Senior Account Manager

The senior account manager reports to the VP for Client Services andserves as the primary liaison between the agency’s new business, strategic, andcreative teams and its diverse college/university clients, ensuring that allintegrated marketing communications projects are developed at the highestquality and are delivered on time, on budget, and on strategy.



Job Duties: • Managemultiple higher education admissions marketing communications programs fordiverse college and university clientele• Work closely with the agency’s newbusiness and strategic teams to ensure timely kick-off, transition, and overallmanagement of new projects.• Serve as the day-to-day contact for clients,establishing and monitoring comprehensive production schedules and projectbudgets, and managing the overall flow of communication between the agency andclient with regard to strategy, production, editorial, and design details.•Manage and facilitate on-campus meetings with clients during initial strategicreview and qualitative creative team visits. Facilitate interviews with keyadministrators, faculty, staff, and students during creative team visits tocampus • Engage with the agency’s key strategic, research, and creative teammembers during the development of marketing strategy and positioning, ensuringtimely follow through with subsequent reports and analyses to clients.• Coordinate,schedule, and manage on-campus photography services and travel requirementswith client and appropriate creative team members.• Analyze and evaluatequantitative enrollment management data and work with internal teams to makerecommendations on integrated communication flow mix.• Facilitate and activelyparticipate in formal strategic and creative presentations at client institutions,communicating key conceptual approaches that support the approved strategicpositioning. • Represent the agency, as needed, at local, regional, andnational conferences • Nurture and grow existing client relationships



Skills/Qualifications: • Must haveat least 7 years of related account management experience, ideally with anagency background in advertising and/or marketing communications. Experience inor strong knowledge of the higher education field a big plus • Independentlydriven yet works well with diverse teams both internally and externally •Strong attention to detail with superior organization skills • Excellentwritten and verbal communications skills • Experience developing, monitoring,and reporting project budgets • Solid presentation skills • Skilled at problemsolving, multi-tasking, and working under tight deadlines • Friendly,intuitive, outgoing, and takes initiative• Able to travel overnight as projectsrequire



Benefits:  Attractive benefits including paid vacation, 401k, and medical insurance