Account Manager

GYK is looking for an ambitious, strategically minded Account Manager who wants to help clients grow, contribute to great work and build a career as a future advertising industry leader.

This is an opportunity for someone early in their career who has mastered the fundamentals of marketing and account management and is ready for more strategic involvement, more client relationship-building, more ownership of complex, creative projects and a bigger role in helping both our clients and our agency win.

You’ll work closely with senior account leadership across a portfolio of clients, becoming a trusted day-to-day partner while developing the strategic, business and leadership skills required to grow into increasingly a greater client leadership role.

We’re looking for someone with energy, curiosity, high standards and a strong desire to win – for our clients, for the agency, and for themselves.

Responsibilities

Lead the Day-to-Day Client Business

• Build strong, trusted relationships with senior and executive-level clients and become a go-to partner for day-to-day needs.
• Understand our clients’ businesses, categories, customers, competitors and business objectives – not just their marketing assignments.
• Lead client meetings, status calls and ongoing communications with confidence and professionalism.
• Keep work moving by anticipating issues, removing roadblocks and ensuring commitments are met.
• Bring solutions (not problems) to clients and internal teams.
• Drive the bus – take increasing ownership of client relationships and decision-making as your capabilities grow.

Contribute Strategically

• Develop a strong understanding of client business challenges and identify opportunities where marketing can drive growth.
• Contribute to marketing plan development, briefs, creative development and integrated campaign recommendations.
• Bring curiosity about culture, consumers, competition and emerging marketing trends to the work.
• Be a consistent contributor in meetings by asking smart, strategically-informed questions and challenging thinking constructively.
• Learn to connect agency recommendations to the business outcomes that matter to clients.
• Develop a point of view and have the confidence to contribute it.

Drive Great Integrated Work

• Lead the day-to-day process of running an account, including owning and driving project management (in partnership with our ops team).
• Partner closely with strategy, creative, media, and production to deliver strong integrated work. · Ensure teams understand the assignment, client expectations and business context.
• Advocate for great ideas while balancing strategic objectives, client needs, budgets and timelines.
• Take pride in the quality of everything that leaves the agency.

Look for Growth

• Bring a growth mindset to every client relationship.
• Identify and follow-through on unmet client needs and opportunities to expand GYK’s impact.
• Help senior account leadership deepen relationships and grow existing business.
• Understand GYK’s broader capabilities and proactively connect them to client challenges and opportunities.

Step Up and Take Ownership

• Operate with a strong sense of personal accountability - if you own it, you drive it.
• Anticipate what needs to happen rather than waiting to be asked.
• Be willing to reach beyond your current role when the agency or client needs it.
• Manage competing priorities effectively in a fast-moving agency environment. · Bring energy, resilience, focus, and a positive attitude when the work gets intense.
• Seek feedback, learn quickly and continuously raise your own bar.

What We’re Looking For

• 3-4 years of account management experience, ideally within an integrated advertising or marketing agency.
• Strong grounding in the fundamentals of account management, including client communication, project leadership, budgets, timelines and cross-functional coordination.
• Strategic orientation and genuine curiosity about clients’ businesses.
• A growth mindset – you naturally look for opportunities rather than simply managing what’s already in front of you.
• Passion for great creative and marketing work.
• Strong communication and presentation skills.
• High level of personal ownership, initiative and follow-through.
• Ability to build relationships and earn trust with both clients and colleagues.
• Comfort working across multiple disciplines and managing competing priorities.
• Ambition to grow into a senior client leader.
• A collaborative mindset coupled with the confidence to have a point of view.
• Drive, energy and a strong work ethic.
• A genuine desire to win - for your clients, your team and GYK.

The Mindset We’re Looking For

Skills matter. Mindset matters just as much.

The person who will thrive in this role is hungry to learn and grow, wants responsibility rather than waiting for it, cares deeply about the quality of the work and gets energy from being part of a team trying to win.

You’re curious. You’re resourceful. You take ownership. You have high standards. You bring passion to the work. You’re willing to work hard when it matters. And when you see an opportunity to make something better – for a client, the work or GYK – you act on it.

You’re also ambitious. You don’t simply want your next agency job. You want to become a stronger marketer and client leader, and you’re looking for an environment that will give you the exposure and responsibility to get there.

Most importantly, you don’t view account management as managing work. You view it as leading business.

Why GYK

GYK is an independent integrated marketing agency built around the belief that great work happens when talented, curious people come together with a shared ambition to make an impact.

We’re building an agency where people have the opportunity to take meaningful ownership early, work closely with senior leaders, contribute beyond the boundaries of their job descriptions and grow based on what they’re capable of - not simply how long they’ve been doing it.

For the right Account Manager, this role offers significant exposure to senior account leadership, strategy and creative work, and the opportunity to take on increasing responsibility as your capabilities grow.

Salary Range - $70-$75k