Senior Account Strategist

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Senior Account Strategist, B2B Marketing

Dog and Pony Studios is an integrated creative and digital agency for B2B brands. Headquartered in Toronto, Canada, we are a hybrid agency with remote teams located across Canada, South America and Europe. For 25+ years, our teams have worked at the cutting edge of technology and design, collaborating with some of the highest-impact organizations globally.

About the Role

We’re seeking a Senior Account Strategist with 5+ years of agency experience and a strong background in B2B marketing. As a Senior Account Strategist, you will lead a significant and diverse portfolio of projects for a key financial services account. This is a hands-on role that requires a blend of production experience, B2B marketing expertise, client management skills and the ability to develop subject matter expertise.

As the dedicated account expert, you will architect creative solutions to complex business problems, provide strategic direction to internal teams, ensure seamless execution throughout the production life cycle and take charge of the account’s financial health.

Responsibilities

• Owning the Numbers: Manage the account's financial health, forecast revenue, accurately scope projects and ensure projects deliver on budget.
• Orchestrating Success: Lead projects from spark to finish line, ensuring best-in-class solutions, efficient execution and an exceptional client experience.
• Being the Account Expert: Develop a deep understanding of every project and confidently advise clients on strategic optimizations and potential opportunities.
• Elevating the Work: Review and refine materials with a critical eye, ensuring they are strategically aligned, meet business requirements and exceed client expectations.
• Advocating for Excellence: Proactively identify potential challenges and opportunities and provide strategic counsel to both clients and internal teams.

Who you are

Fast, Focused, Flexible

• You are a strategic thinker with a passion for breathing life into B2B marketing through creative excellence. You are an exceptional communicator and ask the right questions to get to the heart of the business challenge  offer strategic counsel and guidance to clients and are always looking for ways to add value.
• You understand the importance of taking a proactive, client-first approach at all times and bring significant experience building consensus and developing strong relationships in a corporate environment with multiple stakeholders. You tailor your style according to the audience, present confidently and are able to develop and build relationships with clients, partners and senior stakeholders. Clients feel assured that you understand their business.
• You seek to raise the bar in any situation and are excited to grow professionally alongside a senior, high-performing team. You apply consistently high standards and motivate your team to reach them.
• You get things done. You have a track record of success in project management and delivery across various project types (events, digital advertising, sales enablement, campaigns, content marketing, etc.), as well as financial management.
• You have excellent time management skills . You are dependable, conscientious, keen, and reliable. You can juggle and prioritize, meet challenging deadlines, and find solutions.
• You have an excellent understanding of brand and marketing in the B2B space and are up to date on trends, innovations and evolving best practices. You keep pace with technology. You can think fast and on your feet. You research before you ask, and know when to bring in outside experts.
• You have an excellent grasp of production requirements and can effectively translate client requests into actionable tasks and comprehensive briefs. You’re not a “suit,” but you can don one if the situation requires it; most likely, you have been on the production side, and you bring this experience and respect to your interactions with the creative team.
• You have a desire to grow and develop our business as well as grow personally within the role,…