Senior Account Strategist

Summary

Join Elevated Third as a Senior Account Strategist in this remote, full-time contract-to-hire position based in the US. You will be the primary client contact, managing relationships, overseeing significant revenue streams, and driving growth. Responsibilities include managing client projects, ensuring budget compliance, and fostering strong client partnerships. This role requires a bachelor's degree, 4+ years of agency or client-side experience, proven success in managing multi-million dollar accounts, and excellent communication skills. Elevated Third offers a competitive salary, generous PTO, comprehensive health benefits, retirement savings plan, and profit sharing.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Business, Communications, or a related field
• 4+ years of experience delivering digital work in an agency or client-side environment
• Proven ability to manage and grow client relationships, including a demonstrated ability to close a $1MM quota
• Strong communication skills, both verbal and written, with an emphasis on building rapport and trust
• Ability to have difficult conversations and hold clients accountable to their commitments
• Decisive, organized, and efficient, with the ability to prioritize tasks and manage multiple client accounts simultaneously
• Exemplify company values and identify corresponding behaviors in others

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with leadership to manage assigned clients, including scope and deliverables, while overseeing $1 to $1.5MM in revenue
• Contribute to the number of projects that meet utilization targets, maintaining a billable target of 65% and ensuring a portfolio/client margin of 65%
• Drive organic growth by expanding the existing client base by $1MM annually, identifying and leading opportunities for growth
• Enter time and monitor project Earned At Completion (EAC), escalating issues proactively to mitigate financial risks and maintain budget compliance
• Partner with lead project managers to monitor deliverable activities, ensuring projects stay on time and within budget while providing team members with the necessary inputs
• Maintain weekly contact with day-to-day client representatives to manage deliverables, holding clients accountable to defined scopes and addressing incremental requests as they arise
• Engage clients in discussions about their business needs, pulling in Elevated Third SMEs when appropriate to deepen the conversation
• Act as the primary client contact during the discovery phase, facilitating knowledge transfer about Elevated Third’s expertise beyond industry specifics
• Assist in developing comprehensive account plans and understanding the Fast Track Framework

Preferred Qualifications

Familiarity with data-driven decision-making and analytics is a plus

Benefits

• Competitive Salary: We believe in compensating our team fairly for their hard work
• Generous Paid Time Off: Enjoy a full week off between Christmas and New Year's Day, plus additional PTO
• Health Benefits: Comprehensive medical and dental insurance, along with a 100% employer-funded health reimbursement account
• Retirement Savings: 401K program with a 4% employer match to help you prepare for the future
• Profit Sharing: Semi-annual bonuses based on agency performance to share in our collective success