POSITION DESCRIPTION
ROLE: Account Executive
TEAM: The Kitchen North America
COMPANY OVERVIEW
The Kitchen brings together a range of disciplines and capabilities. It’s a team of creatives, producers, data analysts, and social experts working together to deliver remarkable ideas that live in a variety of mediums, from everything from social to TV. This team moves at the speed of culture. It is built to respond to trends and events as they happen, coming up with the ideas that transcend social media to capture the spirit of the moment, earn media impressions, and get the country talking.
Are you ready to join an award-ambitious team that's making waves in the advertising industry? Our incredible team has been recognized internationally by industry giants like Cannes, One Show, and was named Campaign's Global ‘In-House Agency of The Year,’ further solidifying our position as a leader in the industry. Join us and be a part of something truly special—a team that's dedicated to creating ground-breaking work and pushing limits.
At The Kitchen, we're not just looking for individuals who want to be a part of the advertising industry—we're looking for trailblazers who are ready to lead the way to the next big thing! We want individuals who are passionate about producing award-winning work, have an innate drive to their craft, and are eager to generate innovative ideas both within and outside of the brief.
ROLE OVERVIEW
Account Executives support the Accounts team by overseeing small to medium-sized programs and/or working as part of a larger team on large-scale programs.
Successful Account Executives are skilled communicators, efficient project planners, and flexible and creative problem solvers that can manage projects with excellence from start to finish. The ideal Account Executives are organized, passionate about client relations, and focused on superior project management.
CORE RESPONSIBILITIES
Kraft Heinz Relations
- Communicating with brand teams as required to understand their needs, deliver information back to your direct manager and team, and execute accordingly.
- Managing timelines and communications, and booking internal meetings/reviews on your projects to brand teams.
- Maintaining updated knowledge of brand teams’ business and business objectives.
- Identifying and informing on industry trends.
- Acting as an extension of your brand team throughout planning, execution, and wrap-up—always keeping your brand team’s needs top of mind.
Team
- Collaborating with your direct team to facilitate brand team needs and provide feedback/direction.
- Working closely with partners to ensure they have all the tools and information required to support your business.
- Working with your manager to develop and support you where/when required.
- Liaising with your manager on a regular basis, ensuring they are aware of your activities, informed on brand team updates, and can support you as required.
Financial
- Reconciling all sizes of program budgets and staying in close contact with the finance team as required.
- Staying on budget in all circumstances, with the ability to recognize when a budget may not be sufficient and communicating this to your manager.
- Reviewing small to medium budgets with clients, working with your manager to provide detailed overviews of budget breakdowns and pricing rationale.
Project Management
- Mastering all details within a project to ensure it is run smoothly.
- Working with all departments (creative, production, strategy) and our project management software to develop timelines, ensure projects are tracking against it successfully, and communicating changes or updates to teams and brand partners as they occur.
- Proactively identifying process improvement opportunities and working with the team on agile problem solutions.
- Supporting teams and committees within The Kitchen to create positive culture and test/implement new policies, procedures, and processes.
EXPERIENCE & SKILLS
- 1-2 years’ experience in the advertising industry.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Adaptability and strong problem-solving skills.
- Excellent active listening and time management skills.
- Ability to build rapport and collaborate with others internally and externally.
- Strong organizational skills.
- Keen interest in consumer behaviors and industry trends.
- Strong foundational technology skills—familiarity with O365, social and digital media.
- Passion for advertising and social media.
