Account Executive I

Job Description:

Life as an Account Executive at Channel Bakers is exciting, dynamic and no two days are ever the same. 

Driving client growth is your true north.  You are highly commercial, industry savvy and fully focused on maximizing revenue. You know the competition and you are acutely aware of how strategies and tactics work in the marketplace. 

You spearhead a team of talented and passionate Account Managers and Advertising Specialists and together you deliver the outcomes our clients depend on us for, whatever it takes.    

You will lead the charge with all forms of strategic client communication, conducting quarterly business reviews, client reviews and confirming advertising budgets. You develop media plans, present to clients and work closely with our Business Development team to facilitate warm handovers of newly onboarded Accounts.  

You are always looking for new opportunities to support our clients to maximize their brand’s potential and develop strategies to deepen their relationship with Channel Bakers.   Working closely with Account Managers, you ensure that the delivery of your carefully constructed strategy is fully executed with budgets effectively managed and campaigns fully optimized.  You partner with our Finance teams to insure accurate and on time client invoicing.

As a passionate builder of people, you will drive the development of your team, providing challenging and stretching tasks, conducting regular performance focused conversations and acting as a strong coach and mentor to those around you.  You don’t hold back anything that needs to be said and provide current, direct, complete and “actionable” positive and corrective feedback to others. 

As an agile leader, you are used to being able to shift gears comfortably, make decisions and act without having the total picture.  You can deal comfortably and present to more senior leaders without undue tension or nerves.  You naturally analyze both your successes and failures and utilize feedback in order to learn and shape your own development.   You act with empathy and emotional intelligence and are able to demonstrate flexibility, even in the most challenging of situations.  You are a keen observer of society and trends, specifically amongst the target audiences of your clients. 

You can effectively cope with change and know how to pivot when needed. You learn quickly and will try anything to find solutions. You can be counted on to exceed goals successfully and steadfastly push yourself and others to get over the line. You are dedicated to meeting the expectations and reeds of all stakeholders and always act with the client in mind.

Required Qualifications and Experience :

• Minimum 3+ years of Marketing or Advertising experience in a fast moving, client facing environment

• Degree in Public Relations, Marketing, Advertising or Communications preferred. 

• Experience of Amazon Advertising required and exposure to Demand Side Platform (DSP) a significant advantage. 

• Experience of leading high performing teams and developing talented individualsSound commerciality, strong analytical and qualitative skills - numbers don’t scare you!Proficient user of standard office software (MS Office etc.).

• Intermediate or advanced excel skills are an advantage. 

• Experienced at driving incremental revenue, fostering new relationships and deepening existing ones.

• Proven track history of driving your own professional and personal development. 

Everyday Tasks :

• Developing and designing strategy through hard data, customer behavior insights and metrics to drive client sales and brand awareness. 

• Focus on growing revenue, selling services and deepening our client’s relationships with Channel Bakers. 

• Relationship building with Channel Bakers Clients, which includes client meetings, business reviews, presentations, and strategic planning calls. Responsible for presenting high level data analysis to clients across several reports.

• Developing media plans, overseeing budgets, campaigns and ensuring quality execution across the board. Lead client pitches/presentations and manage media plan

• Manage CRM and keep client data up to date Maintain validity of any necessary or mandated platform or partner certifications that are required of your role.

• Assist with ad-hoc projects/client requests and tasks as requiredCommunicate and collaborate cross-functionally within Channel Bakers and other key stakeholder.

Position Details :

Office Location: Anaheim, CA or Remote in US

OT Classification: Exempt

Role Classification: Individual Contributor 

Reports To: Director of Strategic Accounts

Travel: Occasional overnight travel required about 20% of the time

Hours: Full - Time (Mon - Fri 8am to 5pm) with flexible working potential

Working at Channel Bakers:

Working at Channel Bakers is a job like no other.  We take pride in our culture and our sense of community. We strive to offer a fun and engaging environment to help our Bakers bring their best and authentic selves to work daily. We regularly take time to connect and have fun together as a team. We get to work alongside some incredibly talented co-workers and partner with some of the world's most prolific and inspirational brands. We are proud to have a very diverse team of Bakers from the US, Germany, France, Brazil, Scotland, India, Taiwan, and Mongolia, just to name a few! We are a truly global organization headquartered in California with offices in Taiwan, China, the Philippines, and the UK. Our core tenet is that we exist to help people, which is at the heart of all that we do. We enjoy the challenge of new and unfamiliar tasks; change is our normal, and we can shift gears comfortably. We love to exceed our work and personal goals, and most importantly, we are dedicated to exceeding our clients' expectations. We value self-development; it helps us help others better.  

Job Perks:

Flexible Working OptionsFlexible Paid Time OffFully vested 401K with up to 4% employer match Highly competitive medical, dental and vision insuranceLife insurance and long-term disability insuranceFlexible Spending Account (FSA)Access to Pet, Identity Theft and other insurances at heavily discounted group rates'Absurd' Fridays (Summer Friday afternoons off)Paid volunteer timeEmployee Assistance ProgramErgonomic workstations with standing/sitting desksRegular team social eventsStocked kitchen with snacks and beverages 

Essential Job Functions :

This job may operate in an office environment which routinely uses standard office equipment. The Employee is required to stand, walk, bend, uses hand to handle or feel objects, or tools, reach with hands and arms, talk and hear for extended periods of time. Frequently standing/sitting/walking up to 8 hours per dayFrequently using hands/arms up to 8 hours per dayOccasionally lifting between 5 – 50 lbs.Occasionally climbing/crouching/crawlingOccasional exposure to fumesModerate noise levelFrequently viewing a computer monitor screen up to 8 hours per day

Disclaimer: This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities required of the     Employee. Duties, obligations, and activities may change, or new ones may be assigned at any time with or without notice.

Working at Channel Bakers

Working at Channel Bakers is a job like no other.  

We take pride in our culture and our sense of community. We strive to offer a fun and engaging environment to help our Bakers bring their best and authentic selves to work daily. We regularly take time to connect and have fun together as a team. We get to work alongside some incredibly talented co-workers and partner with some of the world's most prolific and inspirational brands. We are proud to have a very diverse team of Bakers from the US, Germany, France, Brazil, Scotland, India, Taiwan, and Mongolia, just to name a few! We are a truly global organization headquartered in California with offices in Taiwan, China, the Philippines, and the UK. 

Our core tenet is that we exist to help people, which is at the heart of all that we do. We enjoy the challenge of new and unfamiliar tasks; change is our normal, and we can shift gears comfortably. We love to exceed our work and personal goals, and most importantly, we are dedicated to exceeding our clients' expectations. We value self-development; it helps us help others better.

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