Account Manger

Burgess Advertising & Marketing; Portland (ME); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

Disability & Life Insurance

Paid time off (including birthday)

Free parking

Job summary

Burgess Advertising & Marketing seeks a highly organized Account Manager to coordinate client relationships and drive cross-channel campaigns across traditional, digital, social, and PR. The role centers on clear communication, deadline discipline, and aggressive, detail-oriented project execution.

This position requires a proactive self-starter with strong writing, verbal, and analytical skills, plus the ability to manage budgets and collaborate across teams in a Portland, Maine setting.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required or equivalent experience in advertising/marketing
• Minimum 6 years in a similar agency or corporate marketing role
• Excellent written communications and PR skills
• Proven ability to manage client relationships and timelines
• Comfort with cross-channel campaigns including traditional, digital, social, and PR
• Strong organizational and budget-tracking capabilities
• Proximity to Portland, Maine for daily commute

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain productive client relationships and timelines
• Communicate clearly with internal teams and clients
• Oversee workflows and client expectations to ensure on-strategy delivery
• Lead strategy, account, planning, and creative execution
• Prepare status reports, briefs, media plans, and budget updates
• Own project scopes, timelines, and deliverables
• Manage budgets and time/cost accruals for clients
• Compose press releases and coordinate with media outlets
• Assist with new business proposals and presentations
• Support Media Strategy Partner with creative materials and traffic
• Position for potential advancement into agency leadership

Skills

Self-starter

Deadline management

Marketing communications writing

Verbal and analytical skills

Time management

Problem-solving

Attention to detail

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Microsoft Office (Word & Excel)

Google Drive

Basecamp

Monday.com

Slack

Job description

Award-winning ad agency seeks a super-organized, detail-oriented, self-starter to help manage the exciting work we do every day. The Account Manager is the hub of communication internally and with our clients, responsible for managing client relationships and coordinating the agency team's execution of strategies and tactics, including traditional media, digital, social, and PR.

Responsibilities:

• Earn our clients’ respect and confidence through productive working relationships and deadline management


• Communicate and relay information and ideas in a clear, concise, and timely manner to both the internal agency team and client representatives


• Ownership of internal and external workflows and client expectations to deliver work on strategy, on time, and within budget


• Lead the team on strategy, account and project planning, and creative execution


• Prepare accurate and timely communications, including ownership of status reports, strategy/creative briefs, media plans/flowcharts, creative work flow, and budget updates to both agency staff and clients


• Own project scopes and details, leading the internal and external teams on strategy, timelines and deliverables


• Develop, own, and manage project estimates versus time and cost accruals to effectively manage client budgets


• Write press releases and work with news media


• Participate in new business activities, write new business proposals and presentations


• Assist the Media Strategy Partner with approved creative materials and traffic


• Job potential to grow into an Agency leadership role

Requirements:

• A \"self-starter,\" capable of anticipating needs and acting without direction


• Ability to prioritize multiple tasks against client deadlines


• Diligent and meticulous with a proven ability to manage details


• Strong Marketing Comms writing skills


• Strong verbal and analytical skills


• Proven experience with PR writing, distribution, and media relations


• Effective time management, organizational, and problem-solving skills


• Ability to collect, analyze, and organize information, and present a point-of-view with insight and sound judgment


• Must live in close proximity to Portland, Maine for daily commute purposes


• Minimum of a Bachelor's Degree, plus 6 years experience in a similar role at an advertising/marketing agency or corporate marketing department


• Proficient in Microsoft Office, particularly Word & Excel; familiar with Google Drive and collaboration tools, such as Basecamp, Monday and Slack

• Great team dynamic working in a fun, funky, open-concept office space


• Incredible amount of networking opportunities


• Health Insurance


• Short and Long Term Disability and Life Insurance


• Paid time off (including your birthday!)


• Conveniently located in Portland, Maine with ample free parking