Executive Account Manager

Overview

Posting Number: S15007P

Working Title: Executive Account Manager

Department: Mar Comm-Strategic Marketing

Posting Type: External

Retirement Plan: TRS or ORP

Employment Type: Employee

Benefits Eligibility: Benefits Eligible

Full/Part time: Full Time

Additional Schedule Information: Monday-Friday, 8am-5pm, occasional nights and weekends needed.

Advertised Salary: $55,

Posting Date: 04/17/2026

Open until filled: Yes

Proposed Starting Date: 06/01/2026

Location of Vacancy: Athens Area

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Classification

Title:

Marketing Comms Pro II

FLSA: Exempt

FTE: 1.00

Minimum Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent and 2 years of professional experience

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent
• Minimum of 5 years of relevant professional experience
• Proficiency in project management systems, such as Asana
• Proficiency in Microsoft 365
• Familiarity with Associated Press style
• Strong understanding of marketing and communications practices
• Familiarity with higher education

Executive Account Management:

• Manage the life cycle of executive account projects from kick-off to debrief, ensuring deadlines and milestones are achieved.
• Lead or attend meetings, produce project plans, calendars, proposals, presentations, schedules, status reports, and final reports for each project/campaign.
• Serve as lead consultant for assigned executive-level clients; translate objectives into actionable marketing and communications strategies aligned with UGA’s brand and institutional goals.
• Collaborate with strategic initiatives team and/or leadership to set agendas that establish effective and efficient use of time and resources to support institutional priorities.
• Ensure regular reporting of outcomes to supervisor for the purpose of analytics and strategic planning.
• Develop annual account plans, campaign roadmaps, and success measures; align scopes with available resources.

Percentage of time: 40

Duties/Responsibilities:

Project Management:

• Attend weekly editorial, production and content planning meetings to further understanding of all division workload and bandwidth.
• Develop creative briefs to support goal setting and manage scope of executive projects.
• Participate in internal reviews of assets prior to sharing/presenting.
• Manage approval processes with partners and stakeholders external to the division.

Percentage of time: 40

Duties/Responsibilities:

Strategic Initiatives Support:

• Serve on cross-university committees that support executive initiatives.
• Confidently communicate and collaborate with campus communicators, consultants, and senior administrators.
• Assist division leadership with projects and initiatives as needed.
• Contribute to department teams and committees and participate on UGA teams and projects as needed.

Percentage of time: 15

Duties/Responsibilities:

Other duties as assigned.

Percentage of time: 5

Contact Details: For questions concerning this position or recruitment progression, please refer to the Recruitment Contact listed below.

Recruitment Contact Name: Brittney Wurdeman

Recruitment Contact Email: bwurdeman

Notes: This posting includes the EEO policy and background check requirements applicable to all University positions.