ABOUT SURROUNDINGS GROUP:
What’s up? We’re Surroundings Group! We are a contemporary global marketing and creative media agency with expertise in social-first digital solutions and delivering impactful business results.
THE PITCH:
At Surroundings Group, our Account Executives are exceptional client service people. Their keen attention to detail sets them apart, and they are dedicated to building robust client relationships by demonstrating their grasp of the business and competitive environment. This position is a full-time role in our Tampa, FL office, reporting to our chief revenue officer.
THE ROLE:
- Eats, breathes, and sleeps today’s digital & mobile consumer, with one goal in mind to develop brand-specific strategies that, ultimately, help them sell sh**.
- Understands comprehensive clients’ business and category, with the ability to translate business problems into digital strategies and solutions
- Develops IATs/IMCs and presents SG in a strong, strategic way. You have the ability to spot when another agency poses a threat to our business and how to manage up and workaround.
- Well versed in common marketing & media principles with a strong understanding of the social media platforms and their ecosystems.
- Ensures the needs of clients are being met and strives to identify and resolve potential obstacles or performance issues before they arise.
- Establishes, build and manage new and existing relationships with major brands and businesses to ensure they adopt as many SG’s services as possible
- Develops and delivers presentations aligned to the SG principles highest standard.
- Communicates to Strategy, Creative, IPM and Media teams, whether delivering Client feedback or providing a POV.
- Ensures client relationship health is closely tracked and communicated to leadership on a regular basis.
- You communicate and anticipate production costs, logistics, watch-outs, and what ideas are doable / not doable within a client budget.
- You ensure client relationship health is closely tracked and communicated to leadership on a regular basis.
REQUIRED SKILLS / REQUIREMENTS:
- 1+ years of account management experience in a creative advertising agency is strongly preferred
- Experience in the entertainment industry is strongly preferred
- Creative and ‘out of the world’ mindset with experience in campaign planning and idea generation
- Brilliant communication skills
- Sets stretch goals and holds self and others to high standards of performance.
- Consistently acts with integrity and invests in building trust with all colleagues and clients
WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT SURROUNDINGS GROUP:
Consider “think tank” rather than “agency.” We thrive on tackling real business challenges, not merely producing advertising for its own sake. Our entrepreneurial spirit is ingrained in our DNA. We embrace rule-breaking, experimentation, and hypothesis testing to gain a deeper insight into our craft. It’s an exhilarating journey!
Our atmosphere (and speed) closely resembles that of a startup, which is distinct from what you typically encounter in agencies. We hope this, along with the chance to collaborate with our skilled and passionate team and partner with prominent brands, energizes you as much as it does us. We’re eagerly looking forward to meeting you.
WORK SCHEDULE:
You must be able to commit to a full-time work schedule, which is 40 hours per week during 9am-6pm EST business hours Monday-Friday, and work from our Tampa, FL office.
Surroundings Group LLC. & its Subsidiaries is an Equal Opportunity Employer. This means that Surroundings Group LLC. & its Subsidiaries provides equal employment opportunities to all staff members and job applicants without regard to gender, pregnancy, marital or civil partnership status, gender reassignment, race, disability, sexual orientation, religious belief, part time or fixed term employment, age or any other legally protected class.
