Account Manager

Ruckus is looking for an energetic and driven account manager looking to join a recognized and rapidly growing agency. This specific position would be for our award winning studio team.

Education & Experience

Bachelor’s degree, preferably with a concentration in advertising, marketing, business administration or communication and up to 2-5 years work experience in an agency or production team strongly preferred.

Responsibilities:

• The senior point of day to day contact with multiple clients, leading the team to provide the utmost level of client service.
• Liaison and main point of contact with other Ruckus teams to provide efficient project hand off at key points
• Takes the lead in clients' video and photo production strategies.
• The smooth execution of video and photo projects including commercials, documentaries, branding, social, and web content, to a specific schedule and an agreed upon budget.
• The coordination of resources to service projects, build strategic operational plans and the balancing of expectations of clients.
• Promoting the expansion of business with existing clients.
• Using your skills to push clients, and the agency, creatively and strategically.
• Operate independently of management in client facing situations.
• Assist with preparation of client documents including, but not limited to recommendations, plans and budget.
• Develop and maintain a basic understanding of industry trends, consumer trends, promotional resources, and competitive landscape.
• Participate in status meetings and provide updates as appropriate.
• Manage internal tools to assist with planning activities.
• Organize and manage workflow and documents.

Technical Skills:

• MS Office (Word, Excel, Powerpoint)
• Asana or similar preferred
• Adobe Suite of Products a ++

Key Competencies

• Strong communication skills
• Proactive team player
• Effective organizational skills
• Ability to multitask
• Strong mathematical skills