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Calgary, Alberta, Ca

Account Director lead focused on team inspiration and delivering innovative ideas for one of the largest accounts in the US, AT&T. Leading integrated advertising campaigns across all channels and platforms, managing a team, and building relationships with mid and senior executives within the client and agency. Focused on the business needs of the client, and articulating agency perspective on recommended solutions; responsibilities include: - Strengthening Client/Agency relationship with proactive and value-added thinking. - Building strong client relationships, staying close to objectives and client goals. - Recommending business-building ideas, both for Client’s business and for agency growth. - Ability to think strategically, proactively identifying problems and resolutions before they happen. - Effectively manage internal and external relationships, including partner agencies, with a strong emphasis on media relationships. - Influence thought leadership throughout the team. - Collaboration and maintaining strong relationships with cross-functional team members to create best in class work. - Effectively manage internal and external relationships, including partner agencies, with a strong emphasis on media relationships. - Development of effective and persuasive POVs. - Emphasis on Training, mentors, and supervising junior team members. - Ability to use data and analytics to identify trends and make observations. - Stays on top of new technology, trends and media and shares these learnings with internal teams and Clients. - Highly organized, with a charismatic and varied communication style.

London, London, Gb

Account lead to support, maintain and grow the AMGEN Oncology business with an emphasis on production and regulatory reviews across both digital and traditional executions. Managing a team of Account Service and Project Management disciplines, across multiple offices and locations. Primary roles include:- A heavy focus on developing client relationships, identifying agency opportunities, and ensuring retention both internally and our client relations. - Expertly managing and growing client relationships across 11+ brands accumulating in a +6MM annual portfolio budget. - Ensuring all Statements Of Work are drafted, documented, accurate, and implemented with an emphasis on overall profitability of the business and client satisfaction.- Advanced negotiation, communication, writing, and organization skills with an outstanding attention to detail.- Defining and implementing best practices and facilitating the development, training and implementation of new agency capabilities, processes, templates, and team organization. - Mentoring and coaching team members while motivating and leading overall project teams with the common goal of delivering successful campaigns, programs, digital executions and innovations.

New York, New York, Us

Primary agency contact in support of several multi-million dollar accounts; managing a SAE team member; reporting directly to the group account director and CMO. Responsible for selling agency capabilities, while working closely across internal team to develop insightful strategy and supervising creative executions to guide a multi-dimensional team.Strategic liaison for clients, internal teams, and partner agencies while also supervising multi-channel engagement execution; capable of leading development and planning of strategy with multiple stakeholders.Ensured the highest levels of quality and professionalism in all deliverables for Bridgestone Tires, Bridgestone Golf North American, Bohemia Beer, Disney Rewards, Sazerac, and UC Healthcare accounts; working collaboratively and maintaining strong relationships with both internal and external counterparts.Displayed strong logistical skills, guiding the team in scheduling, budgeting, planning, managing projects, and client/agency SOW agreements.Provided proactive thought-leadership across all aspects of the business including contributions to Strategic Planning, Concept Development, and Agency Growth and Development.Responsible for effective deck writing, strong presentations, and crystal-clear communications both digitally and in-person.Regularly utilized for new business pitches, strategic insight, and design thinking.Praised for ability to demonstrate confidence, professionalism, authority and sound decision making as one of the team’s leadership voices.

New York, Ny, Us

• Primary agency contact in support of a multi-million dollar account; managing a team of AE and AAE level team members; reporting directly to the group account director. Accountable for helping grow the business, spotting opportunities, and driving creative/innovative solutions to address client's business objectives.During my tenure with the account, our team received the title of the most awarded account at the agency for 2 years.Principal account contact for all account digital and social led initiatives including cross brand integrated digital platforms and larger strategic planning. Worked integrally across agency departments to develop effective strategies, briefings, and creative/strategic work; ensuring that all projects are on strategy, on time, and on budget.Showcased the ability to understand and mange details of a campaign in the context of a larger business picture; including leading and managing business financials, tracking project budgets/scopes, and assessing estimates to actuals.Complimented for capacity to change the status quo is a respectful manner leading to new and effective strategies.Helped integrate internal team members by developing and establishing a program for entry-level agency employees to educate them on their clients, their target, the products, and the agency.Applauded as a mentor who embraces the rewards and challenges of managing and motivating a team.

New York, Ny, Us

Key liaison with clients, media/production/PR partners, and other external stakeholders; ensuring alignment of strategy through execution while managing daily activities including factors related to account profitability, client satisfaction and retention. Articulated, created, and presented agency POV's to clients on a regular basis; while authoring core client communications such as scope of works, contact reports, timelines, budgets, and other key transmissions.Drove several multi-channel program and campaign developments, working with multi-disciplinary teams (Creative, planning, production, PR, media, analytic, legal, and consulting teams.)Praised for ability to be an assertive leader, collaborator, enemy of ambiguity and complacency, and ability to manage and work with clients from all backgrounds.Provided strategic direction by developing creative briefs and other internal documents, managed timelines, and ensured consistent adherence to established deadlines.

Greenville, South Carolina, Us

Served as the primary agency contact for Verizon in support of their multi-million dollar NFL sponsorship for all regional activations and properties, managing a team of 4 AAEs and reporting directly to the account director.Identified client needs, goals, and opportunities while applying appropriate agency resources to guide creative work; helping coordinate efforts across all disciplines.Planned and facilitated photo-shoots with high-level talent including National Football League players, Verizon merchandise, and related talent and paraphernalia.Praised for my ability to display creative and innovative thinking, display critical problem solving skills while searching for new opportunities for improvement for both the agency and its clients, and for my ability to seek and build additional business opportunities and revenue growth.Appointed as an official Verizon brand ambassador for the agency to ensure that creative developed within the agency adhered to established guidelines and brand standards across all disciplines; acting as an official steward of the brand.Praised for my ability to proof creative for accuracy and coordinating client and internal approvals while assisting with client billing and other account administration.

Greenville, South Carolina, Us

Trafficked and implemented marketing efforts for a variety of clients including Quicken Loans, Greenville Drive, and Verizon Wireless where I led project development for all sponsorships in the Midwest and West Regions.Facilitated contact between clients, vendors, and agencies to guide agency plans and coordinate efforts across all disciplines for the life of a project while effectively organizing and managing multiple tasks and projects simultaneously.Coordinated the development of projects and campaigns specifically assigned in accordance with the clients’ objectives, timing and budget limitations while managing timelines to ensure consistent adherence to established deadlines.

Created press releases on a weekly basis with experience purchasing media.Maintained the organization’s social media presence raising their online interactions by %11 in two months.Developed new communication strategies and created original content for advertisements and publications.Assisted in providing strategic direction by helping with creative for both internal and external documents.Managed timelines and ensured consistent adherence to established deadlines.

Organized and promoted weekly and special events attracting thousands of students including concerts and fundraising events.Worked closely with St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital staff and patients to provide key insights and opportunities for student engagement.Communicated organizational goals and led a large team of over 40 student volunteers.Constructed scripts and layouts for several events receiving the award for best entertainment programming in the nation among student events in the same category for 2010.Designed and implemented a new logo and original content for local advertisements.