Email Senior Account Manager - Remote Eligible

Senior Account Manager

We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Account Manager to join our busy team working on a major retail client. The Senior Account Manager role is a key player in our team and will be the main contact for the client, other agencies, and internally within Merkle. The Senior Account Manager will maintain client satisfaction by ensuring exceptional service and creating value for clients leveraging strong account management and interpersonal skills.

The Senior Account Manager is ultimately responsible for the day-to-day execution of our clients' marketing strategies. This role requires partnership with the various client stakeholders and Merkle stakeholders, acting as a liaison between the teams to execute flawlessly and meet business goals. By ensuring marketing and support activities are executed in a timely and efficient manner, the Senior Account Manager directly impacts the success of our clients as well as Merkle.

Key responsibilities include:

• Support or act as the primary contact for day-to-day delivery team and client
• Responsible for building strong relationships with key client stakeholders and other teams to ensure campaign schedules and processes are clear and adhered to
• Run internal and external client meetings; responsible for daily communication with key internal and external contacts
• Ensure timeliness and quality of client deliverables
• Continuously observe and identity areas to improve existing processes
• Bring leadership, guidance and operational efficiencies to the delivery team
• View of bigger picture and disseminating information to the appropriate parties for execution
• Apply critical thinking skills to identify and mitigate potential delivery risks
• Remain extremely focused on detail while managing multiple email campaigns simultaneously through Braze.

Qualifications include:

• Bachelor's Degree required
• 6+ years related agency experience, specifically within digital marketing or marketing operations
• Must have experience with Braze
• Excellent, proven organizational skills, including strong attention to detail and ability to effectively manage multiple projects simultaneously
• Experience with client-facing responsibilities and with giving client presentations
• Knowledge of contracts and managing a SOW, along with scope creation and management
• Ability to leverage business experience / acumen to identify new business and marketing opportunities
• Strong listening and superior relationship building skills
• Experience leading teams is a plus

At Merkle, we believe great work happens when we're connected. Our way of working combines flexibility with in-person collaboration to spark ideas and strengthen our teams. Employees who live within a commutable distance of one of our hub offices, currently located in Chicago, metro Detroit, Los Angeles, and New York City, are required and expected to work from the office three days per week (two days per week for employees based in Los Angeles). Dentsu may designate other Hub offices at any time. Those who live outside a commutable range may be designated as remote, depending on the role and business needs. Regardless of your work location, we expect our employees to be flexible to meet the needs of our Company and clients, which may include attendance in an office.

The annual salary range for this position is $72,000 - $110,400. Placement within the salary range is based on a variety of factors, including relevant experience, knowledge, skills, and other factors permitted by law.

Benefits available with this position include:

• Medical, vision, and dental insurance,
• Life insurance,
• Short-term and long-term disability insurance,
• 401k,
• Flexible paid time off,
• At least 15 paid holidays per year,
• Paid sick and safe leave, and
• Paid parental leave.

Merkle is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees. We do this without regard to race, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, ancestry, physical or mental disability, marital status, political affiliation, religious practices and observances, citizenship status, genetic information, veteran status, or any other basis protected under applicable federal, state, or local law.

Merkle is committed to providing reasonable accommodation to, among others, individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans. If you need an accommodation because of a disability to search and apply for a career opportunity with us, please send an e-mail to ApplicantAccommodations@dentsu.com by clicking on the link to let us know the nature of your accommodation request and your contact information. We are here to support you.