Job Title: Account Manager
Location: Boulder, CO
Salary: $60,000.00 - $70,000.00 Annually

Who We Are:

SRG is an advertising agency and brand consultancy that works across the entire lifecycle of a brand. We are a mid-sized, privately held company headquartered in Boulder, Colorado, but embrace a hybrid working model. We are proudly majority women owned and led, and we have been named a Best Place to Work by Outside Magazine and AdAge.

Our Approach:

We approach challenges as a creative collective that pursues meaning by bringing together strategic minds, empathetic souls, and elegant sensibility to help brands find their unique place in culture. As a full-service agency and world-renowned consultancy in one, we are uniquely positioned to solve our clients’ problems through consumer insights, brand strategy, new product innovation, brand positioning, design, and advertising. Our advertising agency is supported with robust creative, digital, media, and analytics

Position:

An account manager can oscillate between being a supporting player on key accounts as well as the go-to person on other accounts. You will be responsible for initiating projects and guiding internal teams through the appropriate processes to effectively achieve all the day-to-day deliverables in support of the ongoing communications programs and larger strategic plan. This includes running projects from beginning to end, managing client communication on these projects, managing both internal and external schedules, monitoring budgets, and overseeing all elements of execution with little to no direction.

To be successful, you must be proactive, constantly curious and a self-starter who is able to motivate others and is exceptional at collaborating with other agency partners. Being detailed oriented and a proficient project manager is also a must, along with strong communication, leadership, and relationship building skills.

Responsibilities:

• Leverages understanding of marketing planning, brand positioning, media strategy, promotions, and research fundamentals
• Provides strategic input based on research analysis; drafts and finalizes reports summarizing key insights
• Takes ownership of the creation of reports and presentations with minimal guidance from senior team members
• Is viewed as the go-to person on day-to-day matters. Effectively guides teams and clients to complete day-to-day tasks in a timely manner
• Initiates and manages day-to-day communications programs (both digital and traditional), including scheduling, budgeting, execution, and follow-up with little to no direction
• Drafts creative and media briefs
• Understands client budget and conducts analysis. Regularly identifies opportunities to add revenue within existing clients
• Identifies and suggest solutions to internal processes and strategy
• Effectively manages work and time, appropriately defines priorities with no oversight

Qualifications:

Have 2–5 years of advertising agency and/or client-side experience within marketing, with a Food/Culinary/CPG focus. Bachelor’s degree required in marketing, advertising of equivalent field. Required skills include creative problem solving, initiative, and general interest in branding, marketing, and advertising. Must be a strong team player with proven ability to work with multiple teams. Demonstrates successful job progression within well-respective companies with a track record of leading a wide range projects.

Ideal candidates have the following traits:

• Detail oriented with proven ability to juggle multiple projects and clients with minimal guidance
• Ability to present self in professional manner in any situation
• Positive attitude and willingness to work hard to get the job done
• Proactive and results driven
• A creative and solution-oriented thinker with the ability to understand the bigger picture
• Actively manages up and works well with a range of personalities
• Understands the nuances and demands of working in a service-oriented field
• Has a proven understanding of integrated marketing, including promotions, production, digital, media, research, and brand building
• Has strong people management skills and has managed an assistant account manager or similar position
• Strong written communication skills and the ability to analyze data and provide input on strategic insights
• Demonstrated interest and/or experience in food/culinary

Benefits

• Fully paid health insurance options, eligible 1st day of the month following date of hire for employees working 25+ hours/week
• Unlimited flexible paid time off for vacation, child care, elder care, wellness days
• 8 hours' paid time off for volunteer work
• Flexible working schedules
• Hybrid, on-site, and remote work options
• Well-managed 401k program with employer matching up to 3% dependent on company's financial wellbeing
• Potential for year-end bonuses
• Dogs are welcome
• Weekly fresh air breaks and year-round Summer Fridays