Overview:
We have a simple belief — Unexpected Works. It means that the best idea is the one you never saw coming. The thing that catches you so off guard that you can‘t look away. And the only path to genuinely unexpected works is through creativity. Not just what passes for creativity because it answers a brief, looks the part and helps everyone sleep at night. But creativity that is foreign, surprising and interesting enough to cause jaws to drop and sales to soar. It’s having the fresh perspective and raw energy to bring something into the world that no one’s ever seen before. We’re talking about the courage to shake things up and maybe even tear a few things down. And knowing that what most would call the finish line is where the real work starts. We believe in people, product, and profit, in that order. For us, people always come first. They’re the soul of our agency. It takes amazing folks to make amazing work. That’s why we make sure everyone who comes through the door is as great as the people who are already here. It’s also why we constantly strive to build diverse teams where everyone brings something unique to the table. Because you can’t make the unexpected if you only work with the usual suspects. By bringing together diverse thinkers with different backgrounds and perspectives, we validate Bill Bernbach’s notion that an idea can turn to dust or magic, depending on the talent that rubs against it. So, come be part of the magic.
As a Senior Account Executive, you are mastering the day-to-day business leadership skills and beginning to contribute strategically. You are now working to build working relationships with all departments in the agency, developing mentoring skills for the juniors on your team, and fostering collaboration. Tracking all critical issues on your projects and knowing when to escalate issues is becoming more and more important. You will also begin to collaborate with internal departments to build assumptions, timelines, scopes and get and share feedback on project briefs.
Responsibilities:
- Building client relationships and taking ownership of assigned projects.
- Working with internal departments to build tactic assumptions, timelines, scopes, and understand and communicate client input and feedback.
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Monitoring active projects with the client.
- Working with strategy, creative, PM, and production throughout the life cycle of a project - from intake and brief through to execution and optimization.
- Learning how to present to clients and to internal teams and how to communicate clearly and efficiently.
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Gaining significant experience in writing SOWs, POVs, contact reports, and briefs, as well as the ability to contribute to strategic documents.
Qualifications:
- 3+ years of professional experience in Marketing/Advertising.
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Proven experience in effective project management.
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Strong facilitation/presentation skills, both in preparing materials required and in delivery. Excellent written skills.
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Solution-oriented, assertive and resilient.
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Readiness for personal responsibility.
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Strong time management skills.
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Quick to point out potential concerns in a constructive way.
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More autonomous ownership of projects and developing a sense of the role the agency plays for clients and building confidence to challenge the status quo with their teams.
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Comfortable speaking about strategy and creativity, as well as clients' businesses and categories.
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Loves the power of creativity.
DDB is committed to diversity in its workforce and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and to review all of our job postings to minimize biased language. DDB Chicago does not make hiring or employment decisions on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, gender, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, sex, gender expression or identity, sexual orientation, citizenship, or any other basis protected by applicable local, state or federal law.
