Senior Account Executive - Sampling

pep is part of WPP , the trusted growth partner for the world's leading brands. Powered by exceptional talent and our agentic marketing platform WPP Open, WPP unites cutting-edge media intelligence and data solutions, creativity, production, enterprise solutions and expert strategic counsel.

pep started with 7 employees, a borrowed conference room, and an idea to fill a void in the marketing services space. Today we’ve grown to over 200 people and we are an industry leader in consumer activation, serving some of the top Fortune 400 companies. We’ve managed over $5 billion in marketing spend for over 750 brands and pride ourselves on a client retention rate of 98%.

Our company has evolved since we started 19 years ago, but there is one thing that has remained a constant. At pep, we put people first. Our core values of accountability, excellence, ingenuity, people, and tenacity guide our interactions, decisions, and drive our culture. We are committed to maintaining an inclusive environment where every member of our team feels seen, cared for, and has the support they need to thrive.

And our tremendous growth provides our people with many new career and development opportunities along with the flexibility to pursue their professional goals.

We’re looking for teammates who are driven, eager to learn, agile, positive, and client focused to join and contribute to our team. We enjoy a hybrid work model and competitive salary based on experience.

• Generous Time Off
• Robust Health and Wellness Plan
• Family Support
• 401K Match
• Role Autonomy
• Certification Reimbursement and Ongoing Training
• Enrichment Events and Employee Resource Groups

The Senior Account Executive - Sampling position is a role focusing on planning and project management of Sampling programs. As a SAE-Sampling, you will be responsible for campaign management from conception to final delivery for all omni-channel sampling campaigns for the client. You will deliver against brand, procurement and COE strategies and goals as well as execute projects flawlessly. Entrepreneurial leadership, agility, work ethic, relationship skills, project management and analytical skills are a must to drive value for our clients.

The ability to consult with cross- functional client contacts as well as ability to build strong supplier relationships is imperative to deliver against goals and strategies.

• Research and propose sampling campaign ideas with proven ability to deliver against client’s strategic brief and drive key business objectives
• Create and deliver presentation of proposed ideas including rationale, detailed descriptions, timing and costs for approval by brand stakeholders
• Set KPIs and success criteria for each project including measurement methodology; align with client and vendor(s)
• Lead project kick off and alignment meetings and provide recaps
• Create and manage program timelines
• Act as main point of contact (project owner) managing communication amongst all vendor(s) and client stakeholders for all assigned sampling projects
• Collaborate with all key internal and external stakeholders and resources (e.g. brand teams, samping, vendors, cross functional client team members, WPP Unite colleagues partners, pep sourcing, etc.)
• Work with vendors and other necessary stakeholders to measure campaign performance against pre-determined KPIs
• Present program results to client along with insights and key learnings
• Remain current on trends and new innovation within the sampling industry; provide continuous, applicable thought leadership to client
• Present quarterly state of business updates to client including current sampling industry overview relative to client…