Account Coordinator (Advertising)

ACCOUNT COORDINATOR (Advertising)

San Antonio, Texas - Full Time

About the Agency

The Atkins Group is a full-service, award-winning, hard working, strategic brand and communications advertising agency in San Antonio.

For over 50 years we’ve partnered with our clients to effectively communicate their brands to a variety of audiences and grow their businesses. We have a reputation for breakthrough creative, smart media and digital expertise that’s built on a foundation of solid strategies. We move people. In travel/hospitality/entertainment, healthcare and consumer products/services. Our clients rely on us for our expertise and we enjoy that responsibility.

Our office is in a historic building downtown, across from the Riverwalk, and we are a diverse group of people (and a dog or two many days) who really enjoy each other.

Job Description

We are seeking an ambitious, skilled and highly organized individual to act as Account Coordinator. Recent college graduates with public relations, social media, marketing and communications degrees and relevant internship experience are preferred. Communication expertise, outstanding time management skills, and a passion for learning about all things marketing are essential.

The Account Coordinator plays an important role in supporting the account management team to do what it takes to help clients reach their goals to such an extent that they wonder how they’d be successful without us.

Qualifications:

• 4-year degree in Advertising, Marketing, Communications or Public Relations

• Course work of basic advertising principles including both traditional and new media

• Understand basic principles of marketing, business management and sales

  
  

Responsibilities

Duties & Responsibilities include some or all of the following:

• Assist the Account Services Team in the daily servicing of their clients, client work, and support other agency activities on an as-needed basis

• Assist in the management of timelines and deadlines for advertising creation, production and trafficking

• Proofreading data and materials

• Provide administrative assistance and support to the Account Services Team

• Juggle multiple projects, products, and personalities with on-going attention to detail

• Assist the Account Services Team with trafficking of media materials and creative; i.e. print ads, web banners, digital outdoor, etc.

• Enter project information into project management system (Workamajig)

• Provide support to traffic/production, creative, media, PR and social media efforts

• Manage filing system and organization of Account Service Team’s documents

• Maintain status reports, build estimates, capture meeting notes, coordinate calendars

• Build strong, lasting agency relationships based on progress during internship

  
  

Skills:

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

• Great listener/understands the power of internal communication

• Passion for learning, self motivated and willing to take initiative

• Team-player

• Strong analytical, and interpersonal skills required

• Promising project management skills, with consistent follow through

• Proficient in a Mac environment

• Adept in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, with exceptional skills in Excel; also competent in Keynote

• Work under tight deadlines and multi-task

• Must be organized and work well with constant priority changes

• Ability to multi-task and work in a fast-paced, deadline driven environment

• Must display maturity and a high level of professionalism

  
  

Additional Information:

The Atkins Group is an equal opportunity employer.