Junior Account Executive

Job Description: Supports the Account Executive and senior account team in managing client projects and communication. Serves as a bridge between the Account Coordinator and Account Executive roles—handling day-to-day responsibilities with growing independence while supporting strategy and execution across campaigns.

Responsibilities:

• Support day-to-day client communication and begin building trusted relationships.
• Assist in managing projects from planning through execution to ensure timely and high-quality delivery.
• Collaborate with creative, media, and strategy teams to coordinate project components.
• Prepare project estimates and assist with scopes of work (SOWs) in collaboration with the Account Executive, Director of Strategy and Creative teams. 
• Assist in monitoring project budgets, timelines, and deliverables.
• Ensure project milestones are established and measurable.
• Present project updates and deliverables to clients.
• Attend and support client meetings, creative kickoffs, brand immersions, and project post-mortems.
• Assist during client meetings to define marketing goals and objectives.
• Prepare and contribute to creative briefs, client presentations, and internal kickoff meetings.
• Coordinate internal team communications and maintain project timelines.
• Assist in the review and preparation of RFP opportunities and responses.
• Gain an understanding of account financials, including forecasting and budget management to ensure agency profitability. Resolve billing disputes and assist with client collections as necessary. 
• Assist with development of status reports and project documentation.
• Help resolve project issues and escalate concerns to senior team members when needed.
• Gain and maintain familiarity with client industries, products, business culture, and competitors.
• Possess a working understanding of integrated marketing and advertising, digital, print and media industry trends/developments and use this knowledge to present business building ideas for our clients and our agency.
• When possible, represent Blink at industry events and trade shows to identify prospective clients and employees while displaying a professional manner and appearance.
• Ensure orderly and timely completion of project work.
• Prepare meeting agendas, take notes, and distribute meeting recaps.
• Coordinate internal team communications and maintain project timelines.
• Adhere to all company policies, procedures and business ethics codes. (Core Values)
• Perform other related duties as required. Complete tasks as necessary to support our agency and the Account Services Team.

Skills Needed:

• Experience in client relationship management.
• Ability to simultaneously manage and prioritize multiple projects and team members with minimal supervision in a fast-paced environment.
• Support the team in meetings with confidence and clarity.
• Project positivity and charisma internally and externally.
• Ability to manage parts of a project independently, while knowing when to escalate.
• Ability to build rapport with team members and clients.
• Strong problem-solving skills and a proactive approach to challenges.
• Working knowledge of marketing communications and integrated marketing.
• Foundational understanding of advertising, marketing, and creative development processes.
• Demonstrates initiative and ownership of assigned tasks.
• Must have the ability to read a room and react accordingly. 
• Strong analytical skills.
• Knowledgeable in client industry categories.  
• Understanding of the advertising agency roles, services, functions and timelines for agency deliverables.
• Strong work ethic, organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Ability to communicate clearly and concisely, verbally and in writing.
• Results oriented and self-motivated.
• Demonstrates proficiency in Google Drive and the ability to learn agency productivity and project management tools.

Blink's Core Values:

-Be Bold

-Lead the Way

-Live with Integrity

-Stay Nimble

-Spread Kindness

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $40,00.00 - $57,500.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Education:

• Bachelor's (Preferred)

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Bellefonte, PA 16823