Vice President of National Accounts, Website Advertising Agency
Chicago IL
Posted 9 months ago
We are seeking a Vice President of National Accounts for a Website Advertising Agency.
The base salary is $150,000-$180,000 plus a 20% bonus.
Responsibilities:
- Develop enduring relationships with day-to-day clients and key decision-makers by providing strategy-grounded recommendations inspired by industry thought leadership.
- Display active leadership as a stakeholder throughout the project lifecycle for multiple accounts.
- Collaborate with creative, strategy, technology, production, media, data, and analytics teams to formulate strategies and ideas that surpass client goals.
- Lead integrated marketing planning exercises with clients, agencies, and cross-agency partners.
- Identify and suggest omnichannel solutions leveraging paid, earned, and/or owned channels.
- Utilize data-driven insights to shape strategy, ideation, creative development, and ongoing thought leadership.
- Conduct client presentations with compelling strategic and visual storytelling.
- Encourage collaboration between clients, internal project teams, and agency partners.
- Anticipate future client needs and proactively manage and mitigate risks.
- Create opportunities for social and professional engagement with clients to foster ongoing partnerships.
- Mentor account and cross-functional team members to maximize growth potential.
- Collaborate with agency leadership to plan, forecast, and enhance profitability.
Qualifications:
- 8-10+ years of marketing experience with 5+ years in a client-facing role at an interactive agency.
- Demonstrated ability to derive actionable insights from qualitative and quantitative data.
- Thorough understanding of paid, earned, and owned media channels.
- Proven experience with strategy, creative, and production life cycles (including agile) at a digital agency.
- Successful project management experience, including implementing new agency processes and workflows.
- Experience in consumer brands, retail, and e-commerce.
- Preferred experience with photo/video production.
- Financial management across multiple accounts.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Communications, or equivalent.
- Experience working on a luxury brand is a plus.
- Flexibility for the position to be based in the Chicago office 2 days per week.
Competitive Benefits:
- Flexible PTO, including vacation time, holidays, sick days, etc.
- Comprehensive health coverage, including medical, dental, and vision.
- Paid parental leave.
- Company-paid life insurance.
- 401K match and vesting plan.
- Employee referral bonus.
- Discounted prices on appliances and electronics.