Details
Posted: 17-May-22
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Type: Full Time
Preferred Education: 4 Year Degree
Categories:
Sales & Business Development
A Media Account Supervisor serves as the primary client contact on select agency media accounts. This position requires hands-on media planning, buying, and general oversight of a large co-op program. It also requires a thorough understanding of account management within a full-service advertising agency. Ideal candidates have a minimum of seven years of experience. Co-op paid media management experience is required, experience specific to the destination marketing vertical is preferred. This position reports to the Vice President, Director of Media.
Primary Responsibilities:
- Directly manage client relationships on an intricate media account with multiple clients and stakeholders
- Possess a deep understanding of the business objectives and market dynamics of the destination marketing vertical
- Has a strong track record of selling in ideas and media plans to multiple clients with divergent needs
- Create client-facing reports and presentations
- Execute complex paid media buys across traditional and digital platforms
- Interact with the President, VP/Director of Media, and Account Director to strategize and problem client communication challenges
- Run external client meetings independently and maintain media project tracking for the larger internal team
Requirements
Skills Required:
A significant understanding of the following areas is required:
- Integrated media planning and buying
- Pennsylvania and contiguous media markets
- Current destination marketing strategies and trends
- Effective presentation strategies for a variety of different stakeholders
A demonstrated ability to perform the following tasks is required:
- Run point in managing client deliverables on media campaigns
- Build and maintain long-term client relationships
- Communicate thorough knowledge of assigned projects and clients to media and account service teams
- Effectively establish and meet deadlines
- Manage multiple campaigns at one time in an efficient manner
- Successfully navigate challenging situations both internally and with the client
The ideal candidate:
- Has a strong record of managing complex integrated media campaigns and projects within an advertising agency
- Is comfortable simultaneously managing multiple projects in various stages of deployment
- Is a critical thinker and adept problem-solver who is able to advance client initiatives and campaign goals independently
- Is confident and assured in presenting to clients and colleagues
- Is highly organized and detail oriented
- Serves as an advocate for the agency while also balancing client needs
- Can inspire and lead a team to achieve established agency and client objectives
- Is looking for a place to work that is busy, fast-paced, and high energy
