BBDO is the world's most awarded advertising agency. Today BBDO is 15,000 employees in 289 offices across 81 countries, all focused on:

The Work. The Work. The Work.

Simply put, our goal is to create and deliver the most compelling content for our clients. Consequently, we seek those who love ideas, get excited by creativity and rise to the challenge of making “The Work” happen.

Account Executive

The Account Executive coordinates the development and execution of each campaign. Responsibilities range from overseeing project development, collaborating with the partner agencies, managing production and providing day-to-day contact with the client. The Account Executive helps the agency create and execute great work.

Responsibilities:

• Understands and embraces the agency's process while actively pursuing ways to innovate and refine in the name of excellent client work.
• Leads partners and client team through weekly status, providing updates on project milestones
• Strives for the highest standards of quality and ensures that the agency's work delivers on the client's strategic goals, holding the client and internal teams accountable to agreed terms.
• Collaborates with media agency on channel strategy, deliverables, and deadlines
• Actively gathers project requirements and prepares complete documentation for internal scoping, as well as internal and client project kick-offs.
• Lead internal departments and client team on project level details and execution of the campaign.
• Establishes project schedules, briefings, and meetings.
• Executes job orders, status reports, conference reports, estimates, and trafficking.
• Manages timelines, budget compliance, legal and network approvals, talent costs, and cost consultants.
• Prepares financial reconciliations, monthly billing reports, estimates and invoicing.
• Develops an astute business acumen through thorough understanding of the clients’ business, products, goals and competitors.

Qualifications:

• Minimum of 2 years of agency experience, ideally in Account Management
• General knowledge of the ad industry, with a strong passion for advertising and creativity
• Ability to build strong working relationships, both internally and with agency partners and clients
• Solid knowledge of production across broadcast, video, digital, print, social
• Solid knowledge of media fundamentals
• Detail-oriented and organized
• Strong presentation and writing skills
• Skillful at managing up: knowing when to update, when to be proactive, when to raise concerns.
• Be a great energy in the team, able to motivate and keep everyone calm with a positive, can-do attitude