Account Supervisor

Who we are looking for:

VML is seeking an Account Supervisor servicing one of our largest North American clients. You will sit in our Kansas City office in service of the performance marketing initiatives created for a global agricultural machinery brand. You are accountable for presentations and well-managed projects, timely production, and budget adherence. This role owns the responsibility of the growth and development of the client’s go-to-market retail business across all disciplines.

What you’ll do:

• Client | Oversee day-to-day agency performance and client relationship. Be proactive in assessing client needs and demands, delivering added value to the client wherever possible. Become a subject matter expert in the agriculture industry, speaking clearly to the competitive landscape, products, services, trends and digital positions within the client’s business. Provide clear instruction as to the goals and objectives through any campaign or creative endeavor with specific guidance and performance measures.

• Team | Serve as agency champion to pull integrated activities together for moving the client’s business through production to launch. Develop and grow client relationships across key stakeholders. Generate and review project briefs to inspire and guide creative development. Assess and recommend tactics and strategies for building efficiencies, streamlining operations, and enhancing the value of agency to the client. Lead a collaborative effort to create unified services, client presentations, media campaigns, marketing materials, and value to the client.

• Mentor | Manage the Account Manager and Assistant Account Executive, providing mentorship and development opportunities. Identify employee goals and conduct performance reviews.

• Process | Ensure agency work follows digital marketing best practices. Shepherd agency deliverables and client presentations through regulatory and legal review process. You are accountable for on-time, on-budget completion of all projects and the reporting of budget status to clients.

Who you are:

• A builder | Entrepreneurial attitude couple with a strong business acumen. Ability and appetite to bring people together. Innate ability to marshal people and create gravity around ideas.

• Open and collaborative | Our team is close-knit and supportive and we’re working with a lot of unknowns – you must champion of team environments that are comfortable and encouraging.

• Optimistic and resilient | Dig in and figure out how to work around problems. Yes and why not posture. Takes care of self and team. Balance needed to maintain stamina and positivity.

• Ego-less | We all wear the hats that need wearing, it’s a mentality that makes the team successful.

What you’ll need:

• 4-5+ years account management experience with a minimum of 2 years as the client lead of a large brand.

• Experience working in agriculture or other regulated industry preferred.

• Strong experience in digital and performance marketing—media, paid search, social, display, programmatic, SEO, content, UX, etc.

• Ability to lead and communicate effectively with cross functional teams.

• Self-confident, flexible yet takes and defends positions.

• Ability to present ideas and strategies to senior level clients.

What we offer:

• Passionate, driven people | We champion a culture of people who do extraordinary work.

• Consciously cultivated culture | We aim to embody the behaviors to build an inclusive community that is in it together, bringing both positivity and active listening into the workplace as we simultaneously strive to empower creative bravery.

• Competitive benefits | What we offer full time hires ranges from the full spectrum of group health coverage options (medical, dental, vision) to a generous 401k match (100% dollar-for-dollar match, up to 5% of salary contribution), and a variety of paid time off offerings that reflect our investment in all aspects of your overall life balance and wellness.

• Growth-minded opportunities | We aim to nurture a culture of real-time feedback, growth-oriented mindset, and plenty of training opportunities through VML and WPP, so you can continue to grow personally and professionally.