Senior Account Manager

Company: 160over90
Location: Yonkers
Posted on: June 23, 2022

Job Description:

160over90 is seeking a Senior Account Manager to join the Client Services team to lead business on a variety of high-profile clients. The Senior Account Manager manages and executes project workstreams and interfaces and sustains client relationships for major consumer brands with minimal supervision. The Senior Account Manager must have a background in experiential marketing including a strong understanding of the intricacies of planning and executing events. Experience with luxury brands is preferred.
Important characteristics for success in this role are solid verbal and written communication skills, strong organizational and multi-tasking skills, interpersonal skills and a proactive approach. It is also essential that this person has a strong understanding of brand marketing and sponsorship specifically in the experiential space, a background in client service and ability to project manage and create integrative solutions across multiple different teams (account, strategy, production, creative, digital, etc.).
The Sr. Account Manager will oversee Account Managers and/or Account Coordinators across a variety of projects.
The 160over90 office environment is informal, but highly professional and collaborative, requiring high-quality work and individual initiative as work can often be fast paced and dynamic. Each staff member is part of the collective team and must be willing to perform a wide breadth of activities.
RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Provide support to VP, Client Service on planning and developing work needed to execute projects across the account
• Act as day-to-day client contact and lead client projects with little oversight while overseeing and managing a cross-functional internal team
• Demonstrate current working knowledge of sponsorship activation including the intricacies of planning events
• Build and strengthen client relationships through leadership, relationship building and program development
• Oversee and manage a variety of project deliverables simultaneously
• Manage internal and external staff on execution and delivery of programs
• Oversee all project budget and billing needs
• Develop appropriate communication to client, internal team members or other pertinent individuals on an as needed basis
• Lead and mentor direct reports
• Apply best practices and learnings from previous projects to elevate performance level
• Create accountability practices within company
  DESIRED SKILLS & QUALIFICATIONS:
  
  • 5-7 years demonstrated experience in client service (agency experience preferred)
  • 3-5 years demonstrated team management experience
  • Strong organizational skills with ability to manage multiple projects at one time
  • Excellent communication (written & verbal) to include interpersonal skills
  • Proficiency in project management and proven track record of delivering projects on time and within budget
  • Experience managing cross-functional team including strategy, creative, production, etc.
  • Experience working with large consumer brands
  • Ability to build and manage large project budgets
  • Strong relationship building skills with ability to develop and sustain strong working relationships with colleagues, clients and partners
  • Proven experience and ability to effectively present marketing campaign concepts and ideas to an audience
  • Adept at building relationships and working in a team environment with proven track record of sharing ideas, providing encouragement, building on other's ideas, giving due appreciation and bringing out the best in others
  • Proactive, positive, can-do attitude with demonstrated problem solving and solution skills
  • Willing and able to work nonstandard work hours, weekends and travel as necessary
  • Microsoft Office proficient (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook)

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