Account Manager

Watsondg; Louisiana, Northern (MO, KY); Hybrid; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Watsondg seeks a seasoned Account/Project Lead to manage creative campaigns in entertainment, digital and social spaces. You will lead cross-functional teams, oversee timelines, budgets, and client communications to deliver high-impact work.

You will partner with Strategy and Creative leads, translate feedback into production plans, and build strong client relationships to drive long-term collaborations and ongoing opportunities.

Qualifications

• You have 4+ years in a creative agency or studio within the entertainment vertical.
• You have experience leading multiple projects across different clients (digital & social).
• You can work effectively with multi-disciplinary teams including strategists, writers, designers, video editors and developers.
• You have marketing experience with global, high-end brands, with an emphasis on social-first campaigns.
• You lead projects from start to finish with ease and are comfortable leading internal teams as well as being the client’s point of contact.
• You are an active and engaged consumer of social media and entertainment culture.
• You have a passion for creative, innovation, and producing high-impact campaign work.
• You are an excellent communicator and can speak to a variety of teams with ease.
• You are a problem solver and a self-starter.
• You are organized, detail-oriented, and forward-thinking - a natural planner.
• You are experienced with social retainers for entertainment clients.
• You have experience in film/TV-adjacent verticals such as music, fashion or gaming.
• Due to the collaborative nature of this role, the right candidate will need to be based in Los Angeles or open to relocating.

Responsibilities

• Set budgets based on campaign needs and business revenue goals in mind.
• Define, maintain, and execute project scope and timelines from planning through execution.
• Work closely with the creative team - disseminating client feedback and maintaining efficient production workflows across titles.
• Communicate overall health of assigned accounts and projects to the Director of Business & Accounts and senior leadership.
• Work with Creative and Strategy Leads to define and lead weekly call agendas, providing updates on the status of a title.
• Either build out or oversee the building of detailed production schedules, ensuring no bottlenecks on the design floor.
• Ensure campaigns are informed by both strategy and production by working with team counterparts.
• Stay informed and up to date on social trends and conversations that might impact cadence and editorial strategy.
• Participate in creative ideation for live campaigns and campaign requests.
• Assist, contribute to, and supervise creative and strategy decks for campaigns/new business/ RFPs and capes presentations.
• Lead on all client communication (emails, Slacks, calls) and ensuring the client is informed on project and asset status.
• Assess client needs and team challenges proactively to create and enable effective internal and external solutions.

Skills

Project leadership

Multi-disciplinary teams

Marketing experience

Brand experience

Communication

Problem solving

Organization

Tools

Airtable

Trello

Sprout

Hootsuite

Sprinkler

Job description

Set budgets based on campaign needs and business revenue goals in mind, build out SOWs and negotiate with clients.

(02)

Define, maintain, and execute project scope and timelines from planning through execution.

(03)

Work closely with the creative team - disseminating client feedback and maintaining efficient production workflows across titles.

(04)

Communicate overall health of assigned accounts and projects to the Director of Business & Accounts and senior leadership.

(05)

Work with Creative and Strategy Leads to define and lead weekly call agendas, providing updates on the status of a title, reviewing the status of production and planning next steps.

(06)

Either build out or oversee the building ofdetailed production schedules, working with Creative and Creative Leads to ensure there are no bottlenecks on the design floor.

(07)

Ensure campaigns are informed by both strategy and production by working with team counterparts.

(08)

Work closely with Social Strategists on community management and publishing efforts, communicating plans and insights with both internal and client teams.

(09)

Stay informed and up to date on social trends and conversations that might impact cadence and editorial strategy.

(10)

Participate in creative ideation for live campaigns and campaign requests (talent ideas, social concepts etc).

(11)

Assist, contribute to, and supervise creative and strategy decks for campaigns/new business/ RFPs and capes presentations.

(12)

Ensure creative and copy aligns with client feedback.

(13)

Work with the Strategy team to recommend and implement data-driven insights to clients.

(14)

Build strong relationships with clients and foster long-term collaborations.

(15)

Lead on all client communication (emails, Slacks, calls) and ensuring the client is informed on project and asset status.

(16)

Assess client needs and team challenges proactively to create and enable effective internal and external solutions.

(17)

Maintain a proactive account management lens, projecting hurdles and effectively crafting solutions to stay ahead.

(18)

Ensuring projects stay within scoped budget as well as proactively seek new creative opportunities on current campaigns.

Qualifications

(01)

You have 4+ years of experience in a creative agency or studio within the entertainment vertical.

(02)

You have experience leading multiple projects across different clients (digital & social) at once.

(03)

You can work effectively with multi-disciplinary teams including strategists, writers, designers, video editors and developers.

(04)

You have marketing experience with global, high-end brands, with an emphasis on social-first campaigns.

(05)

You lead projects from start to finish with ease and are comfortable leading internal teams as well as being the client’s point of contact.

(06)

You are an active and engaged consumer of social media and entertainment culture.

(07)

You have a passion for creative, innovation, and producing high-impact campaign work.

(08)

You are an excellent communicator and can speak to a variety of teams with ease.

(09)

You are a problem solver and a self-starter.

(10)

You are organized, detail-oriented, and forward-thinking - a natural planner.

(11)

You are organized, detail-oriented, and forward-thinking - a natural planner.

(12)

Experience with Airtable, Trello, Social analytics platforms such as Sprout, Hootsuite or Sprinkler

(13)

Experience working on social retainers for entertainment clients

(14)

Experience within film/TV-adjecent verticals such as music, fashion or gaming

(15)

Due to the collaborative nature of this role, the right candidate will need to be based in Los Angeles or open to relocating.

INDEPENDENT.
CREATIVELY-LED.
MINORITY-OWNED.