Senior Account Manager

Overview

Veritas – an award-winning marketing and PR agency - is in the market for a PR unicorn, who is equal parts creative and culturally dialed in. One who lives and breathes the lifestyle, entertainment and pop culture scene, and is known as the person in their friend group as "always in the know".

Ideally, you have at least 8 years preferably in PR, Media Relations or any related industry. The Senior Account Manager is well-rounded in all things influencer relations and cultural insights but is also a media maven who thrives in delivering with precision. They are responsible for account relationships and ensuring the client is satisfied and profitable and can juggle both with ease.

Responsibilities

1. Effectively interpret/develop strategic plans based on client briefs.
2. Prepare or review all client material to ensure that they are on strategy and presentable before submission to clients.
3. Offer creative solutions to client, team and new business challenges.
4. Maintain and monitor workflow and assignments by effectively/efficiently managing account team and able to problem solve and offer solutions as needed.
5. Ensure/initiate program success by measuring results based on Metrics and ROIs for all programs agency wide and proactively provides clients with additional information regularly.
6. Takes initiative to ensure timely and profitable completion of projects.
7. Successfully manages account team and ensures projects are on strategy by providing clear direction and guidance.
8. Build strong and fruitful relationships with clients and agency partners.
9. Manage, motivate, mentor and connect with junior staff to develop their skills based on their unique needs.
10. Be an Ambassador for best practices and current trends which includes researching, exploring and integrating marketing applications and ethics.
11. Thorough understanding of the agency processes and ensures their implementation, including mandatory account service processes, budget modeling and billing.
12. Assist with the selection and attraction of a growing pool of talent.
13. Help train junior talent when it comes to writing and understanding the role of strategy.
14. Provide leadership, training and mentoring to account teams.

Qualifications

You have at least 8 years of dynamic agency experience (preferably PR) working on multiple client accounts, and you thrive amidst inter-agency collaboration. You are a detailed Project Manager and have an attractive record for both servicing clients and working with your team. You have a deep appreciation for strategic communication, and an advanced knowledge of the media and PR landscape. More importantly, you are responsible for leading what we share with our clients when it comes to their corporate strategy.

Agency Corporate Responsibilities

Parting Thoughts on What You Can Expect:

You’ll never be bored. We work hard for some of the country’s most ambitious brands and with some of the cleverest clients – on everything from beauty to alcohol, retail to healthcare, tech to government. And all the other things in between. #blessed.

Hybrid environment with the best of both worlds. In our downtown Toronto office two days a week, with flex the other three days.

We’re team-oriented and champion a growth mindset. We rise and fall as a team and everyone here – from the Intern to the President – rolls up their sleeves to do the work.

Community is important to us, especially since we were apart for so long. So, we encourage fun (but safe) in-person outings where we can. Ever brainstormed with your team on a hike? We have.

We love developing talent. We are in the people business and know we have a role in helping our team learn and progress in their careers. If you promise to bring a good attitude and willingness to learn, we promise to bring mentorship and opportunity.

Equal Opportunities

Veritas was the first agency ‘influencing the influencers’ by engaging the minds & hearts of individuals whose endorsement drives preference, positive word-of-mouth and purchase.

Our approach continues to lead the marketplace through a mixture of art and science. With a combination of bespoke influencer marketing strategies and our secret sauce, we are masters of influence and we can measure IMPACT, not just impressions.

As Veritas, we are a subsidiary of Stagwell, home of talented, passionate and creative leaders with a vision that delivers breakthrough ideas. As a network, we strive to build an inclusive environment where all employees can bring their full selves to work, but as an industry, we recognize there is much work to be done to ensure everybody feels welcome and included.

We seek out a skilled and dynamic talent pipeline and are committed to building a diverse workforce across age, race, gender, sexual orientation, ability and background. We are investing in programs to create space for diverse creators and to develop diverse talent for the future, and we are working to build an inclusive environment and industry.

We are a cutting-edge agency that aims to lead in all parts of our business, and we have a responsibility to be the change for which we are advocating. Because of this, we are committing to be transparent about our diversity and inclusion progress at Veritas and Meat & Produce.