About the Role
The Account Manager serves as the lead for agriculture clients, driving integrated marketing and communications programs. This role involves managing client relationships, coordinating projects, monitoring industry trends, supporting strategic communications, and ensuring timely, budget-conscious delivery of work.
Responsibilities
- Serve as the primary day-to-day contact for assigned clients.
- Lead weekly client meetings and prepare agendas, meeting notes, and action items.
- Anticipate client needs and identify opportunities to add strategic value.
- Ensure exceptional client service across all deliverables.
- Monitor emerging issues affecting beef, dairy, agriculture, food systems, sustainability, nutrition, and public policy.
- Conduct research to support strategic recommendations and campaign development.
- Summarize complex information into concise client-ready insights.
- Identify trends in consumer behavior, media, nutrition, agriculture, and food production.
- Conduct daily media monitoring across traditional, trade, digital, and social channels.
- Identify emerging issues, opportunities, and potential reputational risks.
- Assist with crisis monitoring and rapid-response communications when needed.
- Track campaign performance and earned media results.
- Support execution of integrated communications programs.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Agricultural Communications, Agricultural Journalism, Marketing, Communications, Public Relations, Journalism, or related field.
- 3–6 years of experience in an agency, agricultural organization, commodity board, association, or corporate communications role.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Strong project management and organizational abilities.
- Experience leading client meetings.
- Strong presentation skills.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office and Google Workspace.
- Experience with Beef Checkoff.
- Experience with Dairy Checkoff.
- Experience with State beef councils.
- Experience with Dairy promotion organizations.
- Experience with Agricultural associations.
- Experience with Livestock production.
- Experience with Producer communications.
- Experience with Food and nutrition communications.
- Experience with Sustainability communications.
- Experience with Media relations.
- Experience with Social media management.
- Experience with Meltwater, Cision, or similar media monitoring platforms.
- Experience with AI productivity tools (ChatGPT, Copilot, Gemini) used responsibly for research, ideation, and content support.
Skills
- Communication
- Organization
- Project management
- Written communication
- Verbal communication
- Presentation skills
- Microsoft Office proficiency
- Google Workspace proficiency
- Media monitoring
- AI productivity tools
Location
- Flexible/Remote
Work Type
- Remote
- Hybrid
Experience Level
- 3-6 years
Education Level
- Bachelor's degree
About the Company
- Hahn is an integrated marketing communications agency built for brands in energy, health and nutrition, food and beverage, and data-powered services.
- Hahn's mission is to shape the future of everyday brands by building belief and trust.
- Hahn combines foresight and soul to make the complex simple, the everyday essential, and the essential unforgettable.
- Hahn aims to become the leader in predictive marketing communications and PR with integrity, innovation, and impact.
