Senior Account Manager

About the role

VML is seeking a Senior Account Manager to lead integrated campaigns for a large consumer account in the food CPG space, focusing on retail media objectives. This person will drive day-to-day client management to deliver brand campaigns and initiatives on time and on budget, in close partnership with project management. The Senior Account Manager will execute agency processes with excellence while fostering strong client relationships, ensuring seamless communication and collaboration across internal teams to consistently deliver high-quality work.

Responsibilities

• Partner closely with creative and/or integrated agency teams to facilitate project milestones and lead client initiatives.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for clients and be accountable for the successful implementation of campaigns.
• Build healthy relationships with internal departments, clients, and agency partners.
• Stay apprised of industry trends and best practices; share relevant competitive and category updates with internal team members and clients.
• Ensure a high standard of quality across all project output by teams and effectively manage client feedback and expectations.

Requirements

• 3-5+ years of prior client-facing experience in a marketing environment, with agency experience strongly preferred.
• Experience managing integrated campaigns with agency partners across media and retail media networks required.
• CPG or Food & Beverage shopper industry experience related to advertising efforts is a plus.
• Strong computer skills, with proficiency in Microsoft Office.
• Meticulous attention to detail.
• Flawless execution in the management of client projects.
• Excellent time management, able to prioritize competing deadlines.

Skills

• Ability to operate in a dual role as account/project management with a strategic mindset.
• Able to stay on top of deadlines and many moving pieces of projects in an organized way.
• Growth-minded: continually look for opportunities to grow the account and improve efficiencies.
• Excellent communicator: able to communicate clearly and effectively when managing any project or team.

Pay

The base salary range for this position is $45,000—$80,000 USD.

Schedule

We’ve adopted a hybrid approach, with teams in the office an average of four days a week.

Benefits

We offer a competitive benefits package. See WPP Benefits for more details.