Account Manager

Overview

Veritas – an award-winning marketing and PR agency - is in the market for a PR unicorn with a leadership mindset, who is equal parts creative and culturally dialed in. One who lives and breathes the music, entertainment and pop culture scene, and known as the person in your friend group who’s always in the know.

Responsibilities

• Work with senior team members in the agency to nurture strong client partnerships
• Handle client demands in the consumer/retail/lifestyle space
• Demonstrate team leadership (client facing and internal)
• Embody a deep understanding of traditional, influencer and digital communications
• Maintain and monitor workflows and assignments by effectively/efficiently running account teams, and being able to problem solve and offer solutions as needed
• Understand achieve billable targets
• Effectively interpret/develop plans based on client briefs
• Build strong and fruitful relationships with clients and agency partners
• Mentor, guide and develop junior staff
• Offer creative solutions to our clients on their business challenges
• Inject research, exploration and integration into integrated marketing plans
• Assist in identifying potential organic growth opportunities that are consistent with the strategic direction of the agency
• Participate in new business pitches, as required
• Analyze media coverage for clients

Qualifications

You have at least 5 years of dynamic agency experience (preferably PR) working on multiple client accounts, and you thrive amidst inter-agency collaboration. You are a detailed Project Manager in the making and have an attractive record for both servicing clients and working with your team. You have a deep appreciation for communication, and an advanced knowledge of the media, influencer and PR landscape. More importantly, you feel at home in the influencer/meme culture space, and you’re an early adopter of new social platforms. The idea of working on culturally relevant, breakthrough programming excites you. No rigid hierarchical structure here. A good idea is a good idea, no matter who it comes from. We focus on clever and thought-provoking brand acts, unique creative spins on storytelling and awesome digital content

Agency Corporate Responsibilities

Veritas was the first agency ‘influencing the influencers’ by engaging the minds & hearts of individuals whose endorsement drives preference, positive word-of-mouth and purchase.

Our approach continues to lead the marketplace through a mixture of art and science. With a combination of bespoke influencer marketing strategies and our secret sauce, we are masters of influence and we can measure IMPACT, not just impressions.

As Veritas, we are a subsidiary of MDC Partners, home of talented, passionate and creative leaders with a vision that delivers breakthrough ideas. As a network, we strive to build an inclusive environment where all employees can bring their full selves to work, but as an industry, we recognize there is much work to be done to ensure everybody feels welcome and included. We seek out a skilled and dynamic talent pipeline and are committed to building a diverse workforce across age, race, gender, sexual orientation, ability and background. We are investing in programs to create space for diverse creators and to develop diverse talent for the future, and we are working to build an inclusive environment and industry.

We are a cutting-edge agency that aims to lead in all parts of our business, and we have a responsibility to be the change for which we are advocating. Because of this, we are committing to be transparent about our diversity and inclusion progress at Veritas and Meat & Produce.

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