Account Executive

Account Executive

Creative Communication Associates (CCA), a subsidiary of Noodle, is a national leader in higher education branding and marketing. From the Ivy League to large public universities to small private colleges to specialty schools, CCA’s nearly 40 years of strategic and creative expertise has built some of the best brands in higher education today. Our services include market research, brand and identity development, award-winning multi-platform creative and content development, media planning and buying, and enrollment marketing campaigns. CCA is headquartered in Troy, New York.

In past lives, we marketed Volkswagen, Visa, Sesame Street Workshop, L.L.Bean, and Toyota. We wrote for Hearst magazines, worked for the I Love NY campaign, and directed videos in cities across the world. But we’re all at CCA because we choose higher education. We owe our success to the opportunities afforded by our alma maters, so for us, there’s nothing more rewarding than helping students find where they belong and uncover their own passions. And in the meantime, we eat a lot of sushi and drink a lot of coffee. Want to meet for lunch?

Daniel, President

Darcy, Executive Vice President

Lauren, Vice President of Client Services

Melissa, Vice President of Content Strategy

David, Creative Director

Clare, Director of Business Development

Jay, Director of Operations & Print Services

Heidi, Senior Director of Project Management

Tomás, Project Coordinator

Kayla, Account Supervisor

Colleen, Senior Art Director

Gregory, Senior Art Director

Leigh, Senior Art Director

Karen, Director of Media Planning & Buying

Lauren "L", Media Planner

Maureen, Senior Digital Marketing Strategist

 

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About the Role:
The Account Executive (AE) owns the relationship between the agency and the clients assigned to them, taking the lead in clients’ marketing and advertising strategies and liaising on a day-to-day basis. Collaborates closely with agency departments to ensure marketing and communications are on brand, on strategy, on budget, and delivering the highest quality.

This position reports to the Vice President of Client Services.

As our Account Executive, you will:
Ensure that client needs are met by monitoring and guiding project activities, and by maintaining a strong relationship and effective contact with assigned clients. This person has a solid background in mid-level marketing positions and has demonstrated superior performance as an account executive, ideally in an agency environment.

Although your commitment will tend to be standard office hours, deadlines or the demands of a client may require working outside of standard working hours to ensure success.


Job Functions and Responsibilities

• Maintains direct, day-to-day, client contact working to ensure that projects are delivered on time and on budget
• Works in a proactive manner to facilitate client brand and marketing strategies
• Works closely with the agency’s internal teams (strategy, creative, media, digital) to ensure agency fulfills contracted scope and client expectations
• Provides clients with regular budget updates, tracking profitability during the course of each project
• Keeps apprised of all relevant client, industry, and market developments
• Ensures accuracy of project quotes and scopes of work and maintains timely client billings
• Collaborates with agency teams to provide necessary inputs and ensures that strategic and creative deliverables are prepared for client review and approval.
• Opens new jobs, writes creative briefs, generates work orders, and writes call and conference reports
• Identifies and nurtures new business opportunities with current clients
• Willingness to travel several times per month, as necessary
• Other duties as assigned

You have:

• B.S. or B.A. Degree
• 4-6 years of professional experience (direct experience in an agency setting is preferred)
• Ability to work in team environment fostering ideas through collaboration
• Proficiency in Mac software programs
• Familiarity with Basecamp and Workamajig a plus
• Excellent written and oral communication/presentation skills with proven persuasive skills with clients
• Superior organization skills and the ability to multitask
• Sound decision-making skills based in agency, client, and knowledge of the higher education market
• Experience managing digital projects and teams -- display ads, mobile ads, interactive solutions, and website design
• Experience working for an advertising agency preferred

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At Noodle, we hire people who will help us change the future of online education. Even if you don't think you check off every bullet point on this list, we still encourage you to apply! We value both current experience and future potential!!

As part of the Noodle family, CCA is committed to creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace for everyone. We value and celebrate our differences because those differences are what make our team shine. We hire great people from a wide variety of backgrounds, not just because it’s the right thing to do, but because it makes us stronger as a whole. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.

More About Noodle
Noodle helps universities bring programs online with flexibility, transparency, alignment, efficiency, and joy. That's why more top universities chose Noodle last year than all other online program managers combined. Noodle comprises a passionate team of technologists, educators, and experts.
With the potential to transform higher education, online learning is no longer a novel or niche idea. It is the fastest-growing segment in higher education, accounting for 20% of all enrollees and 35% of graduate-level certificates and degrees. It's also getting increasingly competitive, as more and better programs are launched each semester.


Benefits and Perks:

• Work from our beautiful office! OR Work from the comfort of your home office! 
• Great compensation package!
• 401K match, bonus potential, and equity opportunities
• Tools you need on us! Mac is our computer of choice 
• Our insurance plan offers medical, dental, vision, short- and long-term disability coverage, plus supplementals for all employees and dependents
• 12 weeks paid Parental Leave 
• Pre-tax commuter benefits
• 3 weeks paid vacation 10 paid holidays paid sick leave 
• Monthly Gym Reimbursement and Membership to premium medical services like One Medical and Eden Health 
• Monthly mobile connectivity stipend
• Annual education stipend for lifelong learning
• Growth - we pride ourselves on creating environments where employees can be themselves and grow within and around the company

Noodle is committed to creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace for everyone. We value and celebrate our differences because those differences are what make our team shine. We hire great people from different backgrounds, not just because it's the right thing to do, but because it makes us stronger as a whole. Women, people of color, LGBTQIA2S individuals, and members of other underrepresented groups are strongly encouraged to apply. Noodle is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against candidates on the basis of race, ethnicity, religion, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability status, or veteran status.