Assistant Campaign Manager

Summary

Join the Ad Council as an Assistant Account Executive (Assistant Campaign Manager) and become an integral part of a team creating impactful social good campaigns. You will assist in the strategic development, production, and evaluation of fully integrated campaigns, collaborating with agencies and partners. Responsibilities include managing campaign materials, budgets, and reporting on performance. The ideal candidate is a strong project manager with excellent communication skills and a passion for social change. This is a 6-month contract position with a monthly salary of $5,250 and limited benefits. The position can be fully remote.

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 campaign team in the strategic and creative development, production and evaluation for 2 - 4 fully-integrated 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
• Manage development of media marketing and promotional materials for campaigns
• Facilitate workflow between clients, partner agencies and other vendors by coordinating campaign materials and securing all necessary approvals
• Maintain accurate up-to-date campaign budgets, financial records, vendor SOWs, MSAs and contract reporting
• 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, Snap, LinkedIn, 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 campaign 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

Preferred Qualifications

• Previous advertising and marketing experience
• A strong project manager who thrives on being organized and detail-oriented in a fast-paced and deadline-driven environment; is able to connect the dots and adapts easily to changing circumstances
• A team player who works well with others and builds relationships easily and proactively in a remote environment
• Comfortable with all forms of interpersonal communications (including email, text/Slack, phone/video, in-person)
• A desire to learn and approach everything with a curious mindset
• Proactive and solutions-oriented; not afraid to raise your hand and roll up your sleeves

Benefits

• $5,250 monthly compensation, paid semi-monthly
• Limited benefits
• Paid time off
• Fully remote position option