Seeking an Account Executive to Join the FitzMartin Team

Our Account Executives are the lead between our clients and our team. This is a vital role in our agency because client relationships and client success are absolutely the most important part of our firm's success. Are you the person we're looking for?

Quite possibly, if:

You thrive in a high energy, fast-paced environment. You have exceptional organizational skills and a proactive attitude. You. Love. Making. Things. Happen.

You have excellent people skills and you’re a bit obsessed with things like clarity and next-steps, but you are also a strategic thinker who loves the bigger picture as much as the detail. You have an insatiable curiosity. You love to learn, to understand the “why?” And that applies to FitzMartin and the way we work and our clients and the way they work.

You are humble, yet confident. That's a bit of a paradox, we get it, but it's a trait that our best people share.

You can work on your own or as part of a team, often at the same time. You are not afraid to ask questions. You are not afraid of the big challenges because you know that’s where the big opportunities are.

Note - this is a remote role with estimated travel of 10-15% for client visits and quarterly planning sessions in Birmingham, AL.

High Value Activities:

Communication - Our clients should never have to wonder what we’re doing, or when to expect something from us. More often than not, client problems arise out of miscommunication or lack of communication. As AE, you’ll establish a weekly, monthly and quarterly communication cadence with our clients (FM process). But in addition - get to know your clients outside of the day to day tasks. Stop by their office, send a birthday card, learn about them as people. Write thank you notes (handwritten). Ultimately, you need to establish trust with your clients.

Client Growth - While leading clients through projects or campaigns, there’s always an opportunity to do more. The best way to find more opportunities, more work, is to listen to your clients, check in often and ask questions. You’ll find that you hear about problems we may not be working on that we can help with. As a team, you and other Account Executives will have client growth goals to meet every quarter.

Industry Knowledge - Account Executives may have the hardest job in an agency, primarily because they are expected to have knowledge, even expertise of a vast variety of things. Media, websites, SEO, PPC, marketing automation, consumer decision journey, analytics, PR, etc. It’s impossible to be an expert at all of these, but you are going to be expected to have enough working knowledge to talk to our clients about them. And how they might work, or not work, for the problem we are trying to solve for them. This also includes learning about your clients' specific industries. Subscribe to trade publications, emails, attend conferences. The more you know the better AE you will be, for FitzMartin and for your clients.

Responsibilities

• Daily management of client projects and activities
• Daily/weekly communication with clients, via email, phone calls, in person meetings, etc.
• Understanding of inbound marketing, digital and traditional marketing concepts and strategies
• Understanding of the behavioral change framework as applied to the customer decision journey, and tools and behaviors that are effective in moving a person from one stage to the next
• Understanding of your client’s industry and company - what challenges they face, from competitors, from regulations, and from the industry in general
• Working with the Creative Director to write meaningful creative work plans for new projects
• Working closely with the Project Manager to create project budgets and timelines
• Writing project and retainer agreements
• Working with the Strategist to devise a campaign that meets the client's needs and budget
• Presenting campaign ideas and estimates to clients
• Negotiating with clients, solving any problems and making sure deadlines are met
• Quality control of all work that is submitted to clients
• Monitoring all stages of campaigns to guarantee that they run smoothly
• Writing status reports throughout the duration of the project to keep clients and peers updated
• Creating and presenting quarterly campaign performance reports to clients, with detailed metrics, insights and goal measurement
• Thinking beyond the task at hand

Requirements

• 3+ years experience as an Account Executive or similar role in an agency
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Digital marketing and social media acumen is a huge plus! You’ll really get our attention if you have working knowledge of Google AdWords, Google Analytics, social media platforms and marketing automation technologies (particularly HubSpot)
• An understanding of valuable marketing metrics, such as Customer Acquisition Cost, Customer Lifetime Value, Marketing ROI, Marketing Attributed Customers, Marketing Influenced Customers
• A proactive approach to client management
• A keen eye for detail and an understanding of budget restraints
• A personable and professional character that will allow you to build client rapport
• The confidence to give clients trust in your work

About FitzMartin

FitzMartin is a B2B sales and marketing consultancy, founded in 1992. For more than two decades and for hundreds of clients, we’ve applied the science of behavioral psychology and the art of design to help our clients add more, and more profitable, customers. We do that by aligning sales and marketing efforts around the way science says people make decisions. We’re good at solving complex sales and marketing problems.