Account Director

Melville, NY (On-site)

$150K/yr – $180K/yrSenior Level7+ years expFull time

Posted 9 days ago

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Job Summary

Own and grow key client relationships, lead strategic marketing initiatives, and ensure successful campaign execution while guiding the account team and maintaining financial health.

  • Manage senior stakeholder relationships and drive strategic marketing initiatives.
  • Oversee planning, execution, and optimization of campaigns with a focus on growth and efficiency.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Serving as the primary relationship manager for senior client stakeholders, providing strategic guidance, proactive communication, and ensuring the successful execution of marketing campaigns.
  • Leading the development of marketing strategies and plans, aligning them with client business objectives using data-driven insights and market expertise to drive growth.
  • Developing creative briefs and direct creative groups in producing marketing materials that meet client goals and expectations.
  • Provide executional support to the account team by mentoring the current staff or acting as a backup to managing the day-to-day deliverables.
  • Review results to determine the recommended marketing plans for continued optimization.
  • Leading client meetings, creative reviews, results read-outs and QBRs.
  • Managing the financial health of accounts by overseeing budgets, forecasting, and ensuring accounts remain in good standing per the agreed upon billing terms.
  • Identifying opportunities for organic growth by recommending new programs and services, while proactively addressing client needs with innovative marketing solutions.
  • Fostering the professional development of team members through mentoring, performance feedback, and providing clear career growth paths.
  • Participating in the recruitment and evaluation of new talent, contributing to the hiring process by reviewing resumes, conducting interviews, and providing feedback.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Business, Communications, or a related field (or equivalent experience).
  • 7+ years of account management experience within a direct mail, print, marketing services, or advertising agency.
  • Strong knowledge of: Direct mail production, Commercial printing, USPS regulations and postal optimization, Variable data printing (VDP) and Data-driven marketing
  • Experience managing large enterprise accounts.
  • Strong financial acumen, including budgeting and pricing.
  • Travel to meet with clients in person as needed.
  • Excellent presentation and communication skills.
  • Ability to manage multiple high-priority projects simultaneously.

Benefits

  • Wilen offers a variety of benefits to eligible employees, including health insurance coverage (Medical, Dental, Vision), paid holiday, paid time off (PTO), 401(k), and many others.
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Wilen New York

Driven by the industry’s top creative minds and enabled by the latest high-volume variable direct mail technology, Wilen New York provides end-to-end direct marketing solutions from think to ink.As direct marketing has evolved into a strategic, data-driven art form, our capabilities have grown to support not only the creation of impactful direct marketing, but its manufacturing and delivery into the hands of millions of consumers across the nation.Our unmatched understanding of both direct marketing strategy and modern print production delivers scalable direct marketing campaigns and strong ROI for our clients.

Founded in 1971
Melville, New York, USA
129 employees (36 in marketing)

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
5.7K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
27.4%
Direct
51.5%
Referral
5.1%
Social
14.4%
Paid
1.5%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~129

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
13 (10% of company)
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
2