Account Manager

Lake Forest, IL (Hybrid)

$40/hr – $44/hrMid Level4+ years expContract

Posted 10 days ago

Job Summary

Lead the brand project lifecycle from strategy to execution, ensuring on-time delivery, budget discipline, and clear cross-functional communication across brand, creative, and client teams.

  • Own strategic direction and budget adherence
  • Coordinate cross-functional delivery between brand, creative, and client teams
  • Manage timeline, reporting, and stakeholder communications

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Collaborate with the brand team in the development of creative briefs
  • Recommend key promotional tactics that align with the strategy and goals of the brand.
  • Issue client contact reports to ensure key information is being quickly communicated to all involved stakeholders.
  • Review creative development of a project during concept to completion to ensure specifications, client expectations, budgets, timelines, etc. are being adhered to.
  • Facilitate ongoing, timely and accurate communications to ensure all projects are completed on time and within budget.
  • Develop annual forecasts.
  • Conduct financial reconciliations on a monthly basis.
  • Track time on a daily basis.
  • Reports to Group Account Manager
  • Partners with creative team on project initiatives

Requirements

  • Bachelor degree required
  • Master's degree or equivalent related project or functional experience is desirable
  • Total account management experience - minimum of 4-6+ years
  • Pharmaceutical industry experience
  • In-house ad agency/ad agency experience a plus
  • Excellent communications Skills: verbal, presentation, written
  • High energy, positive, organized individual who is comfortable in a high-visibility role
  • Ability to manage high volume project scope in a fast paced creative environment
  • Great collaborator with ability to focus on both the big picture and small details

Preferred

  • Master's degree or equivalent related project or functional experience is desirable
  • In-house ad agency/ad agency experience a plus

Benefits

  • medical, prescription, dental, vision, AD&D, and life insurance offerings, short-term disability, and a 401K plan (all benefits are based on eligibility).
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Cella by Randstad Digital is an award-winning leader in consulting, staffing and managed solutions for digital, marketing and creative teams. We help people build meaningful careers and partner with companies to help them win and stay ahead of the competition. Our secret sauce? The Cella Trifecta: Combining our knowledge with your experience to achieve extraordinary results. Our industry experts listen to your problems and guide you to the best solutions – from finding the most in-demand talent to providing consulting services that can transform your organization. We are always ready to step up so you can gain the operational edge. Together, we put passion to work. Cella has earned ClearlyRated's 2025 Best of Staffing for Client and Talent 15-Year Diamond Awards for service excellence.

Founded in 1988
Atlanta, Georgia, USA
952 employees (120 in marketing)

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$40/hr – $44/hr

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Account Manager

CELLA · Lake Forest, IL · Hybrid