Account Manager - Media Buying & Planning

About the role

M+C Saatchi Performance is looking for an Account Manager to join our team. The Account team plays a critical role in managing the agency’s relationship with key clients while ensuring the seamless implementation, maintenance and execution of paid media campaigns across various channels and platforms, including search, social, programmatic and display.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the day-to-day management of assigned accounts, ensuring seamless execution of media plans, with support from your manager
• Develop a deep understanding of your clients’ marketing goals, target audience, and challenges
• Ensure ongoing client satisfaction and actively contribute to the team’s goal of growing the account(s)
• Aid in the development of strategy documents, media plans, post-campaign analyses, quarterly business reviews, and other client deliverables
• Act as a central point of coordination with internal and external teams (e.g. creative, data, search & social, programmatic, etc.) to help form overall strategy, planning, and execution of campaigns for our clients
• Own weekly statuses and tracking documents, both internally and externally, to ensure smooth account management

Requirements

• A minimum of 1 year media planning and buying experience across digital channels with an emphasis on performance media – agency experience preferred
• A foundational understanding of digital strategy, how it’s devised and executed across display, search, social, mobile, CTV, etc.
• Highly numerate – very comfortable with data analysis and how this feeds into performance planning
• Good communication, both written and verbal, with strong client-facing and presentation skills
• Excellent attention to detail and organizational skills. Adept at juggling multiple projects, meeting deadlines and operating in a fast-paced environment
• A collaborative mindset with a positive, solutions-oriented approach
• Self-starter, committed to achieving results
• Proficiency in MS Excel, Word and PowerPoint. Familiarity with ad platforms (Meta Ads Manager, Google Ads, or similar) is a plus

Qualifications

Additional Information:

• Salary Band: $60,000 - $70,000 per year
• Competitive benefits package, including 20 vacation days and 401k match
• Summer Fridays: we aim to stop working at 3:00pm on Fridays from Memorial Day to Labor Day
• Holiday Break: 11 annual bank holidays, plus Christmas to New Year’s Eve
• Flexible work arrangements available, combining on-site and remote work as needed. Two days per week in the NY office required

Benefits

• Summer Fridays: we aim to stop working at 3:00pm on Fridays from Memorial Day to Labor Day
• Holiday Break: 11 annual bank holidays, plus Christmas to New Year’s Eve
• Flexible work arrangements available, combining on-site and remote work as needed. Two days per week in the NY office required

Pay

$60,000 - $70,000 per year

Schedule

Full-time