Account Director; Marketing Agency

Elevation Marketing is a 25-year-old independent data-driven B2B only marketing agency focused on driving marketing strategies for enterprise organizations around the globe. The agency prioritizes strategy and data (mixed with the right dose of creativity and technology) identifying key marketing touch points that align with ideal buyers to drive customers and prospects towards critical business actions. With cutting-edge technology systems and platforms, Elevation delivers sustainable, end-to-end (full service) digital and traditional B2B marketing solutions that consistently deliver measurable results for brands.

We’re in a strong growth phase and are expanding our team with high-performing, collaborative, and results-driven professionals who thrive in a fast-paced agency environment.

The Account Director directly manages key agency accounts plus they may be responsible for guiding smaller accounts through jr. staff. This role will also help support the strategic and high-level tactical efforts inside various accounts that they support including account planning, marketing strategy, client branding, lead gen and other B2B marketing activities that Elevation engages in on behalf of its clients.

We love being in office together and we are passionate about the culture, collaboration, learning and the community it creates and we hope you value this as well. This is a full-time on-site role, with two work from days a month.

• Account Leadership: ability to lead clients, and their businesses to help drive measurable B2B marketing ROI through strategy, planning, and executional excellence.
• Digital and Traditional Marketing: ability to strategically lead, plan and execute both digital (including demand generation) and traditional marketing efforts on behalf of our clients.
• Marketing Leadership: full understanding of complete suite of B2B marketing service offerings and the ability to drive research, strategy, and brand solutions.
• Team Leadership: potential leadership, mentoring and coaching of assigned account that could include 1 or two members.
• Account Growth: ability to manage, lead and grow key accounts.
• New Business: the ability to understand businesses quickly and provide support for the late stages of the sales journey including help presenting initial marketing thoughts, scope of works, etc.

• Managing and supporting core agency account services processes.
• Ability to lead brand, strategy, and develop (with SMEs inside the agency) full scoped digital and traditional marketing plans for CMO’s of global brands.
• Ensuring the team is consistently delivering top quality outputs.
• Potentially lead junior account staff to help generate new ideas to help our smaller clients grow their businesses.
• Proposal Writing & Planning – ability to write proposals and SOW’s as needed.
• Evaluation & Results Delivery – monitoring the success of client programs, both digital and traditional, as provided by the team and suggest adjustments as necessary to meet the goals of the agreed upon plan or marketing initiatives.
• Review & Delivery of Agency Output – reviewing and authorizing final deliverables, bot digital and traditional, to clients through our creative, digital and account teams to ensure they are on brand, on strategy and on message.
• Client Satisfaction & Swift Problem Resolution – staying informed on all activities that are being performed on client accounts.
• New Business Support – Support new business on an as needed basis.
• Impact Culture:
  Be an internal champion for the agency, its work, and the culture.

• Understand client specific needs to create effective marketing plans and programs.
• Review project briefs/plans for internal and external teams.
• Share marketing results to team/company on a regular basis.
• Involvement in regular account planning meetings and new business presentations.
• Assist in the writing of new business proposals and strategy engagements as needed.
• Ensure client satisfaction and swift problem resolution.
• Independently make decisions based on company standards.
• Seek and develop an internal mentor-based relationship to help train and guide…