Account Manager

Placement Type:

Temporary

Salary:

$46-51 Hourly

W2, Benefits and 401k matching

Start Date:

May 29, 2026

Note: This role requires you to be onsite 3 days a week in Hoboken, NJ

About the Role

We are seeking an experienced Manager, Account Strategy to build, execute, and manage advertising solutions using our proven conversion-driven and brand-building products. Reporting to a Senior Manager, Account Strategy, you will handle end-to-end omnichannel ad campaigns across managed and self-service channels. You will lead campaign setup, pacing, optimization, and reporting, providing strategic insights and collaborating cross-functionally to ensure campaign success and client satisfaction.

This position blends strategic planning and tactical execution, requiring a deep understanding of brand marketing goals, translating them into actionable media strategies, and delivering measurable results. You will serve as a subject matter expert in media planning, audience tactics, and platform activation, managing day-to-day client interactions and contributing to revenue growth through strategic recommendations.

In this role, you will be supporting a portfolio of high-impact Consumables brands. You will work directly with these brand partners and their agencies, acting as a key strategic lead to drive growth in essential consumer categories through innovative media planning and execution.

Responsibilities

• Consultative Partnership: Serve as a strong executor and consultative partner within a defined scope.
• Strategic Planning: Develop strategic plans and execute managed-service and self-service campaigns, acting as a consultative expert.
• Media Proposals: Collaborate with Sales and Account teams to develop strategic, data-driven media proposals aligned with client objectives.
• Client Leadership: Attend and lead external advertiser and agency calls, demonstrating expertise in media tactics, audience strategy, and campaign stewardship.
• Omnichannel Expertise: Deeply understand and apply media types, including paid search, programmatic display, direct digital sponsorships, CTV, social media, digital OOH, and experiential in-store tactics.
• Performance Reporting: Communicate campaign performance metrics, insights, and optimization recommendations regularly with internal and external stakeholders.
• Quality Assurance: Adhere to internal SLAs and QA processes, ensuring seamless campaign launches and high-quality client experiences.
• Revenue Growth: Confidently present strategic upsell recommendations to drive incremental revenue and demonstrate strong executive presence when presenting opportunities to clients and agencies.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner cross-functionally to traffic campaigns effectively across various ad technology platforms.
• Troubleshooting: Resolve campaign issues promptly, ensuring optimal campaign performance.

Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor's Degree in Business, Marketing, Communication, or a related area.
• Experience: 3 years managing digital media campaigns or consulting on digital campaigns across display, video, social, search, and programmatic.
• Technical Knowledge: Deep understanding of digital media metrics ($CPM, ROAS, CPC, CTR,$ etc.) and media math for optimization.
• Client Management: Proven client-facing experience with proactive risk identification and solution development.
• Communication: Excellent verbal and written communication, with strong presentation skills.
• Project Management: Strong capabilities and the ability to thrive under pressure while managing multiple priorities.
• Adaptability: High comfort navigating rapidly evolving environments and ambiguous situations.
• Tools: Proficiency with Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, Word, and Outlook; familiarity with Salesforce, JIRA, Tableau, SQL, and Power BI.

Additional Information

• Top Skills:
  Building strategic media plan recommendations and performance optimizations.
  Excellent follow-through and accountability across internal and external teams.
  High-level verbal and written communication.
• Day-to-Day Impact:
  Work with sales professionals to develop proposals and collaborate on quarterly business reviews (QBRs).
  Maintain relationships and manage day-to-day business with clients to identify growth opportunities.
  Lead campaign kick-offs and performance discussions.

The target hiring compensation range for this role is $46.00 to $51.00. Compensation is based on several factors including, but not limited to education, relevant work experience, relevant certifications, and location.

About Aquent Talent:

Aquent Talent connects the best talent in marketing, creative, and design with the world's biggest brands.

Our eligible talent get access to amazing benefits like subsidized health, vision, and dental plans, paid sick leave, and retirement plans with a match. More information on our awesome benefits !

Aquent is an equal-opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other legally protected characteristics. We're about creating an inclusive environment-one where different backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives are valued, and everyone can contribute, grow their careers, and thrive.

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Client Description

Global Retailer that prioritizes the customer experinece in an omnichannel capacity. Culture, Divesity, Equity & Inclusion is main focus when hiring. Culture is one of it's core values and they are looking for like-minded inviduals who are also interested in disrupting the retail & eCommerce space.