Client Solutions Manager, Strategic Accounts

LinkedIn

$120K — $173K *
Business Services
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • BA/BS degree or equivalent experience
  • 3+ years in advertising sales, media buying, or relevant consulting work
  • 5+ years in programmatic campaign management experience
  • Experience in media account management
  • Analytical background with ROI modeling and media analytics
  • Proven track record of data-driven solutions
  • Experience working with large clients

Responsibilities

  • Build relationships with clients to understand their business goals for effective engagement.
  • Analyze and optimize advertising campaigns to provide strategic recommendations that meet client objectives.
  • Offer training on targeting strategies and reporting to enhance client understanding.
  • Utilize technology to deliver performance-driven marketing solutions.
  • Advise on creative and content development to maximize advertising performance.
  • Support client education with an emphasis on an exemplary onboarding experience.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure campaign success and resolve issues promptly.
  • Advocate client needs to product teams to enhance campaign management tools.

Benefits

  • Hybrid work model with flexibility for home and office work
  • Opportunities for professional growth and development
  • Access to a strong network of cross-functional experts
  • Participation in a learning culture to enhance sales skills
  • Potential for travel to client meetings and industry events
Full Job Description
Job Description

At LinkedIn, our approach to flexible work is centered on trust and optimized for culture, connection, clarity, and the evolving needs of our business. The work location of this role is hybrid, meaning it will be performed both from home and from a LinkedIn office on select days, as determined by the business needs of the team.

LinkedIn Marketing Solutions: We help businesses achieve their marketing ROI objectives with a suite of superior products that includes native advertising and programmatic channels. LinkedIn Marketing Solutions is searching for a Client Solutions Manager (CSM) to manage relationships with our large and often most complex customers. The CSM will leverage their knowledge of online media, communication and relationship building skills, and analytical abilities to provide campaign intelligence and campaign strategy consultation, including identifying areas where LinkedIn can provide more value to our clients.

The CSM will be measured by their ability to build, cultivate, and partner with our clients as well as their ability to drive incremental revenue. The CSM is a nimble team player who is comfortable managing multiple clients, campaigns, and projects concurrently.

Working collaboratively with their Account Executive(s), the CSM's responsibilities are to:

Responsibilities:

  • Build relationships with clients and develop a deep understanding of their business and objectives to provide best-in-class customer engagement.
  • Proactively analyze and optimize customers' advertising campaigns and marketing programs to make strategic recommendations to customers and ensure client objectives are met.
  • Provide recommendations and training on targeting, implementation, optimization, and reporting.
  • Leverage technology to drive performance-oriented marketing solutions.
  • Advise on creative and content development, leveraging marketing expertise to maximize performance and delivery.
  • Support customer education including a best-in-class onboarding experience and ad hoc client education.
  • Work effectively with various cross-functional partners in sales, marketing, finance, technical support, product, product marketing and insights to ensure customer success, troubleshoot campaigns and ensure error-free execution.
  • Represent the voice of the customer through collaboration with product teams to influence campaign management tools and ensure customer needs are met.
  • Grow and maintain existing business through renewals, tactical reactivations and upsells.
  • Co-develop a strategic plan for your book of business with your Account Executive.
  • Use data and insights to highlight the value of advertising, demonstrate ROI, and make recommendations for optimizations and additional investment.
  • Inspire innovation by regularly sharing ideas and best practices with peers and sales leaders.
  • Embrace our learning culture to develop yourself as a sales professional and colleague to your peers and internal partners.
  • Travel requirements: approximately 30% for client meetings, industry events, and team collaboration


Qualifications

Basic Qualifications:
  • BA/BS degree or equivalent experience
  • 3+ years of experience in advertising sales, media buying and planning, or relevant consulting work

Preferred Qualifications:

  • 5+ years of auction based or programmatic campaign management and optimization experience (i.e. Social, Google Adwords, SEO/PPC, ad exchange/trading desks)
  • Experience in media account management
  • Demonstrated analytical background and experience with statistical analysis, return on investment modeling, and advertising/media analytics
  • Ability to think strategically with a proven track record of providing consultative and data-driven solutions
  • Ability to effectively manage time, prioritize tasks and work within deadlines with little supervision
  • Ability to work independently and collaborate cross-functionally
  • Experience working with large customers


Suggested Skills:
  • Digital Marketing
  • Digital Advertising
  • Strategic Communications
  • Solution Based Selling
  • Campaign Management


LinkedIn is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices.

The pay range for this role is $120,000 to $173,000 (On Target Earnings). Actual compensation packages are based on several factors that are unique to each candidate, including but not limited to skill set, depth of experience, certifications, and specific work location. This may be different in other locations due to differences in the cost of labor.

The total compensation package for this position may also include annual performance bonus, stock, benefits and/or other applicable incentive compensation plans. For more information, visit https://careers.linkedin.com/benefits.

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