Senior Account Manager - Experiential

New York City, NY (Hybrid)

$95K/yr – $110K/yrSenior Level6+ years expFull time

Posted 3 days ago

Job Summary

Lead and own experiential campaigns from live activations to social extensions, guiding strategy, client relationships, team delivery, budgets and performance across multiple programs.

  • Build trusted client relationships and translate feedback into clear actions
  • Manage cross-functional teams and project financials
  • Analyze program performance and derive insights

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Work across major experiential campaigns, including live activations, partnerships and social/digital extensions, delivering programs to high client and CIVIC standards
  • Support senior account leads on large, complex programs while independently leading smaller projects and owning key workstreams, timelines, budgets and client communication
  • Build trusted client relationships, anticipate needs and proactively identify challenges, bringing solutions and knowing when to engage senior leadership
  • Contribute to campaign strategy and creative development, bringing audience and cultural insights to ideas that meet client objectives
  • Create compelling client decks, presentations and program documents; contribute to pitches and confidently present work to clients
  • Manage cross-functional teams across creative, strategy, production and PR, ensuring clear communication, accountability and alignment
  • Lead client and internal meetings, translating discussions and feedback into clear decisions, owners and actionable next steps
  • Manage project financials and administration, including tracking budgets, scopes, staffing needs, contracts, SOWs and other key documentation
  • Manage and mentor junior team members through effective delegation, clear expectations, thoughtful feedback and ongoing coaching
  • Lead and support onsite client service workstreams, demonstrating strong judgment, attention to detail and a hospitality mindset in fast-moving live environments

Requirements

  • 6+ years experience in experiential activations management. Agency background or strong client services background preferred.
  • 2+ years experience successfully managing a team of junior level employees or a core function
  • 4-year degree or the equivalent of education and demonstrated experience
  • Join on-site for events and activations, helping ensure everything runs smoothly and to plan; availability and enthusiasm for short-term travel (including weekends) is required.
  • Proven creative, communication and organizational skills
  • Proven success interacting with clients and accurately assessing client needs
  • Demonstrated budget and project management ability
  • Demonstrated experience developing presentations and decks
  • Experience in the entertainment, consumer products, lifestyle and cultural sectors
  • Strong Microsoft and Google Suite skills

Preferred

  • Proficiency in Spanish is a plus, but not required

Benefits

  • A positive, fun, supportive and diverse team environment, with opportunities for advancement and growth
  • Competitive salary and incentives
  • Full benefits package including dental and vision, and retirement plan with employer match
  • Best in class parental leave benefits
  • Paid time off and encouragement to take time off for self-care
  • Hybrid work schedule
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CIVIC

We’re CIVIC, a Seacrest Global company. We are an Ad Age Small Agency of the Year, 2024.Since 1999, we’ve led the way in cultural marketing, providing integrated solutions to top-tier brands including Ford, HBO, Verizon, Airbnb, Snap, A&E, Facebook, CNN, NFL and NBC, among many others. We’re known for big ideas -- creating long-term brand platforms designed to impact culture, address the biggest societal issues, build loyalty, stimulate work of mouth and generate client revenue. In 2012, the Seacrest Global Group took notice of us and acquired a stake in CIVIC with the vision of continuing to build this world-class marketing services agency that creates unique engagements among media, entertainment, technology, sports and consumer brands.Our broad suite of integrated marketing services includes:▪ Brand Strategy▪ Consumer Insights & Cultural Trends▪ Concept and Creative Development▪ Live Event Creation and Production▪ Partnership Identification, Evaluation, Negotiation and Management▪ Content Development and Execution▪ Proprietary Brand Experiences and Activation▪ Pro-Social Campaigns▪ PR/Media Relations▪ Social and Mobile MarketingOur family consists of 100+ creative thought-leaders working across multiple disciplines in NYC and LA. We know entertainment and sports as well as we know politics and education. We’re captains of our college crew teams, former speechwriters for governors, sneaker collectors and artists. Conveners of thought, we love the IG candy we create for our clients as much as a deep dive into issues of community building and social justice. We’re experts not just in what’s hip and now. We love what’s meaningful and good.We’re CIVIC by name, and civic by nature.

Founded in 1999
New York, New York, USA
201 employees (68 in marketing)

Salaries

Posted range

$95K/yr – $110K/yr

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Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
37 (18% of company)
Median Career Experience
27 years
Median Tenure
1.2 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
1

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
3.7K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
25.3%
Direct
51.9%
Referral
5.5%
Social
15.8%
Paid
1.4%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~201
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Senior Account Manager - Experiential

CIVIC · New York City, NY · Hybrid