Assistant Account Executive: Client Strategy & Coordination

Tech Sales Jobs; New York (NY); On-site; USD 50,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

SS+K is a full service marketing & communications agency seeking an Assistant Account Executive in New York to support the account team in daily client operations and gradually manage simple projects with mentorship. You will be a proactive communicator with strong writing, organization, and multitasking skills.

Some travel may be required as you learn across disciplines and client campaigns. This role offers a competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package within a dynamic,

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree preferred.
• Up to 1 year experience in an agency environment preferred.
• An effective communicator, both written and verbal.
• A good listener, able to take in information and quickly suss out what’s next.
• Organized, detail-oriented and able to anticipate potential issues.
• A multi-tasker that can handle the pressure of multiple assignments at once.
• Resourceful, inquisitive and resilient.
• Positive outlook and good people skills.
• Well-versed in Microsoft Office, Google Apps, and Keynote.
• Some travel may be required.

Responsibilities

• Develop an understanding of the agency’s mission.
• With mentorship from the Account Team, learn the foundations of account management and the basics of other departments.
• Support the agency team by taking responsibility for: coordinating schedules and project trackers, ensuring project deadlines are met, maintaining a who’s who on respective brands - clients’ names, titles, responsibilities, and contact information, document management and organization to include all briefing documents, scope of work, presentations, conference reports, and any relevant material provided by clients., creating an accessible history of any given project.
• Assist AEs in ongoing competitive analysis and weekly reporting of account status to ensure both internal and external teams are up to speed on current marketplace trends and are aware of any in-market examples of creative excellence.
• Be an extra pair of eyes, proofreading all external communications.
• Attend and participate in meetings as opportunity permits; meeting attendance isn’t passive, so ensure that your attendance equals active participation.
• With guidance, begin to build rapport and credibility with clients as opportunity permits.
• Begin learning the ingredients of great strategic marketing communications plans and the roles of various media channels within those plans.
• Find opportunities to build up your presentations skills.

Skills

Effective communicator

Active listener

Organized

Multitasker

Resourceful

Positive attitude

People skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree preferred

Tools

Microsoft Office

Google Apps

Keynote

Job description

SS+K is a full service marketing & communications agency seeking an Assistant Account Executive in New York to support the account team in daily client operations and gradually manage simple projects with mentorship. You will be a proactive communicator with strong writing, organization, and multitasking skills.

Some travel may be required as you learn across disciplines and client campaigns. This role offers a competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package within a dynamic,