About the Position

Account Manager

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

About the Company

VML is a global creative company that combines brand experience, customer experience, and commerce to create connected brands that drive growth. Guided by a Human First philosophy, VML is known for its innovative work for brands and consistently ranks among the world’s leading creative companies, including the WARC Creative 100. VML’s global network spans 55+ markets with principal offices in Buenos Aires, Kansas City, London, New York, São Paulo, Shanghai, and Singapore.

VML is part of WPP, the trusted growth partner for the world's leading brands. Powered by exceptional talent and our agentic marketing platform WPP Open, WPP unites cutting-edge media intelligence and data solutions, creativity, production, enterprise solutions, and expert strategic counsel.

For more information, please visit www.vml.com and follow along on LinkedIn #WeAreVML.

Responsibilities

Client

Manage the full scope of small-scale partnerships.
Oversee vendor relationships, hit deadlines, monitor budgets, supply reporting, and provide status updates.
Participate in discussions during internal, vendor, and client meetings, as well as creative brainstorming and client planning sessions.
Assist with vendor set-up, purchase orders/contracts, proof of performance, and billing in support of finance requirements.
Facilitate simple client design requests such as ad resizes.
Ensure client contact lists remain up to date.

Work

Has a base understanding of advertising, digital, and media industry trends/developments and uses this knowledge to present new ideas and best practices to the District Team.
Vet potential new partnerships.
Help create client-facing materials including partnership recommendations and performance reports.
Assist with the management of program tracker and program budgets, as well as new processes and procedures.
Track deadlines as it pertains to client deliverables such as monthly performance reports and budget tracker reports.
Track production orders to ensure the budget is balanced and deliveries are received.

Team

Proactively seek and identify new opportunities within the District Team and broader agency team.
Prepare account service-related documents such as meeting agendas and recap notes for Senior Account Managers and Supervisors.
Proof internal and external materials to ensure grammatical and formatting accuracy.

Requirements

Eager: Whether you're just starting out in your career, or a year or two into agency life, this role is best suited to someone who is ready and willing to learn. You are a go-getter attitude that sees no task as too small and a self-starter with excellent problem-solving skills.
An Anticipator: You manage expectations by facilitating progress of the district account team and advising of any delays while proactively finding solutions for situations as needed. You also demonstrate the ability to juggle many projects at once while being able to prioritize each task.
Detail-oriented: You have an eye for the details; checks and double checks any work, especially final deliverables for perfect accuracy. And you apply client brand identity and brand guidelines to all materials.
Ego-less: We all wear the hats that need wearing- it’s a mentality that makes the district account team successful. You are driven, organized, and motivated with a genuine passion for success.

Skills

Core Skills:
- Proficient communication skills including both verbal and written
- Strong knowledge of MS Office, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook
- Excellent organizational and time management skills
- Strong knowledge of advertising, digital, and media industry trends
Secondary Skills: None

We Offer

Base Salary: $50,000-$90,000 USD
Competitive Benefits Package: Click WPP Benefits for more details.
Work Location: Hybrid approach, with teams in the office an average of four days a week.
Equal Opportunity Employer: WPP (VML) is an equal opportunity employer and considers applicants for all positions without discrimination or regard to characteristics.

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