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Senior Account Director

JetFuel, fayetteville, ar, United States


Our fast-growing agency is on the hunt for a Senior Director, Client Services to join us on our journey of building the industry’s next great force in the experiential marketing space.

Here’s What We Do

  • Design, produce, and activate experiential live brand experience at events nationwide
  • Product sampling & field marketing programs for various beverage & snack brands
  • National mobile tour programs

Here’s Our Philosophy

  • Moments in time that transcend. Brand experiences that engage. Cultivating social currency that inspires sharing & advocacy.

Here’s What We Are Looking For

A seasoned Senior Client Services Director primed to lead, manage and deliver live, experiential events to our clients with an eye towards organic growth & client retention. XM at JetFuel includes sponsorship activation, pop-up shops, mobile tours, sampling campaigns, one-off events, retail marketing programs, and trade shows.

Tactical applications include developing an overarching activation plan, developing a program timeline and tracking performance.

Responsibilities

  • Oversee and lead all facets of production elements and client deliverables, ensuring the end product meets and/or exceeds JFS & client standards
  • Ensure management of client expectations
  • Develop and manage projects and programs, including strategies, implementation plans, evaluation mechanisms, staffing plans, timelines and budgets
  • Act with a high degree of independence; holds responsibility for overall account relationships
  • Maintain and grow existing accounts, establishing relationships with key client contacts and ensuring that client/agency relationships exists on multiple levels and grow over time
  • Leverage full resources JetFuel, increasing client/agency points of contact
  • Provide proactive leadership to accounts, staff and clients
  • Develop and direct new business program development and presentations working with senior leaders
  • Company Credit Card & Expenses: Employees may be issued a company credit card for business-related expenses, and must ensure proper use, retain receipts, and submit weekly expense reports for approval

Qualifications

  • Minimum of a Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Advertising, or the equivalent
  • 8-12 years of relative experience within field/experiential marketing & live events
  • Communication skills; ability to communicate highly technical concepts to a non-technical audience
  • Vendor contacts, sourcing and negotiation experience
  • Detail oriented individual with excellent follow-up/follow-through, organizational /documentation/tracking skills
  • Strong computer application skills (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Google Suite) and ability to work in a digital work environment
  • Ability to meet deadlines, work independently, think creatively, & evaluate usage data
  • Superior interpersonal skills to work closely with internal creative & accounts team members and client teams
  • Ability to work weekends and travel on occasion, when projects dictate
  • The role may require work outside of typical business hours, including evenings, weekends, or holidays, to meet deadlines or support critical projects.
  • The position might involve on-call responsibilities or rotating shifts to ensure project coverage outside of normal business hours
  • The job may require travel to meet with clients, attend meetings, or support projects.

Equal Opportunities

Eat. Breathe. JetFuel

  • People Minded – Must show dignity and respect to all people
  • Integrity – Must exemplify the highest degree of ethical behavior
  • Results Oriented – Must show passion, pride and commitment to succeed
  • Highly Organized – With consistent and timely communications
  • Trust – Must be honest, sincere and confident
  • Teamwork – Must build trusting relationships and have each other’s backs
  • Innovation – Must progress through a combination of creativity, common sense & vision

Benefits

  • Salary annualized compensation
  • Onsite weekend pay
  • Earned comp days for onsite weekends
  • 15 PTO days
  • Health Benefits
  • 401k plans
  • Participation of the JetFuel bonus plan

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