Account Manager - Newport Beach, United States - Passport Brand Design

Passport Brand Design

Verified Company

Newport Beach, United States

3 weeks ago

Posted by:

Mark Lane

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Description

About Us:
Passport Design, A VML Company

Passport Brand Design is a creative branding company south of Los Angeles offering creative leadership to companies of all sizes.

For over 20 years, Passport Brand Design has worked across multiple categories, in multiple markets throughout Australia, Asia and North America.

We've built a team with extensive knowledge, insight and a global perspective.

Our unique culture is rooted in a great deal of care for you and your success. Above all else, we are committed to strengthening your experience by ensuring your inner potential continues to be discovered.

We also offer about a dozen employee resource groups (ERGs) that allow you to tap into your personal identities, interests and passions.

Our ERGs celebrate ethnic diversity, life as a working parent or caregiver, neurodiversity, the LGBTQ+ community, wellbeing, and more.

Regardless of your interests, there is no shortage of opportunities to get involved, so tap into our global network and find where you can make your ideas come to life.

Account Managers handle the day-to-day operations of agency projects, including research, scope development, creative briefing and job execution.

They are responsible for base-level client contact, management of status meetings, organizing information shared by and with the client, and ensuring agency procedures are followed.

Account Managers will lead projects from beginning to end while fostering relationships directly with clients and the agency team. The idea is that someone looking at an AM role wants project ownership experience and client engagement development opportunities.

Responsibilities:

Operational excellence in daily blocking and tackling of account/s
Gains and maintains knowledge of client's business, industry and competition
Responsible for ensuing conference reports and/or meeting notes are complete and distributed to clients and/or agency partners as appropriate
Initiates/drafts scope documents and works with team to ready for client review and approval
Initiates projects within the agency, according to standard kickoff protocol
Responsible for daytoday implementation of project deliverables; ensures deliverables are client ready
Builds on financial management skills, including preparation of billing and monthly projections for review with supervisor
Participation in key client meetings including status meetings and presentations of VML work
Focus is on flawless execution of current projects.

Required Skills:

Is able to understand the business issues clients face in a variety of industries.
Must be comfortable working on projects for a major client in the tobacco, nicotine and vaping category.
Possesses superior communication skills, both internal and client facing.
Has strong relationship management, organizational and project management skills.
Manages up and knows when to escalate internal and/or client concerns.
Is able to work effectively with a variety of internal teams and business groups, including Creative, Media and Technical Delivery Specialists.
Is able to identify opportunities for growth and incremental opportunities with client partners.
Has a strong interest in technology or digital marketing.
Familiarity with ecommerce and online advertising is a plus.

Required Experience:

Bachelor's degree or equivalent in a related field.
Two to five years of fulltime experience in digital marketing, media or advertising (digital experience strongly preferred).
Agency experience (preferred).

Our Benefits:

As the world leader in communications services, we rely on the creativity of our people to deliver the best work for our clients.

In return, we invest in our employees by offering them a diverse suite of benefits from best-in-class carriers, with enough choice and flexibility to keep them and their families healthy and happy today and tomorrow.

Corporate gift matching program
Paid time off for volunteering
Paid parental leave
Ranked No. 1 in advertising for our adoption assistance program
Corporate discounts
VML Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) team, which guides, celebrates, and promotes cultural literacy; increases employee engagement; recruits and retains a diverse workforce; and builds internal opportunities for people to learn and grow.

The base salary for this position at the time of this posting may range from $45,000 to $90,000. Individual compensation varies based on job related factors, including location, business needs, level of responsibility, experience, and qualifications. We offer a competitive benefits package, click

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