Account Executive

Who we are.

Donovan is a team of passionate people providing companies with more marketing and advertising solutions than any other regional marketing agency. We do this by building stronger, deeper relationships with our partners. Truly understanding their needs and wants then rolling up our sleeves to accomplish our shared goals.

Why you should work with us.

At Donovan, we strive daily to work smarter and more collaboratively than yesterday to provide the richest, deepest, most comprehensive, and most innovative solutions for our partners, present and future. Everyday. No excuses. If you want to join a team where everyone works hard, solves problems, builds relationships, acts on intuition, is flexible, and brings positive energy to the problem, join Donovan. 

The role.

Donovan is looking for a strategic, results-oriented, go-getter to join our agency. You are driven, committed and passionate about helping grow a business into something beyond expectation. You are motivated by challenges and consider “no” the first step to understanding what the client truly wants. You understand the importance of collaboration and teamwork. You are knowledgeable about what’s current in our industry but even more excited about what’s next.

The job.

·     Serve as agency representative and client brand steward by developing strategic client objectives, leading the account, constantly assessing the brand position and managing the internal agency team resources to best service the overall client account.

·     Assist with client brand strategies based on cultural, consumer, customer and competitive insights. Developing a detailed understanding of client brand’s audiences, cultures, business and technology landscapes, and help translate insights into account and creative development.

·     Estimate, plan, coordinate and direct advertising campaigns and projects for agency clients. Responsible for staying on strategy, on time and within budget.

·     Project Management of every day projects that come in from the client

·     Ensure agency involvement in all appropriate client activities to provide maximum knowledge of and service to the client (example: attendance at major meetings or trade shows).

·     Provide weekly account updates to your manager – the Chief Client Officer.

·     Build strong, lasting client/agency relationships based on achieving clients’ marketing objectives with efficiency that results in agency profit.

·     Deliver on the agency’s mission of making extraordinary things happen for our clients and their customers.

·     Strong understanding of social, digital, content space.  

·     Proactively look for alternative sources of work from current or past clients. Always ask what else the agency can be doing to support each client.

·     Stay current on industry trends and news—especially client industry related material.

·     Work with new business team to identify leads, targets and prospects. Work with team to develop and execute new business pitches.

They will possess the following skills/qualifications: 

·    3-5 years’ work experience in position with similar responsibilities. Experience with Food and Beverage industry a plus.

·    Capability of managing both high-level regional and national accounts.

·    Ability to deliver strategic, clear, effective client presentations that tell a memorable story and highlight agency skills and talents.

·    Strong analytic and problem-solving skills

·    Advertising agency experience a plus

·    Strong written and verbal communications skills—must be able to independently present to client teams and clearly communicate the agency’s point of view