Media Production Manager jobs in Louisiana

Account Manager

At Red Six Media, our mission is to bring out the best in brands and each other. Our agency is growing, and we’re looking to build our team with imaginative, curious, skilled and optimistic people who can do incredible work for our clients. 

The Account Manager will serve as the liaison between our clients and Red Six Media team members—affectionately called “Sixers”—to propose, facilitate and manage advertising campaigns and creative projects like video production, website design and development, brand development and creative retainers. The Account Manager should be fluent in Red Six Media’s capabilities and processes and willing to earn both the agency’s and the clients’ trust by presenting strong leadership, communication and project management skills. 

We are Inclusive

• Work collaboratively and directly with project teams, clients, vendors and agency leadership to ensure projects move forward as efficiently as possible.
• Communicate with creative leads and Director of Operations to plan scopes of work and timelines.
• Keep projects on time and within scope.
• Work to ensure we’re bringing all of the right perspectives to the table to produce work reflective of the audiences we reach.

We are Curious

• Learn the ins and outs of our clients and the industries they represent, and approach each project with an open-minded curiosity of how we can do it even better than the last time.
• Display initiative in generously sharing knowledge/skills/experience with clients and within the agency.

We are Skilled

• Maintain meticulous organization among several clients as well as multiple stakeholders, while managing multiple projects through the agency. 
• Demonstrate expertise in clearly defining and communicating deliverables, timelines, and budgets to all stakeholders.
• Monitor projects for scope creep daily creates change orders .

We are Imaginative

• Excellent understanding of creative development, media strategy and marketing research - enough to collaborate with team leads in these areas to develop plans that achieve client objectives. 
• Bring ideas and perspectives to the table for consideration, and foster others within the team to do the same
• Work with the Agency President and Brand Manager to expand opportunities with your existing clients.

We are Constructive

• Supervise/mentor junior team members with onboarding, agency process instruction, and project oversight when needed. 
• Graciously offer and receive constructive feedback in an open-minded manner to improve and advance our agency processes, capabilities and work. 

We are Dependable

• Demonstrate proficiency in communicating clearly and quickly with existing and prospective clients on behalf of the agency. 
• Initiate, mediate and lead client-facing meetings, recognizing when to pull in the appropriate team members.

Reports To: Sr. Account Manager

PERKS

• Flexible and generous PTO programs including 35-hour work weeks, birthdays off, and a competitive holiday, vacation, and sick leave package.
• Remote-friendly work arrangements with top-of-the-line technology setup
• Great co-workers and a fun, contemporary, collaborative, and flexible work environment
• Investment in our employees via professional development courses, conferences, and learning opportunities
• Team-building parties/events every month
• Competitive compensation and benefits package
• Simple IRA Retirement plan with employer match
• Comprehensive Medical/Dental/Vision/Disability/Life Insurance Options

QUALIFICATIONS

• A minimum of 3-5 years account/brand management experience
• Bachelor’s Degree in Advertising, Marketing, Communications or related field
• Proven track record of successfully working with creative teams and clients
• Proficient in project management, with an ability to think strategically through what is needed from project creation to completion. 
• Excellent communication, organization, and presentation skills, especially with senior-level clients and stakeholders.
• Proactively monitor account profitability and report to senior management on a regular basis.
• Comfortable leading, participating in and presenting in client meetings, virtually or in-person.
• Ability to manage multiple accounts, multiple projects, with multiple deadlines  
• Ability to work autonomously, with knowledge of when to ask for additional support and guidance.
• Ability to travel as needed. 

OTHER JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

• Weekly updates of accurate revenue forecasting for clients
• Develop strategic recommendations that solve client business objectives
• Participate  in client planning (account planning)

• Handles day-to-day project-related activities for active programs
• Manages all projects on-quality (tactical), on-time and on-budget 
• Provides weekly client and internal-facing program status reports
• Builds project architecture and fleshes out milestones for project phases
• Creates cost-based labor expense program estimates by phase
• Creates and manages Purchase Orders based on approved expense estimates
• Creates program timelines for proposals / SOWs

Red Six Media is an equal opportunity employer committed to creating a diverse workforce. We provide equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, service member status, amnesty or status as a covered veteran, or any other protected classification under applicable federal, state, and local laws.