Saatchi & Saatchi

Account Manager

Saatchi & Saatchi$75K — $107K *
Business Services
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Passion for marketing and drive to deliver top-quality work
  • 5-7 years of experience, ideally in a creative agency
  • Strong expertise in digital marketing trends and strategies
  • Excellent analytical and strategic thinking skills
  • Skilled in time-management and organization, adaptable to changes
  • Demonstrated leadership abilities with proven management training
  • Outstanding communication and presentation capabilities
  • Familiarity with generative AI tools for ideation and content generation is a plus

Responsibilities

  • Strengthen client relationships and serve as their trusted advisor
  • Understand client teams' dynamics and organizational structures
  • Gain in-depth knowledge of client products, services, and market positioning
  • Act as a brand ambassador for both the agency and the client
  • Facilitate client promotion of work within their organization and marketplace
  • Deliver clear, organized communications across all levels
  • Create actionable briefs and present concepts confidently
  • Manage client and agency expectations, addressing roadblocks
  • Coach and develop junior team members for growth
  • Oversee production stages and ensure proper resource allocation
  • Comprehend financial impacts on revenue and profit margins

Benefits

  • Medical coverage
  • Dental and vision insurance
  • Disability coverage
  • 401K plan
  • Parental and family care leave
  • Family forming assistance
  • Tuition reimbursement
  • Flexible time off
Full Job Description
Overview

We're looking for an outstanding Account Manager - someone who can win the hearts of clients, inspire junior staff, and skillfully juggle multiple pieces of business. Sounds like you? Read on.

Responsibilities

Day to day, your role will include:

You'll manage Account Executives and independent contractors, pump out leading client service results, and oversee multiple pieces of digital marketing business. Day to day, your role includes:
  • Strengthening our relationship with the clients, becoming their go-to resource - you'll win them over by asking the right questions, agilely leading insightful, real-time dialogue, and being a visible and influential presence among their senior management
  • Displaying a firm understanding of the client team's structure, hierarchy, and political realities
  • Knowing all there is to know about the client's product or service, the market, and its consumer - and understanding the marketing objectives in terms of sales, market-share, and competitor products
  • Acting as an ambassador for the brand, internally and externally
  • Helping the client promote work within their company and, when appropriate, the broader marketplace
  • Creating dependable, organized, and clear communications at all levels and across all departments
  • Steering actionable briefs and presenting work confidently and persuasively
  • Managing client and agency team expectations, day in and out, and helping clear roadblocks to success
  • Developing team members by coaching, training, and identifying areas of growth
  • Overseeing various production stages and ensuring adequate resources
  • Understanding the larger financial picture and impacts on contribution margins/revenue targets

Qualifications

We're looking for a talented Account Manager with impressive work experience, which typically includes:
  • An unwavering passion for marketing, and an unstoppable drive to bring the best work to life
  • Four years of college education and five to seven years of experience, preferably at a creative agency
  • Impressive expertise in the digital world - you keep a pulse on what's happening, and you offer smart POVs on how businesses should adapt accordingly
  • Excellent analytical skills and strategic thinking - you're strong on both IQ and EQ, as adept at reading data for insights as you are at reading clients for feedback
  • Effective time-management, impeccable organization, and the flexibility to adapt quickly to changes
  • Proven leadership and management training - you're known for your ability to coach and develop talent, inspire and drive change, and bring varied groups together to collaborate effectively
  • Amazing communication and presentation skills - you're articulate, straightforward, and engaging
  • Familiarity with prompt-based interaction and commonly used generative AI tools (e.g., ChatGPT, Google Gemini, DALL• E, Midjourney) is a plus, especially for tasks like ideation, research, or content generation.


Got the sparkle? Apply if you believe your unique skills are a fit.

Additional information

Our Publicis Groupe motto "Viva La Différence" means we're better together, and we believe that our differences make us stronger. It means we honor and celebrate all identities, across all facets of intersectionality, and it underpins all that we do as an organization. We are focused on fostering belonging and creating equitable & inclusive experiences for all talent.

Publicis Groupe provides robust and inclusive benefit programs and policies to support the evolving and diverse needs of our talent and enable every person to grow and thrive. Our benefits package includes medical coverage, dental, vision, disability, 401K, as well as parental and family care leave, family forming assistance, tuition reimbursement, and flexible time off.

About Saatchi & Saatchi

Saatchi & Saatchi is a global advertising agency headquartered in New York City. The company was founded in London in 1970 by brothers Maurice and Charles Saatchi and is now part of the Publicis Groupe, a French multinational advertising and public relations company. Saatchi & Saatchi has over 6,000 employees in 114 countries and provides a range of advertising and marketing services to clients in various industries, including automotive, consumer goods, financial services, and telecommunications. The company is known for its creative and innovative advertising campaigns, including the iconic 'Nothing is Impossible' campaign for Toyota. Saatchi & Saatchi has won numerous awards for its work, including Cannes Lions, Clios, and Effies.
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