Account Executive

SUMMARY

This position is considered hybrid for candidates living in the Rochester, NY area.

Butler/Till is a results-driven marketing agency offering deeply collaborative client experiences, proprietary technology, and world-class partnerships. At Butler/Till, we take immense pride in our independent, women-owned and led status, our unwavering commitment to a purpose-driven approach, our B-Corp status, and our unique structure as a 100% employee-owned company (ESOP).

Key Responsibilities:

• Serve as the primary liaison between the client and Agency’s day-to-day team and execute strategic solutions that meets agency standards and exceeds client expectations.
• Establish and nurture role-appropriate relationships. Anticipate and proactively address needs, effectively communicating in a clear, concise, professional manner.
• Represent and leverage client and industry context within recommendations, points-of-view and reporting to strengthen trust with the client partner.
• Coordinate each phase of the Agency’s work to ensure that the client is in alignment with the way their plan or project is progressing.
• Uphold agency timelines and processes and engage the correct teams to protect project profitability and deliver work in a timely manner.
• Actively seek client feedback and quickly work with internal stakeholders to find the best solution. Contribute to action plans to address opportunities or issues.
• Manage client budgets and assist in the invoicing process, working with cross-functional teams to ensure jobs are opened in accounting system, estimates and invoices are being tracked properly, budget spreadsheets are up-to- date, and client invoicing is accurate and timely.

Key Responsibilities:

• Support the development of a meaningful analysis on the client’s business, category, competition, and audience including relevant implications and potential opportunities.
• Understand and monitor the evolution of the marketing industry and the client’s business in support of the exploration of expanded Agency solutions to solve emerging challenges
• Fully understand the Agency business strategies to help identify connections to client business strategies.
• Contribute to accurate client forecasts, inclusive of quantifying organic growth opportunities with the support of Account Supervisor

Key Responsibilities:

• Ensure client expectations are met or exceeded by documenting objectives and parameters on all requests and coordinating with internal stakeholders throughout project development to ensure highest quality deliverables.
• Proactively work with cross-functional peers to overcome challenges in the day-to-day work as they occur.
• Work with cross-functional teams to ensure campaigns are performing at or above the defined key performance indicators and work to develop solutions where they are not.
• Serve as the voice of the client during project development to allow all teams to refine output based on expectations
• Support the development of campaign briefs to guide the Agency’s cross-functional work towards client expectations, helping to contextualize client challenges and opportunities and setting the foundation to deliver meaningful work that supports client business objectives.

• Ability to travel – varies by client. Hiring manager will clearly articulate travel requirements for account (s); subject to change based on the dynamic needs of individual clients.

REQUIRED

• 2+ years in account management or another strategic client-facing role in marketing, advertising, communications, media, or another related field.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including presentation/public speaking skills.
• Organized and detail-oriented
• Intermediate level use of Microsoft Office products, including Word, Excel and Power Point

PREFERRED

• Exposure to, or experience with media planning, marketing research tools, and client media budgeting a plus.
• Strong project management skills; with use of project management tools a plus.

• CUSTOMER FOCUS/CLIENT INTIMACY: seeking to understand client business challenges/needs and delivering continuous value to our clients
• COLLABORATIVE: working with teams and across the organization with ease
• OWNER AGILITY: able to continuously learn and quickly adapt to changing circumstance
• RESULTS DRIVEN: accepts…