Assistant Account Executive

Summary

Join the Ad Council team as an Assistant Account Executive to create and implement communications campaigns for social good issues. Assist account teams in campaign management, coordinate administrative activities, and maintain accurate records. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to analyze campaign performance and support digital development efforts.

Requirements

• 1+ years of account or project management experience (previous advertising and marketing experience preferred)
• Excellent oral and written communications
• Demonstrated critical thinking and analytical skills
• Proven track record of leadership through experiences as a team leader (sports, clubs, extracurricular activities, or in group work) where you demonstrated effective communication, decision-making, and ability to take initiative
• Strong computer skills with knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite, particularly Outlook, Excel and PowerPoint
• A passion for social change

Responsibilities

• Assist account team in the management of strategic and creative development, production and evaluation for 2-4 fully-integrated multimedia campaigns
• Keep cross-functional team updated on campaign development and key milestones
• Coordinate administrative activities and communications around campaign development, including timelines, call reports, meeting preparation, etc
• Maintain accurate up-to-date campaign budgets, financial records, vendor agreements, and contract reporting
• Facilitate workflow between clients, partner agencies and other vendors by scheduling meetings, coordinating reviews of campaign materials, aggregating feedback and securing all necessary approvals
• Draft and coordinate media marketing and promotional materials for campaigns
• Collaborate with cross-functional team to analyze and report on real-time campaign performance, including donated and earned media support, managed platforms results (Meta, YouTube, LinkedIn, Snap, etc.), and website and social media analytics
• Support your campaigns’ social media and digital development efforts, including reviewing editorial calendars, reviewing/crafting website content, and assisting with site QA
• Support account team by fostering open and collaborative internal and external relationships
• Conduct competitive review, partner/talent vetting, trend analyses and other relevant campaign/issue research as needed
• Maintain campaign assets, inventory and vendor information to ensure all elements are current, updated and available in our databases

Benefits

• Health: Ad Council provides private medical, dental and vision insurance for humans, insurance for your pets, health savings benefits, plus reimbursement toward health and wellness expenses
• Growth: Eligibility to participate in generous 403(b) plan with tenure-based portfolio growth, tuition reimbursement and professional development opportunities
• Happiness: Robust and flexible time off for vacation, staycations, holidays, and parental leave along with community engagement opportunities