Business Manager

BBDO Worldwide; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 55,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

BBDO Chicago is seeking a Business Manager to serve as the primary coordinator between clients and internal teams, guiding projects from initiation through delivery. You’ll ensure clear communication, documentation, and quality control while supporting creative development, production processes, and budget management.

You will lead client meetings, track revisions, and gatekeep client-facing materials, developing timelines and budgets to deliver on ambitious campaigns across multiple projects.

Qualifications

• 1+ year of experience in marketing or advertising.
• Bachelor’s degree is required or equivalent experience.
• Strong relationship-building skills.
• Detail-oriented with organizational and strategic thinking.
• Team-first mentality and ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate projects from initiation through delivery between clients and internal teams.
• Maintain regular updates of project and client documentation.
• Assist with leading client review meetings and communicate updates to the internal team.
• Gatekeep client-facing materials and perform final quality control reviews.
• Develop budgets and monitor financial impact and timelines for campaigns.
• Prepare materials for production and support production meetings.
• Capture key actions and responsibilities from client and internal meetings.

Job description

Job Description

As a Business Manager at BBDO Chicago, you serve as a primary coordinator between clients and internal teams, managing projects from initiation through delivery. You ensure clear communication, accurate documentation, quality control, and effective project execution while supporting creative development, production processes, and budget management.

Agency

BBDO

Job Function

Account Management and Growth

Job Subfunction

Account Management

Job Description

As a Business Manager at BBDO Chicago, you serve as a primary coordinator between clients and internal teams, managing projects from initiation through delivery. You ensure clear communication, accurate documentation, quality control, and effective project execution while supporting creative development, production processes, and budget management.

Things You’ll Do

• Earn the confidence of and maintain a strong working rapport with clients.
• Manage multiple projects from start to finish.
• Maintain regular updates of project and client documentation.
• Assist with leading client review meetings, monitor revisions to creative, and communicate necessary updates to the internal team.
• Capture notes in internal and client meetings that summarize key actions and responsibilities.
• Acts as a gatekeeper for all client-facing materials and provide final quality control review before items are submitted to the client.
• Develop important legal documents for campaigns for client and internal approvals.
• Develop a comprehensive summary of client discussion/agreements and ensure the agency takes appropriate and timely action.
• Effectively support the creative process by coordinating logistics and timing, while monitoring budget implications associated with development.
• Organize and participate in production meetings.
• Prepare materials for production and troubleshoot issues throughout the production process.
• Maintain an orderly structure of shared servers.
• Begin to understand budget management, financial impact, and timelines to ensure delivery of projects on time.
• Begin to understand the meaning and impact of key financial measures and how to use financial analysis to evaluate opportunities.

Things We Are Looking For

• You bring a team-first mentality.
• You are a strong relationship builder.
• You thrive in a fast-paced and ever-changing environment.
• You love details.
• You are an organized and strategic thinker.
• You have 1+ year of experience in marketing or advertising.
• You have a bachelor’s degree and/or relevant experience.

$55,000 - $70,000

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$55,000 - $70,000