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Senior Account Executive, Client Leadership
dentsu · Chicago, Illinois, United States · also New York, New York, United States
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In short
You will serve as a key point of contact for clients, managing project status, assets, and campaigns while fostering strong internal and external partnerships. Responsibilities include executing agency strategies, managing onsite activations, and providing creative solutions to project challenges.
What they're looking for
MUST-HAVE SKILLS
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Candidates must have at least 3 years of account management experience, including 2 years in a creative agency and 2 years in events or activations. Applicants must be at least 21 years old to support the alcohol and spirits industry client.
About the employer
Merkle
We power the experience economy. · hiring as dentsu
Merkle, a dentsu company, powers the experience economy. As the only consultancy in the world with a heritage in data science and business performance, Merkle’s 16,000+ designers, strategists, technologists, and data professionals have been recognized for excellence by top analyst firms for digital experience and marketing, commerce, loyalty services and solutions, data management and activation, analytics and data science, engineering and technology integration, and CRM.
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An award winner in experience innovation, market research, AI strategy consulting, and creative commerce, Merkle is the #1 global Salesforce agency partner, the 2025 Braze global services partner of the year, the #1 global Google Analytics partner, a global platinum Adobe partner, and a founding global Figma service partner. Merkle operates in 30+ countries throughout the Americas, EMEA, and APAC.
- INDUSTRY
- Business Consulting and Services
- COMPANY
- Privately Held
- FOUNDED
- 1988
- HEADQUARTERS
- Columbia, MD
- SIZE
- 10,001+
- OFFICES
- 10 on LinkedIn
- OPEN HERE
- 3 roles
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Questions about this role
- Is this dentsu role remote?
- Tagged hybrid · 3 days in office.
- What does it pay?
- The posting lists $68,000–$82,000 a year.
- Does it sponsor visas?
- Listed as no visa sponsorship.
- What experience does it ask for?
- Listed as 2-5 years.
The posting, in full
As a Senior Account Executive- Experiential & Shopper Marketing, you will be an important contributor to daily client communication as it relates to information about assets, campaigns, events, status meetings and overall project knowledge and process. Become a trusted partner to the internal team and clients through your ability to accomplish tasks thoughtfully and work collaboratively towards a common goal.
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Job Description
As a Senior Account Executive- Experiential & Shopper Marketing, you will be an important contributor to daily client communication as it relates to information about assets, campaigns, events, status meetings and overall project knowledge and process.
Responsibilities
- Become a trusted partner to the internal team and clients through your ability to accomplish tasks thoughtfully and work collaboratively towards a common goal.
- Partner with clients for strategic and executional needs.
- Demonstrate mature leadership in difficult situations and escalate client difficulties.
- Manage projects independently and can creatively solutions issues along the way.
- Understand when and how to keep Account Supervisor and Directors informed on important project details, when to get AS management feedback.
- Sell agency strategies, creative and points of view.
Qualifications
- 3+ years of account management experience
- 2+ years creative agency experience on an account or client services team
- 2+ years experience with events and activations
- Experience developing campaigns and onsite/in person activations
- Shopper Marketing and client management experience
- Must be 21+ years of age to support this client within Alcohol/ Spirits/ Beverage industry
Desired Qualifications
- Experience working on a client in the Alcohol/ Spirits/ Beverage industry
Additional Information:
The annual salary range for this position is 68K- 82K . Placement within the salary range is based on a variety of factors, including relevant experience, knowledge, skills, and other factors permitted by law.
Benefits available with this position include:
- Medical, vision, and dental insurance,
- Life insurance,
- Short-term and long-term disability insurance,
- 401k,
- Flexible paid time off,
- At least 15 paid holidays per year,
- Paid sick and safe leave, and
- Paid parental leave.
Dentsu also complies with applicable state and local laws regarding employee leave benefits, including, but not limited to providing time off pursuant to the Colorado Healthy Families and Workplaces Act, in accordance with its plans and policies. For further details regarding Dentsu benefits, please visit www.dentsubenefitsplus.com.
To begin the application process, please click on the "Apply" button at the top of this job posting. Applications will be reviewed on an ongoing basis, and qualified candidates will be contacted for next steps.
At dentsu, we believe great work happens when we’re connected. Our hybrid way of working combines remote flexibility with regular in-person collaboration to spark ideas and
strengthen our teams. Many of our employees who live within commuting distance (90 minutes) from one of our Headquarter or Hub Offices (New York, Chicago, Detroit, Los Angeles) are required to work in the office 2-3 days per week including one Team Day. The minimum number of days may vary by office and role. Dentsu may designate other HQ or Hub offices at any time. Those who do not live near an office may be designated as a remote employee, depending on the role and business needs. Regardless of your work location, we expect you to be flexible to meet the needs of our Company and clients, which may include attendance in an office from time to time.
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Location
New York
Brand
Dentsu Creative
Time Type
Full time
Contract Type
Permanent
Dentsu is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees. We do this without regard to race, color, national origin, sex , sexual orientation, gender identity, age, pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, ancestry, physical or mental disability, marital status, political affiliation, religious practices and observances, citizenship status, genetic information, veteran status, or any other basis protected under applicable federal, state, or local law.
Dentsu is committed to providing reasonable accommodation to, among others, individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans. If you need an accommodation because of a disability to search and apply for a career opportunity with us, please send an e-mail to ApplicantAccommodations@dentsu.com by clicking on the link to let us know the nature of your accommodation request and your contact information. We are here to support you.
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