Responsibilities

• Responsible for growth and profitability of top-tier retail account and attaining annual revenue and contribution margin targets.
• Provide category and channel expertise and leadership in guiding internal teams across the agency to meet client goals, ensuring that brand strategy and objectives are met
• Provide expert direction and oversight across strategy development, property negotiation/management, and marketing activation development/execution, ROI methodology
• Integral member of brand team within the agency, developing and managing client business while leading strategy development for assigned account(s)
• Foster strong relationships across the client marketing team and proactively troubleshoot conflicts with clients
• Along with budget development and management, develop staffing plans to profitably support the business
• Lead Business Leadership and cross discipline agency teams in developing and delivering exceptional programs, flawlessly executed while meeting client needs
• Actively contributing to new business efforts, working in conjunction with senior management and external agency partners
• Develop and delivers compelling client/new business presentations
• Proactively work to grow client business across the agency’s core disciplines

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree - preferably in Marketing, preferred
• 12+ years agency Account Management experience marketing
• Retail, shopper, and commerce experience greatly valued
• Willing and interested in travel
• Self-motivated and able to problem solve in a live, onsite event environment.
• Experienced in strategic thinking and ability to see, articulate and drive to the big picture
• Passion and solution-oriented approach to problem-solving
• Exceptional verbal & written communication skills and adept at communicating effectively across all levels
• Well-versed in business development, strategic thought leadership and creative development skills.
• Ability to perform well in fast-changing environments.