Jr. Account Executive

About the Role

Junior Account Executives are responsible for the day-to-day administration of marketing and advertising initiatives for assigned Clients. They are instrumental in the development and implementation of new initiatives, aiming to secure Client confidence as an advertising professional who can support marketing and advertising strategies.

Key Responsibilities

• Assist with multiple projects simultaneously, from smaller tactical assignments to supporting complex, integrated campaigns, ensuring projects meet or exceed internal team and Client expectations.
• Act as the direct point of contact with the Client, representing the Agency’s core values and fostering strong relationships with both Clients and internal teams.
• Coordinate, activate, and communicate relevant project information to the team, ensuring outcomes address Client business requirements with creativity and business logic, while being on time and on budget.
• Keep the Account Supervisor and Account Executives updated on both internal and external initiatives regularly.
• Plan, organize, activate, and control day-to-day Agency processes, contributing a perspective to strategy development and the execution of creative and media plans.
• Execute ongoing tactical campaigns across print, broadcast, digital, social, and in-store channels, including communication with the Client.
• Assist in the development of marketing and advertising strategies, including gathering and analyzing information.
• Train and provide accurate direction to Account Coordinators.
• Lead project executions, managing timelines, processing job orders, and collaborating across Agency departments to meet Client deliverables.
• Perform quality assurance of Client assets for job processing, including ad unit specs, copy, images, files, and legal specifications.
• Write and proof all Client-facing documents published by the Agency.
• Update and manage internal and Client-facing status reports, communicating progress and challenges in a timely and succinct manner.
• Attend relevant internal and Client meetings and proactively contribute to conference reports by compiling notes indicating key points and clear next steps, including stakeholders.
• Proof ad materials, scripts, and spots to ensure accuracy, approvals, versioning, and legal compliance.
• Possess and portray a strong positive, professional attitude at all times and work effectively in a team environment.
• Handle miscellaneous projects as assigned.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Bachelor's Degree in Marketing, Advertising, Communications, or relevant, equivalent experience.
• Advertising Agency experience is required.
• Desire to develop a strong working knowledge of advertising and marketing at a world-class Agency spanning Broadcast, Digital, Social, OOH, Print, and emerging channels.
• Keen attention to detail.
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to communicate with people at all levels of the organization.
• Ability to develop detailed plans and assist in running team meetings, identify and resolve issues, and manage risk.
• Working knowledge and excitement of emerging trends and the delivery of 360 marketing solutions within both digital and traditional channels.
• Excellent organizational and time management skills.
• Positive outlook and good interpersonal skills.
• Thorough understanding of the Client’s industry and business; ability to build relationships and gain trust.
• A strong sense of urgency and commitment to get the job done quickly and with high quality.
• Computer proficiency in MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, MS Outlook, with the ability to learn new software and operating systems.