Account Manager - Los Angeles - Watson Design Group, Inc.

Description

Overview

Watson Design Group is seeking a talented Account Manager to help in the execution of film/TV campaigns across the digital and social landscape. The ideal candidate is organized and experienced in client servicing, project management and social/digital forward production. Our ideal candidate has strong verbal and writing skills, and is comfortable in a fast-paced creative environment working with various team members across different departments and leading multiple campaigns at once. Entertainment marketing experience required.

Technical Details

Location: Los Angeles 

Department: Accounts

Job Type: Full-Time

Qualifications

• You have 4+ years of experience in a creative agency or studio within the entertainment vertical.
• You have experience leading multiple projects across different clients (digital & social) at once.
• You can work effectively with multi-disciplinary teams including strategists, writers, designers, video editors and developers.
• You have marketing experience with global, high-end brands, with an emphasis on social-first campaigns.
• You lead projects from start to finish with ease and are comfortable leading internal teams as well as being the client's point of contact.
• You are an active and engaged consumer of social media and entertainment culture.
• You have a passion for creative, innovation, and producing high-impact campaign work.
• You are an excellent communicator and can speak to a variety of teams with ease.
• You are a problem solver and a self-starter.
• You are organized, detail-oriented, and forward-thinking - a natural planner.
• You are a collaborative, communicative teammate who enjoys producing fun, thoughtful, engaging work.

Desired Skills

• Experience with Airtable, Trello, Social analytics platforms such as Sprout, Hootsuite or Sprinkler
• Experience working on social retainers for entertainment clients 
• Experience within film/TV-adjecent verticals such as music, fashion or gaming

Due to the collaborative nature of this role, the right candidate will need to be based in Los Angeles or open to relocating. 

Responsibilities

Production

• Set budgets based on campaign needs and business revenue goals in mind, build out SOWs and negotiate with clients. 
• Define, maintain, and execute project scope and timelines from planning through execution.
• Work closely with the creative team - disseminating client feedback and maintaining efficient production workflows across titles.
• Communicate overall health of assigned accounts and projects to the Director of Business & Accounts and senior leadership.
• Work with Creative and Strategy Leads to define and lead weekly call agendas, providing updates on the status of a title, reviewing the status of production and planning next steps.
• Either build out or oversee the building of detailed production schedules, working with Creative and Creative Leads to ensure there are no bottlenecks on the design floor.

Publishing, Community Management, and Social Strategy 

• Ensure campaigns are informed by both strategy and production by working with team counterparts.
• Work closely with Social Strategists on community management and publishing efforts, communicating plans and insights with both internal and client teams.
• Stay informed and up to date on social trends and conversations that might impact cadence and editorial strategy.
• Participate in creative ideation for live campaigns and campaign requests (talent ideas, social concepts etc).
• Assist, contribute to, and supervise creative and strategy decks for campaigns/new business/ RFPs and capes presentations.
• Ensure creative and copy aligns with client feedback. 
• Work with the Strategy team to recommend and implement data-driven insights to clients.

Client Servicing and Communication

• Build strong relationships with clients and foster long-term collaborations. 
• Lead on all client communication (emails, Slacks, calls) and ensuring the client is informed on project and asset status.
• Assess client needs and team challenges proactively to create and enable effective internal and external solutions.
• Maintain a proactive account management lens, projecting hurdles and effectively crafting solutions to stay ahead.
• Ensuring projects stay within scoped budget as well as proactively seek new creative opportunities on current campaigns. 

About Watson

Watson is a team of multidisciplinary makers, thinkers, and doers collaborating with some of the top entertainment studios and brands in the world. We create immersive stories, campaigns, and content with a focus on craft and conversation.

For over 15 years, we've been dedicated to the details, thoughtful design and copy, and an ongoing search for ideas that spark discussion. We strive to break the conventions of our industry, our tools, and our platforms in order for our work to be more noticed, valued, and discussed.

Our work spans across AV, digital, social, print, experiential, and OOH for brands like A24, Amazon, Disney, FX, Mattel, WB, and more.

Watson is independently-driven, creatively-led, and minority-owned.

In order to be considered for this position, please email your resume and cover letter to