Senior Account Manager, Business Leadership

Interpublic Group; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 105,000; Full time

Job summary

Momentum Worldwide in New York, NY is seeking a Senior Account Manager to lead activations across physical, virtual, and hybrid formats for a major B2B client in financial services. You will oversee multidisciplinary teams, nurture client relationships, and develop junior talents.

The role requires a seasoned marketer with strong leadership, presentation, and strategic thinking skills. The position is hybrid, with in-office collaboration a norm and travel as needed for client engagements.

Qualifications

• 5-7 years of relevant experience in traditional and experiential marketing, including events.
• 3+ years agency experience or strong understanding of agency workflows.
• Dynamic and creative approach to brand strategy and event planning.
• Strong relationship-building and client-management capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Develops and manages client business across in-person, virtual, and hybrid events.
• Provides thought leadership in experiential, conferences, sponsorships and hospitality.
• Partners with internal and external teams to ensure seamless communications.
• Builds rapport with clients and initiates action to meet goals.
• Plans and executes multiple projects on strategy, on time, on budget.
• Ensures high-touch service and reflects senior B2B relationship standards.
• Delivers polished client presentations and oversees interagency planning.
• Leads idea generation and manages program budgets and travel needs.
• Mentors junior team members and supports Momentum’s values.

Skills

Account management

Experiential marketing

Agency experience

Leadership & mentorship

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Marketing or related field

Job description

Senior Account Manager, Business Leadership

Location: New York, New York, United States of America

Remote Type: Hybrid

Time Type: Full time

Job Description

Agency: Momentum

Job Function: Account Management and Growth

Job Subfunction: Account Management

Job Description:

ABOUT US – MOMENTUM WORLDWIDE

Momentum is an agency of doers.We make the industry’s most disruptive, entertaining, shareable, unforgettable experiences for our clients and their fans.We do it by bringing people closer to what they love, in original and unexpected ways.Whether it’s a physical activation, a virtual experience, or a piece of unique branded content, it’s all part of what we call the Total Brand Experience — ideas that solve business challenges, through best-in-class Consulting, Strategy, Analytics, Experience Design, and Production.

We want you to help brands do amazing, unprecedented, wild things, creating experiences that people never forget.

WHAT ARE WE LOOKING FOR

We are looking for a seasoned experiential marketer who can be ready on day one to lead activations (physical, virtual, and hybrid) for one our largest B2B clients in the financial services industry. They’ll have a proven track record of overseeing multidisciplinary teams to bring to life creative marketing solutions in the B2B space. This person should have a passion for not only nurturing and managing client relationships, but also leading and developing junior members of the team. We are seeking our next agency rockstar hungry to make an impact for our clients and Momentum.

HERE’S WHAT YOU’LL DO (RESPONSIBILITIES)

• Responsible for developing and managing client business across various in-person, virtual and hybrid events
• Provides thought leadership as well as experiential, conference, tradeshow, sponsorship and hospitality expertise, guiding internal teams across the agency to meet client goals so that brand strategy and objectives are met
• Partners with internal and external teams to ensure seamless communications internally and externally
• Develops rapport with clients, seeing around corners to initiate action
• Able to work across a diverse set of projects (and clients) simultaneously, planning and executing assignments that are on strategy, on time and on budget
• Ensures client esthetic and level of service is reflective of high-touch, senior B2B relationships
• Delivers thoughtful, polished client presentations
• Oversees and manages interagency planning process across other disciplines including creative, finance, strategy, analytics, etc.
• Actively contributes to overall idea generation with agency team
• Oversees the financial aspects of the programs/account(s)
• Traveling to various locations to meet with clients, partners, and for event execution
• Manages and mentors junior team members
• Supporting Momentum’s Values
• All other duties as assigned

HERE’S WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR (QUALIFICATIONS & REQUIREMENTS)

• Bachelors Degree, preferably in Marketing is preferred, but not required
• 5-7 years of relevant experience in traditional and experiential marketing, preferably high-profile corporate events and tradeshows, but not limited to that space
• 3+ years agency experience, ideally (or at least strong understanding of how agencies work – from process to revenue)
• Dynamic, engaging and creative approach to brand strategy and event planning, with a passion for sweating ‘surprise and delight’ details
• Personable individual who instills confidence in everyone they work with and will represent agency plus its corporate client’s personality, culture, and goal for delivering World Class experiences
• Exceptional relationship and influencing skills
• Experienced in strategic thinking and ability to see, articulate and drive to the big picture
• Passion and solution orientated approach to problem solving
• Exceptional verbal & written communication skills and adept at communicating effectively across all levels
• Highly developed presentation and delivery skills
• Ability to perform well in fast changing environments.
• Exceptional client management skillsDemonstrated success in leading multi-disciplinary teams in delivering exceptional work within budget parameters
• A passion to help and develop people – making yourself readily available to answer questions and offer support, and the ability to motivate people to succeed
• Demonstrated leadership and mentorship skills

The salary range for this position is $90,000 - $105,000. Where an employee or prospective employee is paid within this range will depend on, among other factors, actual ranges for current/former employees in the subject position; market considerations; location and region; budgetary considerations; tenure and standing with the company (applicable to current employees); as well as the employee's/applicant's background, pertinent experience, and qualifications.

To the extent permissible by local law, Omnicom’s policy requires employees to work in the office for a minimum of three days a week, unless additional in-office days are directed by their agency or manager.

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