Account Director

DESCRIPTION

Account Director is primarily responsible for the design, management, and execution of local and regional events in conjunction with traditional experiential program execution. It will require event planning, event implementation, vendor negotiation/management, budget development and tracking, and creation of marketing and measurement plans. The Account Director will manage these promotions as they go live, be a loyal brand advocate and work closely with your team of Market Managers and vendors to consistently exceed expectations.

It will require creating and activating fully integrated marketing campaigns that bring clients brands to life in a variety of ways through event marketing, PR stunts, regional and national events and channel specific advocacy events/parties, viral campaigns, and digital executions.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Challenge and manage a team of in-field Market Managers as well as an in-house team of Account Managers;

• Identifying venues and assisting in multi-market site selection and negotiation;

• Negotiating and managing vendors to ensure flawless execution and ensure optimum return on cost;

• Serving as the primary contact for National and regional clients;

• Providing weekly status updates on program results/personnel, client program reporting and reviews;

• Tracking and maintaining all event budgets, responsible for the bottom-line delivery of your project;

• Crisis management - identify field issues and develop solutions;

• Meeting the physical requirements - listed below

• Other duties as assigned

QUALIFICATIONS

Education

• High School Diploma/GED

• Bachelor's Degree

• Bachelor's Degree Marketing or related field required

Work Experience

• 10+ years of Experiential Marketing experience

• 8+ years supervisor / management experience required

• Proven experience in client service, business development and overall program management experience (concept, implementation, and execution with excellence)

• Experience managing a multi-market team of Market Managers/Event Managers

• Previous experience collaborating with partner agencies.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Strong client communication skills (insight, analysis, and program reporting);

• Solid understanding of social media tools and digital platforms;

• Strong computer application skills (Excel, Word, PowerPoint) and ability to work in a digital work environment.

Physical

• Seeing

• Ability to Travel

• Listening

ABOUT US

Acosta and Mosaic are the sales and marketing powerhouses behind the most recognized and proven brands with top retailers in the United States and Canada. We offer flexible services that maximize efficiency. Acosta has the talent and technology to build data-, reach- and relationship-driven strategies to execute those strategies, and the tools to monitor, track and optimize metrics-based results for customers and retailers.

Acosta and its subsidiaries, in good faith, believes that this posted range of compensation is the accurate range for this role at the time of this posting. Acosta may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range depending on candidate qualifications and locations. This range may be modified in the future.

Acosta and its subsidiaries is an Equal Opportunity Employer

We are committed to providing accommodations for persons with disabilities. If you require accommodation, we will work with you to meet your needs, to the extent required by law.

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this classification. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified. Mosaic reserves the right to modify all or part of any job descriptions at its discretion in order to meet and or exceed the needs of the business.

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Acosta, and its subsidiaries, is an Equal Opportunity Employer

Job Category: Marketing

Position Type: Full time

Business Unit: Marketing

Salary Range: $90,000.00 - $115,000.00

Company: Mosaic Sales Solutions Canada Operating Co

Req ID: 3695