Mic is a diverse news and media company for young people. Our mission is to inform, inspire, and empower our generation to make change happen. Each month, more than 65 million young people rely on Mic to make sense of the world.

As an Account Manager at Mic, you will coordinate between Mic’s sales team and advertisers to execute and report on sold campaigns. Ideal candidates will have a passion for managing detailed projects from start to finish and experience collaborating with cross-functional team members. You must have a deep understanding of the media landscape, the social web, and the underlying technologies that service successful media companies.

Responsibilities:

• Support Mic’s sales team through the post-sale process for sold campaigns
• Coordinate the successful and timely launch of advertising campaigns
• Facilitate and lead meetings with branded content, product, design and video teams
• Manage day-to-day interactions with current clients to ensure their needs are met and issues are proactively addressed
• Coordinate all weekly reporting with ad operations to be sent to the client
• Compile final recap reports and sent to client upon campaign completion
• Strive for flawless execution and client satisfaction
• Build strong client and agency relationships
• Identify opportunities to up-sell and drive repeat business
• Provide meaningful insight and learnings from campaigns to develop case studies and other sales materials
• Be an expert in the field of past, present and future campaigns both internally at Mic and across the market

Qualifications:

• 1-3 years of Media Planning or Account Management experience
• Strong background in account management or integrated marketing at a leading publisher and agency
• Leadership skills including internal communication, meeting agenda creation and the ability to lead internal and external calls
• Experience managing clients on project scope and delivery
• Proven skills in problem solving, follow through, attention to detail and priority setting
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work with multiple personalities
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced startup environment
• Sharp business sense, resourceful, innovative and responsive to change
• Media planning capabilities with strong skills in digital systems like SalesForce, ComScore, Nielsen, DFP, Ad servers, etc
• Interested in learning
• Advanced excel skills
• HTML