategic client objectives, leading the account, constantly assessing the brand position and managing the internal agency team resources to best service the overall client account.
Strategically manage day-to-day coordination of agency activities and client contact on multiple accounts. Be “360-degree aware” of all projects, relationships, opportunities and team members.
Develop client brand strategies based on cultural, consumer, customer and competitive insights. Develop a detailed understanding of client brand’s audiences, cultures, business and technology landscapes, and help translate insights into account and creative development.
Manage your account team to provide creative team with a clearly defined brief—including concise information on the product, audience and strategy—enabling them to develop breakthrough ideas for a variety of channels and platforms.
Estimate, plan, coordinate and direct advertising campaigns and projects for agency clients. Responsible for staying on strategy, on time and within budget.
Ensure agency involvement in all appropriate client activities to provide maximum knowledge of and service to the client (example: attendance at major meetings or trade shows).
Provide weekly account updates to executive management. Be an active part of agency leadership team.
Build strong, lasting client/agency relationships based on achieving clients’ marketing objectives with efficiency that results in agency profit.
Deliver on the agency’s mission of making extraordinary things happen for our clients and their customers.
Proactively look for alternative sources of work from current or past clients. Always ask what else the agency can be doing to support each client.
Evaluate and recommend new, increased or altered agency services that might improve support to clients and provide profitable growth to the agency. Assist in the development of new ventures.
Stay current on industry trends and news—especially client industry related material.
Work with new business team to identify leads, targets and prospects. Work with team to develop and execute new business pitches.

Requirements:

10+ years experience in an agency setting.
Experience with Food and Beverage industry a huge plus.
Capability of managing both high-level regional and national accounts.
Ability to deliver strategic, clear, effective client presentations that tell a memorable story and highlight agency skills and talents.
Open to on-site, or remote-to-relocation. Relocation assistance available.

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December 7, 2020/1 Comment/by Hunter Gilmore

Account Management, Project Management

PLACED: Freelance Account Supervisor, Remote, $1.5-2K/wk

This strategic consultancy is a fast growing disruptive marketing services model that enables clients to harness the best, most diverse, creative and strategic talent in a way that is both affordable and timely. The firm harnesses the world’s best thinkers to solve the world’s toughest problems. They are growing incredibly fast due to their success with a number of clients including Pepsico, Beam Suntory, EY, Unilever, and Target, among many others. To continue their success, they’re looking for two talented freelance Account Supervisors who can ensure they can continue to deliver an excellent product to their clients.

This is a value based company. At the heart of their culture are four key values:

Care – We are a business that believes that care is core to creating the ideal conditions for us to feel valued and nurtured.
Curiosity – We are a business that believes in curiosity, and the desire to keep learning is key to asking better questions and discovering better problems to solve.
Courage – We are a business that believes having courage inspires others to go further and take risks and to dare to view the world from a different perspective.
Clarity – We are a business that believes a complex world needs more clarity.

The Role

The focus of this role is to support the client service team and help effectively deliver brand strategy, creative, design, experience planning and innovation projects. We are looking for people who have a can-do attitude. People who sweat the details, excel at managing teams and processes and enjoy client management. The company has a strong team culture. They laugh with each other, support each other, and strive to enjoy everything they do. This job will work east coast hours but will be done remotely (your soon to be colleagues are all NY/NJ-based).

Key Responsibilities

Successful Project Delivery

The company has a very specific and codified process for ensuring successful delivery, which includes a significant emphasis on Problem Definition. You will be partnering with a client service lead and a strategist on every project. Your mission is to be the conductor of our strategic and creative process, keeping all of the trains running on time. You’ll be part of the team that diagnoses the client problem, builds the brief, curates the strategic and creative deck presentations and presents back to the clients.

Client management

They are fortunate to have excellent clients and strong relationships with all of their clients (seriously). A big part of that is pro-actively managing clients, being transparent about all steps and moving at speed to solve their biggest problems. You’ll be a key member of the team that manages the communications between the firm and their clients.

To Be Determined

While the company is no longer a start-up, this job requires someone with an entrepreneurial mindset, able to adapt quickly to take on the unknown. If you’re someone who likes new challenges and a wide range of responsibilities, this is the job for you.

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November 23, 2020/25 Comments/by Hunter Gilmore