<p>Hanson Dodge - an AdAge Midwest Small Agency of the Year Silver winner in 2022 - is looking to add an Account Executive to our Client Leadership team.</p> <ul> <li>This position is open to Milwaukee area candidates with the general expectation that three days a week will be in the office (typically M-W), Thursday and Friday are flexible and can be WFH </li><li>This AE role will work across 3-4 active Clients of varying scales, reporting to a Senior Account Director </li></ul> <p>Hanson Dodge's aim is to build a national reputation for delivering industry leading work. All HD team members play a critical role in achieving this vision, therefore HD is seeking candida</p> <p>tes who share this same aspiration as part of their own career growth.</p> <p>This AE role is directly responsible for:</p> <ul> <li>Maintaining working knowledge of a Client's business fundamentals: their challenge, category/competitive, goals, performance, audience, brand strategy, products and services. </li><li>Serving as daily point of contact for assigned Clients and projects </li><li>The successful tactical management and delivery of projects, partnering with internal teams, external Clients and outside partners. This includes: </li><li>Developing and actively maintaining work plans </li><li>Weekly assessment of agency resources across active projects </li><li>Budget management </li><li>Coordinating and running effective meetings </li><li>Effective communication that moves work forward </li></ul> <p>This AE role will support and contribute to:</p> <ul> <li>The planning process and setting of strategic+creative direction with Clients and internal teams </li><li>The creative development and production process </li><li>New business efforts on occasion, based on need and capacity </li></ul> <p>The ideal candidate embodies the following qualities:</p> <ul> <li>Proactive - You have a bias for action as exemplified by a natural willingness to share your own ideas and perspective, problem solve on your own, and consider several steps ahead. </li><li>High Personal Standard - You are naturally wired to always think "how could this be better?", whether it is a campaign idea or an important email to a Client </li><li>A Collaborative Team Player - People like having you around! You're empathetic and have a high EQ. You're confident but humble. You are aiming for the success of Clients and the agency and know there's no "I" in "team". </li><li>What's Possible Mindset - You are positive and solution oriented, looking for possibility whenever challenges or opportunities present themselves </li><li>Curiosity - You have a natural curiosity that lends itself to understanding Clients, brands, people - and that enables you to be successful in your role </li><li>High Character - You follow through. You earn and keep others' trust. You take accountability and are willing to admit mistakes when they happen. </li></ul> <p>Experience:</p> <ul> <li>2-4 years of agency experience at an AE or AAE level (or equivalent role) </li><li>Can demonstrate successful management of multiple projects simultaneously </li><li>Experience with creative campaign development, media planning and digital marketing. (Experience in website development project management is not necessary but is desired) </li><li>Experience producing final creative assets across various media channels: video, social, other digital, video, etc. </li><li>Strong business writing skills </li><li>Strong attention to detail in the formatting and delivery of Client facing materials </li><li>Familiarity with the following platforms and project management tools (or similar) is desired but not a requirement: Kantata/Mavenlink, Google, Slack </li><li>Bachelor's degree in communications, advertising, marketing, business or similar field </li></ul> <p>Regardless of race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, age, or disability, Hanson Dodge is committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone's talents are valued and developed to their fullest.</p>