Engagement Coordinator

  • Full-time

Company Description

WE ARE A HUMAN EXPERIENCE AGENCY.

What we do: We help brands get closer to their customers.

Brands today must build stronger customer intimacy in order to keep pace with their competitors. Customers desire human relationships with the brands they buy. They want real-time communications. They expect personalized experiences, mobile experiences, excellent customer service and greater satisfaction. They seek the authenticity that can only come from deep, thoughtful and very personal interactions. We help clients solve this problem by strengthening the human connections between a brand and its customers. Only by applying data-driven human insight to the customer journey can we leverage the right technology at the right time with a compelling, relevant story.


Job Description

The Engagement Coordinator works with the strategic engagement team in coordinating and executing day-to-day Client activities and projects. In this role, the Coordinator is responsible for timely execution of all assigned work.

Responsibilities:

· Develops and maintains good relationships with clients.

· Organizes and maintains client files on the agency’s internal server and within the Agency’s project management tool (iMeet), such as:

o Client Strategic Input Documents

o Project Timelines

o Creative Comps

o Change Orders

o Budgets and Estimates

o Competitive Information

· Opens jobs, works with agency PM/Traffic manager to develop project timelines and coordinates estimates for client for approval. Insures no agency work is begun without prior written approval from client.

· Has knowledge at all times about the status of all projects. Makes every effort to insure that work is done effectively, on time and on budget.

o Collaborates with Project Management/Traffic in developing project timelines for client approval.

o Responsible for the preparation of written status reports on accounts to be provided to the client and shared internally.

o Discusses with supervisor first and then client any financial ramifications to project budgets based on client-directed changes. Provides new APA for client approval.

· Keeps supervisor informed as to status of projects and alerts them to any possible problems that could arise or changes in client input or strategic direction.

· Maintains ownership of projects as assigned. Reviews progress and provides updates to supervisor.

· Works closely and collaboratively with Project Management/Traffic, Accounting, Brand Strategy, Creative, Digital and Production (both Broadcast and Print). Keeps them informed as to any changes in client input by issuing a change order.

· Participates in review and evaluation of final creative executions with Account and Creative teams prior to presenting to client.

· Participates in developing agency recommendations and points of view for client presentation as assigned. Makes sure all pertinent information such as consumer data, research findings, etc., is available and considered when preparing the recommendation.

· Proactively looks for opportunities for providing additional agency services to increase revenue.

· Coordinates monthly client billing; reviews invoices and client billing reports prior to sending to client; provides any pertinent information to supervisor.

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE

Associates degree, Bachelors or equivalent work experience

Experience in a role that requires significant attention to detail, volume of projects, multiple competing priorities and autonomous work responsibility

Strong communication skills, written and verbal required

Qualifications

Associates degree, Bachelors or equivalent work experience

Experience in a role that requires significant attention to detail, volume of projects, multiple competing priorities and autonomous work responsibility

Strong communication skills, written and verbal

Preference for applicants with agency internship experience or some work experience in an agency setting

Additional Information

A human experience agency that truly believes customers are people first. Plus, we believe employees are people first and treat them accordingly. We’re a close-knit group of talented humans who love nothing more than working together to produce work that we can all be proud of, that work for our clients and pick up a few awards along the way. We are insights-driven and use data to focus the message, not destroy it. You’ll never be bored here as we have one of the most diverse portfolios in the industry. We have pharma, tourism, energy, health, CPG, sports and financial clients who all need your best thinking. We have summer hours and a limited work from home policy. Plus, and this is usually the deciding factor for people, we have donuts and meat muffins on Friday.

 PARTIAL CLIENT LIST

Glaxo Smith Kline

Little Debbie Snacks

Regions Bank

Schutt Sports

Benchmark Rehab Partners

Piedmont Hospital

Alabama Power

Gulf Power

Williamsburg, Virginia Tourism

Brown Forman Distillers

Panama City Beach Tourism