Account Supervisor

Primary Job Responsibilities

• Understand the creative process and provide ideas for improving existing executions
• Ability to see the big picture, identify key issues, and provide proactive tactical and strategic recommendations
• Demonstrate mastery of brand category and competitive data, including key studies
• Seek non-traditional solutions to marketing/marketplace problems
• Internalize marketplace events, market research, etc., and develop and communicate strategic/tactical recommendations for the brand
• Oversee/manage the tactical plan development process, while contributing to tactical plan design
• Communicate key client issues/initiatives to team
• Oversee creation of competitive review
• Generate key issues/objectives/strategies
• Supervise development of tactics/budget/timing
• Manage internal approval process
• Keep senior management briefed on account activities
• Foster a positive and productive team atmosphere and establish credibility both internally and externally
• Facilitate and maximize client relationships
• Maintain regular client contact at all levels and become integral part of client team, ensuring that the client is updated and briefed on all relevant account activity
• Ensure that all agency work represents the best we have to offer -- strategically sound, arresting creative, error-free
• Ensure that client is perceived positively within agency
• Understand the client's perspective and challenges, and communicate these to the entire agency team
• Demonstrate a thorough understanding of the client's business and actively seek opportunities for further account development
• Foster client understanding of the agency's needs and perspective
• Establish credibility with clients at all levels

Additional Responsibilities

• Communicate effectively and professionally both internally and externally
• Demonstrate good problem-solving and interpersonal skills
• Demonstrate ability to set priorities while handling multiple projects and to delegate work appropriately
• Remain calm despite high pressure situations
• Project a professional, positive attitude toward peers and clients within the department and the agency
• Embody service-oriented attitude and uphold quality standards in servicing the client
• Maintain accurate time sheets
• Foster a positive team atmosphere demonstrating respect for peers and supervisors
• Assist other members of department/team as needed when workload allows
• Foster senior level partnerships with creative/account colleagues
• Understand when it's appropriate to make decisions independently and when to escalate issues/decisions to manager
• Uphold the Company Values in all decisions and interactions

Management Responsibilities

• Assign work to assure project deadlines are met
• Monitor overall workload to effect efficiency and assure that waiting or downtime is minimized
• Keep supervisor or department head apprised of any workload challenges/concerns on assigned team accounts that may necessitate hiring freelancers
• Monitor, review and approve direct report's time sheets in terms of hours worked on specific jobs
• Provide constructive and direct ongoing feedback to direct reports
• Evaluate performance of direct reports and complete and deliver performance reviews
• Help supervisor manage and resolve staff issues including performance, personal presentation and internal interactions; anticipate/address performance issues quickly and directly
• Recommend adjustments/additions to the roles and procedures of the department to achieve continuous improvement and efficiency across all accounts and/or specific accounts
• Help interview, train and orient new team members to the agency, department, and account(s) at the direction of department head
• Provide ongoing guidance to all team members and be available to them as a resource for account/agency/departmental policies, procedures, etc.

Qualifications

• College Degree, preferably in marketing, advertising, communications or science/medicine
• 4 years Agency or comparable experience (HCP Agency marketing experience preferred)
• Excellent written and oral communication skills including ability to write basic documents (Creative Briefs)
• Maturity to handle senior-level Client contact
• Understanding of business principals
• Thorough knowledge of, and depth of experience with, marketing/advertising
• Ability to manage and train staff, including prioritization of creative hours