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Wednesday, January 19

Account Associate - FREELANCE

The Account Associate assists in the Marketing and Project Management of marketing initiatives across all channels that meet client objectives. Marketing Associates will gain valuable experience and a practical foundation in project/budget planning and management and in client/creative management. You will be a part of both the Marketing and Delivery capabilities and be trained in and assist in both capacities. Associates support the team on day-to-day internal and client management for strategy and execution of project work.

Detailed Description

Support team on day-to-day internal and client interactions Proactively identify and solve program execution issues; involves manager and other departments as needed Prepare briefs and analysis of program results on simple programs Develop a basic knowledge of the Client’s business, industry, competitors, etc. Support upper level Marketing and Delivery team in all strategic and production endeavors, from both a thinking and administrative perspective Begin to evaluate work against the creative strategy or project brief, and making assessments as to why or why not the work is on strategy Act as support and “go-to” point for ad hoc requests from senior marketing and delivery management colleagues Schedule and attend internal reviews and ensure that work is meeting client requirements and expectations. Distribute meeting notes to the team. Manage project assets including coordination and management of content, e.g., merchant assets Lead scoping efforts for small projects Build, manage and maintain simple project schedules for offline and online projects Work to manage change requests from internal and client teams Ensure consistency and quality of Creative deliverables for assigned account(s) Assist in managing all Creative details throughout the project to ensure that action-items are accomplished on a timely and accurate basis Act as a liaison for Creative, with Marketing, Media and other departments as needed

Qualifications
• Bachelor’s degree. 6 months account and/or project management experience a plus • Outstanding organizational, communication/presentation skills • Excellent verbal and written communication skills, ability to prepare clear and concise client-ready documents • Strong interpersonal skills, demonstrate empathy and commitment to the client, proven ability to manage expectations • Fluency with Microsoft PowerPoint, Word, Excel MS Project a plus. Apply Here

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