Brokaw is searching for an energetic, enthusiastic, strategically minded Senior Account Executive to join our Account Services Team. Must be ready to help great brands across B2B and B2C categories solve big challenges and achieve their business goals. At least five years of relevant work experience is preferred.

Key responsibilities

• Be a strategic account leader in the day-to-day management of all your accounts and projects, ensuring the work is on time, on budget, and on par with Brokaw’s high strategic + creative standards 
• Lead processes, timelines, and client communications for key accounts – including leading client meetings, organizing and initiating projects, developing the overarching strategy and briefs for projects, and working with the account director to develop appropriate scopes of work
• Lead team resources for effective and efficient accomplishment of agency and client goals; promote collaborative, cross-functional solutions to client needs
• Feed the office pet (Bret, a very cuddly Venus flytrap)
• Monitor activity on accounts—track purchase orders against invoices for outside costs and manage monthly billing for agency services and outside costs
• Learn as much as you can about the clients you work with, including information on their markets, their competitors, their audiences, their products or services, and their brands
• Be a strategic leader, providing all your clients with fresh, un-blah, proactive, “always sunny in Cleveland” account leadership
• Create secret handshakes and/or elbow bumps as needed
• Be an advocate for Brokaw, including assisting with new business opportunities, involving RFP repsonses, and presentations to further Brokaw’s client network and reach

Must be

• Familiar with advertising and marketing—at least five years of relevant work experience preferred
• Self-motivated, organized, detail-oriented, and nice
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced, “every day is different” environment
• A creative problem solver and a dedicated teammate
• Willing to learn new technologies and processes to support the needs of the agency and our clients
• Unafraid to ask questions and enthusiastic about taking on new challenges
• A strong communicator, able to collaborate effectively with colleagues, clients, and partners

Nice to have

• Advertising agency experience
• Open to drinking coffee brewed from Folgers crystals