Responsibilities

• Serve as the senior strategic lead for a portfolio of client accounts, building trusted relationships with executive stakeholders and key decision-makers.
• Develop and present integrated marketing and media strategies that align with client business goals and drive measurable results.
• Translate complex performance data, analytics, and media insights into clear recommendations and actionable business strategies.
• Lead collaboration across media, analytics, ad operations, and digital teams to ensure successful campaign execution.
• Champion a “test and learn” mindset, encouraging innovation, experimentation and optimization across campaigns.
• Guide clients through emerging media opportunities, platform innovations, and evolving marketing technologies.
• Mentor and develop account team members, fostering a collaborative and high-performing team environment.
• Manage account profitability, forecasting, budgets, scopes of work, and overall financial health.
• Identify opportunities to expand client partnerships and contribute to agency growth.
• Support agency new business efforts through strategic planning, presentations, and pitch participation.

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience in advertising, marketing, media, or agency client services.
• Proven success managing complex client relationships and executive-level stakeholders.
• Deep understanding of performance marketing across paid search, paid social, display, video, streaming, and programmatic media.
• Strong knowledge of analytics, attribution, measurement frameworks, and performance optimization.
• Experience leading cross-functional teams and developing high-performing talent.
• Exceptional communication, presentation, and storytelling skills.
• Strong business acumen with experience managing budgets, forecasts, and account profitability.
• Ability to prioritize multiple initiatives and thrive in a fast-paced environment.
• Strategic mindset with a passion for solving problems and driving growth.
• Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Advertising, Business, Communications, or a related field.

Preferred

• Experience in gaming, entertainment, hospitality, or destination marketing.
• Familiarity with platforms such as The Trade Desk, DV360, Tealium, AudienceStream, Live Nation, Ticketmaster, or similar technologies.
• Experience working across media, creative, analytics, web, CRM, content, and AI-enabled marketing solutions.

Benefits

• Walz Tetrick offers an office culture like no other.
• CEO Charlie Tetrick values his employees and creates a uniquely positive and supportive culture.
• We work and play as a family.
• Our current work hours are “in office” Monday through Thursday with an option to “work from anywhere” on Friday.
• We’re proud of our strong benefits package that includes a 401(k) with an employer match, long-term disability and dental insurance.
• We offer excellent health insurance, and the agency pays 90 percent of the employees’ premiums with an option to add a spouse and family.
• We have a generous paid time off policy that includes days to volunteer at a charity of your choice.