What are the responsibilities and job description for the Assistant Account Executive position at H&L Partners?
The Assistant Account Executive is an integral part of a dynamic Account Service team responsible for assisting with the development and management of fully integrated marketing programs.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Client meeting preparation: Client meeting and coordination, including voting recaps, meeting minutes, and other details
- Weekly client status reports
- Creative production: Work with Account Executive and internal teams to assist with the Agency’s creative production process/jobs, which includes opening jobs, writing creative briefs, providing feedback on creative kickoffs, sharing creative presentations with clients, acquiring legal approvals, and processing purchase orders and invoices; update weekly Agency production grid
- Competitive: Monitor creative competitive landscape and develop reports
- Trafficking: Manage creative trafficking across all campaigns, talent reports, and reconciliation in Strata
- Billing: Regularly meet with the Agency’s billing team to ensure timely and accurate processing of client and production invoices, job closings, and client estimates
- Budget: Work with Account Executive and team to understand how the budget is developed and updated
- Help manage client expectations regarding budget, scope of work, timing, schedules, and processes
- Client relationships: Develop strong relationships with clients, vendors, and promotional partners
- Assist with other projects
QUALIFICATIONS
- Marketing or account service experience highly preferred, within an agency or marketing department
- Client relationship building skills
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Highly attentive to details, accuracy, and numbers for managing budgets and projects
- Proven ability to follow through on tasks and projects from start to finish
- Bachelor’s degree in advertising, marketing, public relations, communications, or a related field
- A passion for the marketing and advertising industry
- Proficiency with Microsoft 365—able to create, edit, and format Word documents, Excel spreadsheets, and PowerPoint presentations
- Takes initiative. Fueled by curiosity and intuition. Sense of urgency, while staying calm. Optimistic and positive. Teamwork. Resilient. Empathetic. Relationship strategist.
THE IDEAL CANDIDATE
- Can anticipate and implement processes to prepare for and meet client’s needs.
- Can manage multiple tasks and projects effectively to meet deadlines.
- Is hospitable, conscientious, and thrives working in a client-centric environment.
- Is solution-minded and able to resolve issues.
- Has an infectious, positive, “roll up your sleeves” attitude.
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Due to the high volume of applications we receive, we are unable to provide an individual response to every candidate.
H&L Partners is a full-service, integrated agency made up of diverse, collaborative, and multitalented individuals with experience in all areas of marketing communications. H&L Partners is based in Oakland, with offices in St. Louis, Phoenix, Chicago, Charlotte, Atlanta, and Miami.
To learn more about us, visit www.handlpartners.com.