The Intersection of Calling & Career

World Vision is now hiring for Senior Account Executive (creative agency).

01 At a Glance

**Role:**Senior Account Executive (internal creative agency)

Level: Senior (individual contributor, requires at least 7 years of experience)

Required Experience: Bachelor's degree, preferably in marketing, advertising, or a related field, or 8 years of equivalent work experience. In addition, the role requires 7 years of work experience in agency account management or account strategy/planning with increasing responsibility – external agency experience required. Strategic thinker and self-starter who can multi-task well in a fast-paced environment. Superior communication (written and verbal), presentation, and negotiation skills. Goal and outcome-oriented. See section “03 You Bring” for more information.

Preferred Experience: Account management of multiple verticals. Mentoring of account team members. Conducting research and extrapolating insights. Overseeing integrated campaigns.

Salary Range: $69,355.72 - $108,024.63. Applies to locations with a market similar to our U.S. HQ in the Greater Seattle area. A different range may apply based on your work location. The typical hiring range is $75,000 - $85,000. Job offers within the range are based on relevant job qualifications and pay equity. Job offers within the range are based on relevant job qualifications and pay equity. See the “Salary Range & Benefits” section below for more details on our compensation and benefits.

Benefits: Yes. Click here to learn more.

Location: United States. The role can be based in over 40 states.

Company Size/Type: 1000+. Non-profit charitable organization. Together, we empower the most vulnerable children to overcome poverty and experience the fullness of life. We help children of all backgrounds, even in the most dangerous places, inspired by our Christian faith.

**02 The Job **Are you ready to merge your strategic account management skills with your heart to impact the world? If so, join World Vision and the team responsible for flipping the script on child sponsorship and for producing award-winning creative. You’ll play a pivotal role within a dynamic creative team developing high quantity/high-quality deliverables ranging from print to video to digital experiences. Serve as a strategic liaison with senior-level clients, taking a lead role in marketing activities through finding creative solutions and nurturing internal client relationships. Work with other agency Account Managers to deliver key insights and innovative content. Help carry out our Christian organization’s mission, vision, and strategies. Personify the ministry of World Vision by witnessing to Christ and ministering to others through life, deed, word, and sign.

Responsibilities Include:

1 | Keep Christ central in individual and corporate life. Actively participate in and contribute to the spiritual disciplines of the organization (Christian conduct, devotions, chapel, prayer, worship); incorporate World Vision Core Values into decisions within the scope of the role.

2 | Consulting and Collaboration:

• Establish and maintain deep, trust-based relationships with client leaders and other partners.
• Identify clients’ needs and requirements, and work with creative teams to deliver creative that achieves results against key client metrics.
• Apply an advanced understanding of the organization’s key strategies and client’s marketing objectives. Provide strategic consultation to the client with support from Manager and VP.
• Translate insights to the internal creative team through writing inspiring creative briefs and ensure strategic insights and business objectives are married to creative solutions.
• Effectively present creative to clients and senior leaders; guide the feedback process and revision cycle to maximize efficiency.
• Actively participate in longer-term account planning and help shape efficiencies across agency departments, including project management and creative.
• Lead client and internal meetings, including setting agendas, establishing meeting objectives, guiding conversation, recapping meetings in a way that drives action, and informing other stakeholders as needed.
• High-level project management, working closely with clients, internal account managers, creative team, and outside agency partners to deliver on scope, on time, on budget creative.
• Successfully manage multiple clients with competing priorities, from both a service perspective and a program execution perspective.
• Anticipate and lead the resolution of emerging account problems or challenges.
• Keep abreast of trends and opportunities within marketing, media, and non-profit industries to proactively identify opportunity areas for our clients.

3 | Team Leadership:

• Lead and mentor a team of agency account managers and/or Project Managers, ensuring outcomes are aligned with organizational and divisional strategies.
• Promote a culture of high performance and continuous improvement that values learning and a commitment to quality.
• Ensure the implementation and consistent use of best practices in the creation and development of client deliverables.

4 | Maintain awareness of corporate goals, objectives, organizational announcements, and activities. Reference and follow organizational policies and procedures, seeking clarity as needed.

5 | Perform other duties as assigned.

03 You Bring Your compassion to serve those in need, your 7+ years of marketing and agency prowess, your dexterity for problem-solving and penchant for innovation. You have an ability to translate marketing briefs into creative strategy and paint a picture of creative possibility. You're able to anticipate cross-functional dependencies and facilitate feedback and complex communication.

04 What success looks like

• You’re a strategic thinker and servant-leader who will inspire and guide internal teams to deliver, not just good, but great creative work.
• You thrive on building strong relationships and will quickly become a trusted, insightful advisor to internal clients, solving difficult problems while working in collaboration with some very smart and talented teammates.
• You learn and apply industry best practices and market trends and use them to develop strategies that help achieve organizational goals.

05 Salary Range & Benefits Your compensation and benefits are important to you so they’re important to us. The full salary range for this role is $69,355.72 - $108,024.63. The typical hiring range is $75,000 - $85,000. Job offers within the range are based on relevant job qualifications and pay equity. World Vision employees see our Salary Administration Guidelines and My Life My Benefits pages on our organization intranet known as The Vine. Please indicate the range you're targeting when asked during the application process. In addition, we have a robust and comprehensive benefits package to round out our total compensation package. Click here to learn more (this position is a grade 224). Additionally, merit, auto allowance, and relocation are available to eligible employees based on existing plans.

06 Where this job could take your career World Vision U.S. is a part of the larger World Vision International partnership. Globally, we have 34,000+ staff working in nearly 100 countries. About 1000 of us call World Vision U.S. home. You'll have opportunities to advance within our robust and talented group of professionals as you continue to stretch and grow your career for the future.

**07 About World Vision U.S. **We are a global community of change agents, living and serving in close to 100 countries. For nearly 75 years, through God's provision, we've been equipping vulnerable children and their communities to lift themselves out of poverty for good. And we've worked hard to become one of the most trusted charities with our communities and external partners. We are the leading nongovernmental provider of clean water in the developing world and also the largest distribution partner of the World Food Programme.

**08 Let your work be your faith in action **This is the place where your creative know-how and strategic account skills can help transform lives. Where your calling and gifting merge. Where you can serve some of the most vulnerable children in the world through your talents and time. Every line of copy, every child’s story, every experiential touchpoint can move hearts and hands toward helping end extreme poverty. The impact we get to be a part of is real. Join us and see for yourself.

**09 To Apply **Press the appropriate button on this page.

10 What happens next? Glad you asked. We owe you that and strive to not leave you wondering. We review applications nearly every day assessing the strength of fit for the role. Sometimes questions arise on our end, so we message you to learn more. Short-listed candidates are contacted for an initial conversation with our recruiting staff. Moving deeper into our selection process you can expect to interview 1:1 with a hiring manager. Finalists normally participate in a panel interview where the opportunity to meet additional members of our staff lends itself to a 360-degree view of the role. Our most valuable resource is our talented staff. Our goal is to fill this vacancy with the right person in the shortest amount of time, so we are fully staffed to move this important work forward.

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