Account Executive

As an Account Executive at McCann New York, you will sharpen your foundational skills in Business Leadership. You will be a true partner to our client, bring a fresh perspective to the agency and help the team develop and execute culture‑defining creative work that impacts business. You will support a brand that is likely a leader in their category and be responsible for understanding and applying your knowledge of business drivers, category landscape, and brand research to the creative work.

Your work will be fully integrated across experiential, social, digital, and traditional media channels.

You should be inquisitive about the links between brand behavior, popular culture, business results, and emerging communications and technology trends.

• Be a champion for great work by sharing knowledge of the client, business, and brand and demonstrating strong creative judgment and strategic recommendations.
• Deliver exceptional client management and establish trust with clients, developing strong relationships across departments and among integrated agency partners.
• Develop strong relationships with internal counterparts on the creative, strategy, project management, and production teams, demonstrating respect for their roles and creating a collaborative environment.
• Be the steward of any assigned projects; setting priorities, organizing work streams, monitoring progress and problem‑solving for challenges.
• Learn to lead smaller work streams/campaigns and take the lead in feedback and post‑production processes.
• Coordinate schedules and ensure meetings are scheduled in a timely manner.
• Own end‑to‑end trafficking process.
• Support the team to execute integrated campaigns, applying knowledge of production and process. Develop project budgets and ensure projects run on schedule and in budget.
• Be knowledgeable of the business, starting to understand the ins and outs of products, claims, and competitive landscape, to support the team and help day‑to‑day business run smoothly.
• Proactively assist in the development of presentations across strategy, creative, and production.
• Source, identify, and package consumer and culture news/trends/competitive insights, inspiring agency and client teams’ strategic and creative development and keeping clients current.
• Continually seek ways to add value to the client‑agency relationship.

• Projects run smoothly, aligned with agency process and client expectations, and next steps are clear.
• Be a step ahead of your manager, anticipating their needs and driving next steps proactively.
• Clients and cross‑functional department members seek you out as a source of knowledge about the business, projects, and next steps.
• Understand the business as much as your client counterparts and regularly bring insights or perspectives they didn’t anticipate.
• Contribute to internal and client meetings strategically, collaboratively, and with impact on the work.

• Passion for the industry, category, and creative work.
• Experience working on production across a variety of media channels.
• Strong client relationship skills and a collaborative spirit.
• Communications excellence, both verbal and written; also a good listener.
• Ability to be resourceful and think strategically and creatively.
• Critical thinking and problem‑solving skills.
• Proactive, multi‑tasker able to get the job done.
• Detail‑oriented and reliable.
• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant area or equivalent experience.
• 1–2 years of agency experience.

At McCann New York, each team member plays a significant role in our success. We recognize that our team members’ contributions may extend beyond this job description. The job description outlines primary responsibilities, qualifications, and role scope but does not restrict members or the organization to only those duties.

McCann New York team members must reside in or be willing to relocate to the New York Tristate area unless otherwise agreed upon by their manager and McCann New York’s Human Resources team. We offer a hybrid workplace with three days in‑office per week.

The salary range for this position is $60,000 –…