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PLACED: Account Supervisor, BTL/Promotions, $75-90K, NYC

Get ready to blend strategic marketing resources, innovative creative thinking and the attentive service of a boutique advertising agency. The ability to deliver a broad range of integrated marketing services has helped this agency build solid brands and drive serious business results.

Here’s an exciting opportunity to work with a seasoned Account Director on one of the agency’s major, long-term luxury wine & spirits clients. This is a faced-paced, fun, hands-on position with extensive ongoing client contact managing a diverse array of client projects, from POS development and events to print and promotions. Serving as the integral link between the agency’s creative team and the client, you’ll manage the bigger picture strategic planning and execution of ad strategies and initiatives; oversee day-to-day account activity; manage budgets and timelines; run status meetings; solve frontline issues; collaborate with the Account Director and creative team to develop and present agency work to senior level executives. You’ll also be managing an Account Executive.

Please have 5+ years advertising agency account management experience (at least 2 in BTL/Promotion); lifestyle brand experience preferred (wine & spirits/hospitality/luxury). You’re a quick study who can hit the ground running with the ability to translate a client request into clear directive for the creative team. Possessing a great work ethic, you should be flexible enough to work as part of a team or embrace the opportunity to work independently. And if you have a point of view, don’t be afraid to express it.

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January 28, 2015/24 Comments/by Hunter Gilmore

Account Management

Senior Account Executive, $55-65K, NYC

Get ready to roll up your sleeves; mighty creative is born in this boutique NYC ad agency.

Seeking a super enthusiastic go-getter to pitch in on a variety of accounts – CPG, luxury air, candy, and entertainment. Your previous experience should be well-rounded, as work spans traditional and digital mediums, including social media. The ideal candidate will have a 3+ year agency foundation coupled with a boutique agency “can do” spirit. Please be collaborative, entrepreneurial, and comfortable working on nimble and fast-paced teams. This is a work hard/play hard agency with a family-style feel.

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January 24, 2015/1 Comment/by Hunter Gilmore

Account Management, Production

Business Lead (Account Manager), Experiential, $55-85K, NYC

Are you ready to join a network of experience creators and live media makers? This buzz-worthy boutique agency is seeking to hire a proactive, jack-of-all-trades Business Lead. You’ll be part of a network of localized production experts delivering the best in the experiential, retail, digital environments, live media and social disciplines.

As a strategic partner, this shop plugs into creative agencies and brands as an experiential and promotional resource for the world’s greatest brands. As such, you should have a strong level of strategic, financial, and creative thinking chops. From brief to wrap, you’ll support clients with production strategy, creative execution, global event management, and ground execution. In-house, the Business Lead is primarily responsible for supporting the Group Director and Production Pod by:

Managing the development/production of experiences, promotions, contests, partnerships, etc.
Successfully negotiating costs, partnerships, and tie-in partners
Communicating with clients and fielding proposal and production requests
Directing and tracking the status of all project deliverables in an effort to meet or exceed deadlines
Possessing a keen sense of detail and attention to quality of client-facing documents, presentations and various reports
Designing and managing project budgets, deadlines, invoices, estimates, purchase requests and billing
Developing and maintaining positive and respectful client, vendor and external agency relationships
Producing status reports and conveying corrective measures to changes in scope to clients
Setting goals and engaging communication between entire internal team

Ideal candidates:

Possess extensive knowledge of Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
Comfortable with travel and weekend work producing events
2+ years of relevant experience
Knowledge of QuickBooks and Adobe Creative Suite a plus

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January 7, 2015/by Hunter Gilmore

Account Management

PLACED: Senior Account Director / Group Account Director, $125-175K

Get ready to join a shop that delivers effectively on both brains and beauty, a hybrid agency that’s at once design-driven image makers and consumer-minded brand stewards.

The Group Account Director is responsible for management, business strategy, service and profitability of key agency accounts while partnering with Head of Client Services in mentoring the client service team. The GAD should be a strategic leader who demonstrates skills in relationship building and management, business development, negotiation and communication. You’ll partner with Head of Client Services in reaching revenue & profitability goals, improving departmental processes and efficiency while training and developing junior staff. You should demonstrate, by example, how a successful team works collaboratively by building and maintaining an inclusive, positive team attitude.

