Account Manager

Chicago, IL (On-site)

$80K/yr – $90K/yrMid Level3+ years expFull time

Posted 11 hrs ago

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Job Summary

Own day-to-day client relationships and lead end-to-end project delivery across creative, strategy and production, driving revenue growth and financial performance.

  • Own client relationships and lead end-to-end delivery across creative, strategy, and production
  • Develop proposals, manage budgets and track financial performance
  • Drive organic growth across multiple concurrent projects

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Act as day-to-day business lead building and maintaining strong client relationships.
  • Manage complete creative and design process from creative briefs through to final approval, production, delivery and post-analysis while working closely with creative, strategy, project management teams, partners and vendors to ensure budgets, timelines and client objectives are achieved.
  • Deliver against KPI's on projects and debrief successes and opportunities.
  • Manage organic revenue growth on accounts.
  • Develop project proposals and estimates and manage project budgets.
  • Track and report monthly financials.
  • Manage multiple concurrent projects and workbacks, balancing competing priorities in a fast-paced, high-volume environment.

Requirements

  • 3-5 years of creative agency experience in Account Management and/or Project Management at a Marketing Communication, Shopper, Brand, or Advertising Agency.
  • Strong financial acumen, including experience developing client estimates and SOWs, managing project budgets, supporting invoicing, and tracking account revenue and financial performance.
  • Strong understanding of social media.
  • Experience in trade and shopper marketing.
  • Experience supporting integrated marketing, brand, shopper marketing, or omni-channel programs across multiple touchpoints.
  • Experience in media tracking and social platform back-ends would be an asset.
  • You bring: A desire to deliver excellent client service and initiative to think proactively.
  • You bring: Experience and knowledge of planning, design and production process, having worked with Creative and Production Teams.
  • You bring: Ability to thrive in fast-paced, high volume environment.
  • You bring: Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, both written and verbal.

Preferred

  • Fluent in spoken and written English is preferred.
  • Experience and knowledge of planning, design and production process, having worked with Creative and Production Teams.
  • A sense of humor!

Benefits

  • Group benefits currently include a selection of health care plans with prescription drug coverage, dental plan, vision plan, basic and supplemental life insurance, a flexible spending account for medical and dependent care expenses or a health savings account based on plan selection, short/long term disability and 401(k) Savings Plan.
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Propelis

The businesses of SGS & Co and SGK have united to form Propelis, a go-to-market ecosystem that enables marketers to move their brands forward with greater speed, clarity, and confidence. Our broad range of integrated solutions include brand creative, packaging, print solutions, branded environments, and content production. Services are delivered through our family of brands: SGX, Marks, Equator, Collide, and 5Flow. With a combined legacy spanning more than 150 years, Propelis commences operations with 10,000 employees in 30+ countries, nearly $1 billion in annual sales, and a diverse client base of over 2,000 leading companies.

318 employees (79 in marketing)

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~318

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
22 (7% of company)
Median Career Experience
18 years
Median Tenure
1.3 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
3