Agency Account Supervisor – Atlanta

National agency’s Atlanta office is seeking an Account Supervisor to manage the continued development of one of its major national clients.  This position will be responsible for day-to-day client relationships, brand leadership, managing the creative development and production process, and mentoring junior level talent.  They will be a part of a team that is passionate about pursuing better creative ideas and is expected to be a key driver of all aspects of the account: Client Leadership, Strategy, and Creative.

Specific accountabilities include:

• Developing a complete understanding of the client’s business and brand initiatives.
• Being a trusted client advisor for strategic marketing and communications issues; partnering with clients to develop marketing strategies.
• Creating client brand strategies and individual project plans.
• Analyzing and communicating market results and monitors brand threats and opportunities. Provides business information to agency team and develops creative briefs with Account Planning.
• Developing and presenting new ideas and innovative approaches to solve client business issues (e.g. new technology, best practices on brand marketing, leveraging other agency disciplines beyond current scope, etc.)
• Overseeing execution of brand idea / plan from initial concept through final measurement.
• Addressing client/internal questions related to the briefs throughout the creative process.
• Determining research needs for qualitative and quantitative testing with Account Planning
• Conducting testing meetings – identifying key insights and creative implications?.
• Providing guidance on timing, budget and legal issues for creative briefing
• Overseeing logistics, timing and budget issues associated with creative development
• Supervising the writing of weekly status reports and attending all internal and external status meetings?·
• Reviewing production cost estimates and confirming client approval.
• Conducting pre-production meetings and internal and external reviews of work.
• Monitoring projects scope and define project resource requirements.
• Working with clients to identify opportunities for future operational improvements
• Determining alternate methods of meeting project deadlines/goals

Agency contributions include:

• Suggesting new, innovative ideas for improving the agency’s strategic, competitive advantage.
• Guiding career development for AAE/AEs and creating opportunities for individuals to develop … performs timely evaluations of direct reports.
• Creating a positive agency/team culture.
• Maintaining quality assurance and develops ideas for continuous improvement
• Understands P&L issues and identifies opportunities to reduce costs and increase agency profitability.

Qualifications include:

• Bachelor’s degree
• 5+ years of agency experience.  Retail, QSR, or consumer package goods preferred.
• “Hands-on” integrated production experience: Broadcast, Print, Digital, Radio and Social Media.
• A leader – a leader of internal teams and building superior client relationships.
• Outstanding communications skills – verbal, written, oral and presentation.
• A fanatic for details.
• A great team player that is also an independent leader.
• A Passion for advertising with a hunger to learn more … willing to go the extra mile, stay the extra hour, and do whatever is necessary to make the work better.

Interested and qualified candidates are requested to submit their credentials and resume in confidence at our website, www.yaekleco.com.