Account Executive

ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE

WHO WE ARE

At Grey we create Famously Effective ideas – creativity that delivers business results – for the world’s most influential brands. Our core values – creativity, unity, empathy, and service – power the work we do in each of our 30+ studios across six continents. Newsweek (2023) recently named Grey a Top 100 Most Loved Workplace, and in 2024 was ranked a top 10 Network by the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity.

POSITION OVERVIEW

The Account Executive (AE) acts as the main liaison between the agency and the client and will report into the Account Supervisor or VP, Account Director. The AE is responsible for the day-to-day operation of the client account including attending client presentations and gaining internal and external creative concept approval. Our work is fully integrated across live-action television shoots, content development, digital, social, and OOH. This is a fast-paced and dynamic role in which you will be a true partner to our clients and cross-functional agency teams ensuring that Grey continues to champion our efforts in making Famously Effective work for our clients.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Client + Brand Advisor
• Assume the role of main day-to-day client contact.
• Develop strong relationships with clients across various disciplines and business areas throughout the organization, including Creative, Strategy/Planning, Project Management, and Production teams.
• Continually seek ways to add value to the client agency relationship.
• Respond promptly to all client and internal requests.
• Become a subject matter expert in the client’s business, immersing yourself in their history, objectives, market trends, and vision.
• Creative Collaborator and Creative Champion
• Influence the development of the highest quality creative work by sharing knowledge of the client, business, and brand and demonstrate strong creative judgement and strategic recommendations.
• Collaborate with Planning, Project Management, and Creative departments to write a strong inspiring agency brief and concept based on the client’s initial brief.
• Management of all internal checkpoints for a project, including legal and network clearance, talent management, business affairs and trafficking.
• Populate and distribute weekly/monthly status reports to key stake holders.
• Provide client-service administration, including preparing client status and activity reports, attending meetings and conference calls, compiling reports and competitor trend analyses, tracking usage and performance, scheduling (in partnership with your Project Manager and Financial partners), and organizing logistics.
• Supervise and provide mentorship and guidance to junior members of the team, including oversight of the Assistant Account Executives.
• Intentional Leadership
• Set priorities, organize workstreams, and assume a leadership role and key point of contact for assigned projects.
• Supervise and provide mentorship and guidance to junior members of the team, including oversight of the Assistant Account Executives

WHAT YOU WILL NEED:

• 1-3 years of experience in a marketing agency, association, or related field.
• Ability to be resourceful and think strategically and creatively.
• Desire to contribute to a diverse, equitable, and inclusive work community.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint).
• Familiar with other creative platforms including but not limited to Keynote, PDF.
• Superior language and grammar skills.

WHO YOU ARE:

• Creative: Putting together two things to create a third thing no one’s ever seen before
• Productive: Acting on ideas to make things happen and get stuff done
• Collaborative: Focused on the greater good versus personal gain
• Adaptable: Ready and able to embrace change

At Grey we believe that being diverse, equitable and inclusive means we will be a company where ideas reflect, connect to, and impact culture because we are a place where everyone can fully participate in the work of making our ideas creative, famous and therefore effective in the world. Where every person is valued for distinctive skills, experiences and perspectives. It is supported by committed leadership, studio values, behaviors, policies and procedures that promote a culture where everyone’s difference is valued.

Grey is a place where who you are - your race, ethnicity, nationality, age, physical and mental abilities, sexual orientation, gender/gender identity, religious beliefs, political beliefs, socioeconomic status, family status - will not cause disparity in your experience, but instead energizes your creativity and becomes an important and beneficial part of the work you do.