Senior Sampling Campaign Lead

Pep; Cincinnati, Hoboken (OH, NJ); Hybrid; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Time Off

Health Plan

Family Support

401K Match

Autonomy

Training Reimbursement

Employee Groups

Job summary

pep, part of WPP, is seeking a Senior Account Executive - Sampling to drive omni‑channel sampling campaigns in Cincinnati, OH. You will lead campaigns from concept through delivery, aligning brand strategies with procurement and COE goals while managing budgets, timelines, and stakeholder communications.

The role requires entrepreneurial leadership, agility, and strong relationship skills to deliver value. Pep embraces a hybrid work model with competitive salary based on experience and a

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree preferred; Associates degree or equivalent experience also considered.
• Minimum 2 years’ experience in promotional sampling industry
• Experience in the CPG industry a plus (food and/or beauty and personal care)
• Extremely organized and communicates well across multiple parties
• Strong project management skills and cross functional collaboration
• Ability to identify and provide creative solutions to challenges

Responsibilities

• Research and propose sampling campaign ideas with proven ability to deliver against client’s strategic brief and drive key business objectives
• Create and deliver presentation of proposed ideas including rationale, detailed descriptions, timing and costs for approval by brand stakeholders
• Set KPIs and success criteria for each project including measurement methodology; align with client and vendor(s)
• Lead project kick off and alignment meetings and provide recaps
• Create and manage program timelines
• Act as main point of contact (project owner) managing communication amongst all vendor(s) and client stakeholders for all assigned sampling projects
• Collaborate with all key internal and external stakeholders and resources (e.g. brand teams, samping, vendors, cross functional client team members, WPP Unite colleagues partners, pep sourcing, etc.)
• Work with vendors and other necessary stakeholders to measure campaign performance against pre-determined KPIs
• Present program results to client along with insights and key learnings
• Remain current on trends and new innovation within the sampling industry; provide continuous, applicable thought leadership to client
• Present quarterly state of business updates to client including current sampling industry overview relative to client specific activity YTD
• Manage project file retention and file closure process
• Assist team on large-scale initiatives
• Lead establishment, development and improvement of processes/procedures related to Sampling

Skills

Project management

Cross-functional collaboration

Strong communication

Mentoring

Time management

Analytical thinking

Problem solving

Detail oriented

Team player

Stakeholder management

CPG industry knowledge

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Associates degree or equivalent experience

Tools

Microsoft Outlook

Microsoft Word

Microsoft PowerPoint

Microsoft Excel

Job description

pep, part of WPP, is seeking a Senior Account Executive - Sampling to drive omni‑channel sampling campaigns in Cincinnati, OH. You will lead campaigns from concept through delivery, aligning brand strategies with procurement and COE goals while managing budgets, timelines, and stakeholder communications.

The role requires entrepreneurial leadership, agility, and strong relationship skills to deliver value. Pep embraces a hybrid work model with competitive salary based on experience and a