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About the Role

The Account Executive (AE) acts as the main liaison between the agency and the client, responsible for the day-to-day operation of the client account. This role ensures the agency continues to champion efforts in making Famously Effective work for clients in a fast-paced and dynamic environment.

Responsibilities

• Assume the role of main day-to-day client contact.
• Develop strong relationships with clients across various disciplines and business areas.
• Continually seek ways to add value to the client agency relationship.
• Respond promptly to all client and internal requests.
• Become a subject matter expert in the client’s business, immersing yourself in their history, objectives, market trends, and vision.
• Influence the development of the highest quality creative work by sharing knowledge of the client, business, and brand and demonstrate strong creative judgement and strategic recommendations.
• Collaborate with Planning, Project Management, and Creative departments to write a strong inspiring agency brief and concept based on the client’s initial brief.
• Manage all internal checkpoints for a project, including legal and network clearance, talent management, business affairs and trafficking.
• Populate and distribute weekly/monthly status reports to key stake holders.
• Provide client-service administration, including preparing client status and activity reports, attending meetings and conference calls, compiling reports and competitor trend analyses, tracking usage and performance, scheduling, and organizing logistics.
• Supervise and provide mentorship and guidance to junior members of the team, including oversight of the Assistant Account Executives.
• Set priorities, organize workstreams, and assume a leadership role and key point of contact for assigned projects.

Requirements

• 1-3 years of experience in a marketing agency, association, or related field.
• Ability to be resourceful and think strategically and creatively.
• Desire to contribute to a diverse, equitable, and inclusive work community.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint).
• Familiar with other creative platforms including but not limited to Keynote, PDF.
• Superior language and grammar skills.

Skills

• Creative
• Productive
• Collaborative
• Adaptable
• Strategic thinking
• Creative thinking
• Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint)
• Keynote
• PDF
• Language skills
• Grammar skills

Location

• Remote

Work Type

• Full-time

Experience Level

• 1-3 years

Salary/Compensations

• $45,000—$95,000 CAD

About the Company

• Ogilvy, part of WPP, has been creating impact for brands through iconic, culture-changing, value-driving ideas since the company was founded by David Ogilvy 75 years ago.
• It builds on that rich legacy through Borderless Creativity – innovating at the intersections of its advertising, public relations, relationship design, consulting, and health capabilities with experts collaborating seamlessly across over 120 offices in nearly 90 countries.
• Ogilvy currently ranks as the #1 global agency network for creative excellence and effectiveness by WARC, signifying its ability to deliver creative solutions that drive unreasonable impact for clients and communities.
• Ogilvy is a WPP company (NYSE: WPP).
• WPP is the trusted growth partner for the world’s leading brands.
• We unite cutting-edge media intelligence and data solutions, world-class creativity, next-generation production, transformative enterprise solutions and expert strategic counsel in a single company – powered by exceptional talent and our agentic marketing platform, WPP Open, to help our clients navigate change, capture opportunity and deliver transformational growth.

Equal Opportunity

• At GREY we believe that being diverse, equitable and inclusive means we will be a company where ideas reflect, connect to, and impact culture because we are a place where everyone can fully participate in the work of making our ideas creative, famous and therefore effective in the world.
• Where every person is valued for distinctive skills, experiences and perspectives.
• It is supported by committed leadership, studio values, behaviors, policies and procedures that promote a culture where everyone’s difference is valued.
• GREY is a place where who you are - your race, ethnicity, nationality, age, physical and mental abilities, sexual orientation, gender/gender identity, religious beliefs, political beliefs, socioeconomic status, family status - will not cause disparity in your experience, but instead energizes your creativity and becomes an important and beneficial part of the work you do.
• Ogilvy is an equal opportunity employer and considers applicants for all positions without discrimination or regard to particular characteristics.
• We are committed to fostering a culture of respect in which everyone feels they belong and has the same opportunities to progress in their careers.
• If you need any assistance seeking a job opportunity, or if you need reasonable accommodation with the application process, please contact us at accommodations@ogilvy.com.