Latitude | Account Director
Account Service
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Description
A leader and driver within the agency, you own the client relationship and the management of your team to effectively produce the best outcomes for clients and create ongoing opportunities for the agency. A visionary, a strategist, a mentor, and a master of detail you are accountable for the final outcome of each project. Your leadership emulates eternal optimism, never settling for anything less than excellence, and you drive your team to do the same.
Ins and outs:
Serve as the daily contact to the client
Lead client marketing planning process, and business strategy development
Facilitate client communication that ensures vision, needs, and requirements are understood and executed appropriately
Facilitate client planning, client negotiation and pricing structure
Define scope, timelines, resource needs and approval of briefs
Financial monitoring and reporting
Delegate opportunities ensuring team growth and opportunity
Own all client SOW’s/Proposals
Develop creative briefs and overall client brand/creative strategy
Participate in new business initiatives including seeking out new opportunities for partnership
Collaborate with strategists on new business background, strategy and pitch development
Manage staff with clear expectations, ongoing feedback and encouragement
Collaborate with creative and production departments to ensure flawless execution of projects
Articulate agency capabilities
In your back pocket:
Bachelor's degree (B. A. / B. S.) in marketing, advertising or communications
8+ years of agency or agency related experience that includes branding strategic design assignments
Ability and comfort authoring reports, business correspondence, procedure manuals and presentation decks
Retail experience a must
Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.
Knowledge of InDesign, Adobe Suite, Google Drive, Google Calendar, Gmail, Harvest Time, and Macintosh applications
Leadership skills and a passion for growing people
Desire to work in a fast-paced environment
Professionalism
Strong attention to detail and strong ability to multi-task
Excellent written and verbal skills
Strong creative problem-solving skills
Desire to always be learning
Sense of humor, friendly demeanor and a desire to build community
Working knowledge of Google Docs, email, calendar and Microsoft Office
Who we are:
Latitude isn’t your average design shop. We don’t just come to slay from 9-5 every weekday for the paychecks and the portfolio pieces. We operate with a wider lens, partnering with amazing brands, and investing 50% of our profits to elevate humanity. So, we’re not just doing great work, we’re doing great work for the greater good. Walking in to work with that purpose, sewn into our boot straps, is what pushes us to do our greatest work and we’ve seen firsthand, that purpose elevates talent. We believe it will elevate your talents too.
We are an equal opportunity employer