Account Executive

About the role

Love food? Passionate about marketing? Do you pride yourself on providing excellent service? IN Food Marketing & Design is seeking an Account Executive to provide day-to-day management of our growing list of of top B2B and B2C food brands

OBJECTIVE: Provide day-to-day account and project management, working closely with the account and creative teams to provide clients with the highest level of service possible. Ensure the smooth execution of projects, guiding troubleshooting efforts when necessary. Be a representative of both the client and the agency at all times. Be a positive contributor to the IN Food team and culture.

Who we are

IN Food Marketing & Design is a full-service advertising agency that specializes in the food industry. We received the 2023 Best Places to Work Award by the Mpls/St. Paul Business Journal. We are diligent problem solvers who love what we do, and it shows through our curiosity and contagious passion. We believe business is about more than profits, it’s about genuine care and connection to our community and the people we serve. That’s why we give back 5% of our profits to help alleviate hunger locally. If this sounds like you, we would love to hear from you.

Responsibilities

• Meet with clients on a regular basis to maintain existing projects, gain knowledge about new initiatives and present new marketing/creative ideas.
• Prepare project initiations and job actions, seeking assistance of other account team members when necessary.
• Work within agency project procedures to ensure that objectives, deadlines, changes and budgets are documented and clearly communicated to co-workers.
• Actively monitor projects in progress, flagging clients when scope changes/additional project rounds require an estimate increase.
• Work with Assistant AE and Project Manager to update client status reports, and keep clients abreast of projects in progress.
• Edit, proofread copy/layouts.
• Review layouts/copy prior to presenting to client to ensure creative meets clients’ strategic objectives.
• Understand creative rationale to effectively communicate and sell our concepts.

Desired Experience

• 4-year degree
• 2-3 years of relevant experience, preferably in an agency setting.