Senior Account Executive

Bader Rutter; Milwaukee (WI); On-site; USD 65,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental and vision insurance

401(k) with company matching

Flexible paid time off

Holiday pay

Parental leave

Life/AD&D insurance

Disability insurance

Pet insurance

Job summary

Bader Rutter is seeking a Senior Account Executive in Milwaukee, WI. You will lead client engagements, collaborate with BR teams, manage budgets, and drive projects from strategy to execution to deliver measurable results.

Ideal candidates have 4–7 years of agency experience, strong communication skills, and agriculture industry exposure. Travel is expected, and a comprehensive benefits package accompanies base pay.

Qualifications

• You have a bachelor’s degree in communications, marketing, business or a related field.
• You bring 4–7 years of relevant agency or client-service experience.
• Experience in agriculture is preferred, especially livestock.
• You demonstrate strong written, verbal and nonverbal communication.

Responsibilities

• Manage creative approvals and client communications.
• Coordinate calls, demos and meetings; prepare agendas.
• Monitor project budgets; approve invoices and allocations.
• Oversee client budgets (yearly, quarterly, project-based).
• Bridge client challenges with BR solutions.
• Represent BR at client and industry events.
• Interact with client marketers, sales reps and end users.
• Assist account leads with team priorities and direction.
• Conduct competitive audits; track messaging and spend.
• Develop a proactive personal learning plan for client industries.

Skills

Client communication

Organizational skills

Budget management

Proactiveness

Collaboration

Critical thinking

Education

Bachelor's degree in communications, marketing, business or related field

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Word

PowerPoint

Teams

Job description

We’ve been doing something pretty great at Bader Rutter, something even beyond building our clients' businesses every day. We’re growing. We’re growing thanks to people with a dedicated work ethic. And a dedication to collaboration. Ours is a team culture. We play to win but we play together. And we play fair. For us, it leads to better results. And it makes coming to work a lot more fun.

Position:Senior Account Executive

Location: Milwaukee, WI

Job Id:290

# of Openings:1

SENIOR ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE

You thrive in fast-paced, client-facing environments where strategy meets execution. As a senior account executive, you’ll be at the heart of delivering projects that are not only strategically smart but also creatively compelling and results-driven. You’ll partner closely with clients and internal Bader Rutter (BR) teams to execute plans and projects while managing standard operating procedures (SOPs), budgets and campaign timelines - making sure every project hits the mark and moves the business forward.

Your teammates see you as a self-starter who’s organized, proactive and confident in client conversations. You’re ready to take ownership of complex projects, solve problems on the fly and ensure flawless execution that drives measurable results.

What You’ll Do:

• Manage creative approvals and client communications
• Coordinate calls, demos and meetings; and prepare agendas
• Monitor project budgets, approve invoices and manage allocations
• Manage overall client budgets (yearly, quarterly and project-based)
• Connect client business challenges with BR solutions
• Represent the agency at client and industry events
• Interact with client marketers, sales reps and end users
• Assist account leads in setting team priorities and direction
• Conduct competitive audits; and track messaging, positioning and spend
• Develop a proactive personal learning plan that covers client industries, advertising, communications and agency processes

What You’ll Bring:

• A bachelor's degree in communications, marketing, business or related field (or equivalent experience)
• 4-7 years of relevant experience, ideally with agency or client-service background
• Agriculture industry experience preferred – preferably livestock
• Strong written, verbal and nonverbal communication skills
• High organizational skills with strong time and budget management
• Independence, proactiveness and collaboration
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint and Teams
• Strong critical thinking and emotional intelligence

Travel: Expected to travel more than 10% for client needs

Salary Range: $65,000-80,000 annually

The provided salary range is a good faith estimate of what we expect to pay for this hire. The actual salary offered will be influenced by candidate experience and other job and market-related factors.

In addition to the base salary, our comprehensive benefits package includes

• medical, dental and vision insurance with HSA and FSA options
• disability and life/AD&D
• accident, critical illness and hospital indemnity insurance
• pet insurance
• identity theft protection
• unlimited virtual telemedicine and mental health counseling
• 401(k) including company matching
• flexible paid time off
• paid holidays
• paid parental leave
• much more

Through UnitedHealthcare, UMR and HealthSCOPE Benefits creates and publishes the Machine-Readable Files on behalf of Bader Rutter & Associates, Inc. To link to the Machine-Readable Files, please click on the URL provided: transparency-in-coverage.uhc.com

Beginning with the 2025 tax year, Form 1095-C is available to employees upon request. To request a copy of your form, please contact Bader Rutter at 262-784-7200. Forms will be provided within 30 days of request.