Responsibilities

• CLIENT/ACCOUNT OR SPECIALTY MANAGEMENT
• Sustain and grow current account/client assignments and seek to turn projects into ongoing budgets and/or renew client budgets annually.
• Autonomously supervise $1.5-$2MM annually in fee revenue or generate a commensurate amount of fee/opportunity in terms of a VP in agency specialty practices.
• Lead the development of client programs by proposing strategic, creative ideas and tactical elements that meet client objectives; seek inputs from team members and counsel from MD/SLT/BLT leadership as necessary.
• Cultivate trusted relationships with clients based on demonstration of strong counsel, communications expertise, account management/coordination, team leadership and the ability to drive the business results that benefit client’s business.
• Demonstrate a proactive and strong understanding of the clients’ marketplace/business/industry to build trust and agency’s reputation in the space.
• Actively seek and sell-in incremental and integrated opportunities from across the agency’s specialty services and geographies and drive opportunities for staff members to learn and grow from other staff members within the agency.
• Help set yearly client budgets/stretch goals in conjunction with BLT/SLT/ELT leaders.
• Anticipate client issues; recognize potential fiscal challenges and take action early to correct, report and remedy any potential loss in a timely and transparent manner.
• Recognize and uphold the terms and conditions of client MSA, scopes, policies and procedures and enforce these guidelines while servicing clients and leading the teams to successful outcomes.

Requirements

• The ideal candidate has experience advising Fortune 100 companies and/or hyperscaler clients, leading high-performing agency teams of 10+ people, and managing large client portfolios and budgets.
• They are a trusted counselor with a strong understanding of the agency ecosystem, a track record of growing client relationships, and the ability to develop strategic, creative solutions that deliver business impact.
• Position Expectations/Success Factors:
• Dedication to agency values, exceptional client service, effective and meaningful staff development and the agency’s growth and reputation.
• Strong reputation as a trusted advisor to clients, respected champion of direct reports, collaborative partner to fellow agency leaders and invested in the profession/industries in which she/he/they operate.
• Demonstrated ability to expand existing scopes, bring leads to the agency pipeline and participate and close new business opportunities/sale of integrated services for the agency.
• Ability to develop and main strong relationships with potential client leads, former client contacts, industry/business connections.
• Ongoing demonstration of enthusiasm, ingenuity, integrity respect, support, collaboration and investment in personal/professional development.

Benefits

• a hybrid work model
• a “work from anywhere in the US” policy (up to four weeks a year)
• a year-round staff training and development curriculum
• a staff-led Action Group dedicated to DEI excellence in the agency and industry (read our DEI statement here: https://hunterpr.com/dei/)
• Bring Your Parents (And Kids) to Work Days
• regular volunteer Days of Service
• mid-day Cupcakes and Cocktails mixers and epic Halloween and holiday parties