(Senior) Account Manager - Retail & CPG Vertical

The role

You will manage defined accounts and projects, build trusted client relationships, and act as the main contact for advice and development. You will bring together clients and internal disciplines, from first briefing to delivery, in social and influencer marketing, campaigning and content, and MarTech solutions.

What you will do

• Take responsibility for defined accounts and projects and build trusted client relationships
• Understand client needs and make your own recommendations and ideas
• Develop solutions with experts in social and influencer marketing, campaigning and content, and MarTech solutions
• Monitor the economic development of your accounts, create offers, support budget discussions, and maintain planning and forecast with your Director
• Coordinate clients and internal disciplines from first briefing to delivery, keeping goals, quality, timing and budget on track
• Design presentations and workshops, present recommendations, and turn conversations into clear next steps
• Contribute beyond your accounts with new impulses, shared knowledge and ideas

Required qualifications

• A completed degree in business or communications, a comparable training, or another relevant career path
• At least five years of experience in account management
• Experience in an agency environment and in independently managing client relationships
• A good sense for brands, markets and target groups, and the ability to derive concrete recommendations from client needs
• Experience with digital campaigns, social media, content or influencer marketing
• Commercial understanding to assess offers and budgets
• Initiative and a solution-oriented attitude
• A structured way of working with clear priorities
• Teamwork, openness to feedback, and willingness to share knowledge and try new things, including around AI and new technologies
• Very good German and good English for advising, presenting and discussing

Nice to have

• Interest in expanding knowledge of digital platforms and MarTech solutions
• Project management experience, if you have already taken on substantial advisory and commercial responsibility

Benefits

• Flexible working hours with a working-time account and 100% overtime compensation
• Work from home, from one of the offices in Stuttgart, Berlin or Düsseldorf, or temporarily from an EU country abroad
• Free snacks and drinks in the offices
• Modern equipment: MacBook, company iPhone and all tools relevant to your work
• Training and development offers
• 30 days of vacation per year
• Subsidy for Urban Sports Club
• Employee perks and discounts via Corporate Benefits
• An inspiring team

Before you apply

• Applicants are assessed on personality and professional skills; gender, age, appearance, origin and sexual orientation are stated as not relevant

About the company

wongdoody creates human experiences for brands in 25 locations on 4 continents, combining strategy, creativity, data and technology. The job is posted by wongdoody GmbH, based in Germany.