The GAD provides strategic, operational & business leadership on clients, brands and new business efforts as follows:

Client: An awareness and understanding of Client politics, culture, personalities & competitive landscape, trends and opportunities with all efforts underscoring an agency relationship as Client Partner.

Strategy: Strategic direction of account from all perspectives: advertising, marketing, new media, digital, technology, and overall business performance.

Brand: Partner with Creative, Strategy, Copy & Production to define direction and targets for brands while working to maintain consistency and respond to challenges.

Profitability: Manage ultimate profitability of account from proposal writing, estimating of projects, payment of invoices, timesheet accuracy and profit reports.

Client Accountability:

Build long-term relationships with clients based upon reliability, trust, honesty and insight; establish agency team’s credibility and win confidence of clients
Grow targeted accounts in a manner profitable to the agency
Develop seasonal strategic ideas as well as annual marketing plans for Clients
Drive agency briefing process, development of Client briefs, internal team briefings and alignment of Client/Agency objectives

Communication:

Establish and maintain a consistent tone of voice for all client communications from the team, no matter the author/sender
Present with confidence and always supported by a well-rehearsed, well-prepared team in meetings; you can “hold a room”

Fiscal Responsibility:

Finalize and secure approval for all client proposals, understanding fiscal commitments, timelines, resources and responsibilities
Lead estimation and proposal process with teams, using each proposal as a learning/training purpose for Client Service team members
Convert opportunities within the account to grow the business and remain alert to potential agency competitors and threats

Account Direction:

Manage Account Supervisors & Account Executives, providing regular feedback on performance, whether requested or not
Report accurate finances to Head of Client Services and senior management routinely and be prepared to project 3-12 months of future work volume for your clients
Sustain and encourage client’s appetite to continue working with agency by becoming an indispensable partner to client

Sounds great, right?! Please shoot a resume to hunter@thehuntinglodgenyc.com.

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December 11, 2014/by Hunter Gilmore

Account Management

PLACED: Account Executive, $45-60K, NYC

“High-end” ad agency with an international reach is seeking an Account Executive to add fun, focus, and innovation to their family-style environment. This well-esteemed agency has major credentials on integrated and strategic campaigns for some of the biggest fashion and luxury brands on the market. Considering the bulk of your attention will be on a luxury casino account, a love of celebrities, rolling the dice and previous category experience in fashion/luxury/beauty would be ideal. However, this Account Executive must be savvy with the production process. Prior agency/design/marketing experience is a must-have; global experience is a plus. Assertive, driven, and passionate folks, please apply.

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November 10, 2014/by Hunter Gilmore

Account Management

Account jobs! Group Account Director; Account Director; Account Supervisor; Account Executive; NYC

Boutique ad agency/imagination store with solid leadership and extensive creative accolades is seeking to expand their savvy Account team. This eclectic, hard-working community harnesses the power of collaboration and understanding between brand, agency, and consumer. The Account team will function across all known (digital/tv/print/ooh/etc) and as yet unknown media channels to deliver successful client campaigns focused on creative and supported by strategy. Ideal candidates will find excitement in evolving non-traditional solutions to a variety of brand hurdles. Agency client roster is a select powerhouse. For these roles, client serviced could be global CPG, sporting apparel, technology, digital platforms, tourism, etc. As this is a nimble agency, driven and polished Account folks will be “in the trenches,” though thoroughly supported by a full Account team. An entrepreneurial spirit, true passion for creative, and the drive to sell through progressive work is a must. Global experience is a major plus; previous ad agency experience is required. Available roles are NYC-based and include:

Group Account Director

Account Director

Account Supervisor

Account Executive

We’re looking for someone who loves solving for the impossible, who enjoys helping to organize and execute on a path ahead. We’re looking for someone who leads teams and client engagements with an eye to doing the best work of your career. Someone who’s deeply passionate about creating great work, and supporting a team of dedicated, eclectic, bright individuals. Someone who believes in the difference world-class communication can make to businesses. Someone who cannot only wear many hats, but relishes doing so. Relishes bringing an idea to life regardless of the media channel. The right person will be able to build trust and inspire partners, and will be the leader ensuring that everyone is aligned around the big idea. You will be able to provide a different perspective during the creative process, will have a can-do attitude, will be highly organized while also able to see the big picture.

Great, right?! Shoot your resume to hunter@thehuntinglodgenyc.com. Not for you? Please pass this on to a friend and get someone working.

October 6, 2014/by Hunter Gilmore