H&L Partners is looking for an ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE. The ideal Account Executive acts as a link between clients and the agency and communicates clearly to all involved. The Account Executive will help support clients and shape our team, while learning highly desirable and career-accelerating skills.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Assist with client meeting prep and coordination

• Contribute to weekly client status reports

• Creative Production: Manage the agency creative production process/jobs, which includes, but is not limited to, opening jobs, writing creative briefs, creative kickoffs, creative presentations with clients, legal approvals, and processing POs and invoices.

• Competitive: Monitor creative competitive landscape and develop reports

• Trafficking: Manage creative trafficking across all campaigns, oversee talent reports and Strata reconciliation

• Merchandising: Manage all merchandising projects, including weekly marketing emails, monthly communications, marketing guides, and work with vendors to coordinate digital menu board and POP files

• Financial: Be an active participant in agency billing meetings to ensure timely and accurate processing of client and production invoices, timely job closings, client estimates

• Budget: Manage monthly production budget updates and accounting statement inputs. Work with supervisor on annual projected production expenditures and continually monitor and update

• Client Relationships: Develop strong relationships with clients, vendors, and promotional partners

• Take responsibility for leading other projects as assigned

QUALIFICATIONS

• Minimum education of a bachelor's degree in marketing, advertising, communication, or a closely related discipline

• Three to five years of experience in account service within an agency or marketing department is required

• Must have the ability to see the big picture, plan and prepare for the necessary next steps, and execute deliverables

• A professional, assertive manner, and an ability to instill confidence in clients

• Strong written and oral communications skills

• Ability to translate conceptual ideas and complex client feedback into coherent and actionable creative requests

• Presentation skills--both internally and with client

• Strong client service mindset

• A keen eye for details

• Proficiency with MS Office Suite—able to create, edit, and format Word documents,

Excel spreadsheets, and PowerPoint presentations

THE IDEAL CANDIDATE

• Has strong knowledge of retail merchandising

• Not just a doer, but a strategic and creative thinker

• Has the ability to drive deadlines and consistently meet them

• Is committed to doing their best work

• Is highly organized and can prioritize and manage their workload effectively

• Is optimistic and positive, with a can-do attitude

• Is adaptable and flexible—able to work with frequent shifts in direction

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Due to the high volume of applications we receive, we are unable to provide an individual response to every candidate.

H&L Partners is a full-service, integrated agency made up of diverse, collaborative, and multitalented individuals with experience in all areas of marketing communications. H&L Partners is based in Oakland, with offices in St. Louis, Phoenix, Chicago, Charlotte, Atlanta, and Miami.

To learn more about us, visit www.handlpartners.com.