We believe that when the best of strategy and creativity come together, brands stand apart.
Our Hiring Philosophy
Carmichael Lynch is committed to creating a diverse, safe and welcoming workplace with opportunity for all. We strive for inclusion, equity and diversity in both our words and actions. BIPOC, women, marginalized communities, LGBTQIA+, veterans and persons with disabilities are encouraged to apply. To learn more, please visit: https://www.carmichaellynch.com/about/
What’s In It for You*
- Professional Development (performance reviews 2x annually, training opportunities related to your field of development, one-on-ones with managers, etc.)
- We offer competitive, equitable salaries (reviewed annually to ensure equity and competitiveness)
- A strong, vibrant, continually-evolving Diversity, Equity and Inclusion belief (in thought and action), encompassing our agency and our Employee Resource Groups (ERGs). Recognizing the voices that need to be heard.
- Competitive, company and employee sponsored benefits, including: Medical, Dental, Vision, 401k (company matched 50% of first 6%), PTO (vacation/sick time) allowance, 18-week maternity leave, 12-week parental leave, 19 paid company holidays, Family Building Benefit (adoption, surrogacy benefit), tuition reimbursement and much more.
*Please note that these benefits only apply to full time roles
Role:
A collaborative, media-specific account management role responsible for driving media connections between Carmichael Lynch and their clients, and where applicable, partner agencies (e.g. the designated creative AOR). This role provides support to ensure client and agency disciplines work together to achieve their marketing and communication objectives. As the media account lead, this person will serve as a liaison between the Carmichael Lynch media team, the client and partner agencies, helping to facilitate strategy and comms planning, as well as budget and timeline management.
Areas of Focus:
- Understands the role and function of media in order to help facilitate and manage the flow of projects.
- Liaises with client and agency teams to foster collaboration and solutions.
- Helps manage media-specific timelines and budgets, coordinating with partner agency(ies) on how media timelines impact and integrate with broader comms timelines (e.g. creative development, production, in-market launches).
- Monitors all media-specific budget and billing activity. While not responsible for scoping and contract development, will oversee ongoing financial management, including monitoring run rates and time reports, coordinating monthly invoicing, maintaining budget trackers, and securing media authorization approvals.
- Participates in internal and external weekly status meetings, as required.
- Helps disseminate updates and recaps to ensure communication is maintained between all partners.
- While not responsible for developing or executing media strategies, recommendations and plans, should have a working knowledge of media and media analytics in order to facilitate requests, foster collaboration, and translate feedback and POVs.
- While members of CL media teams will correspond directly with clients and partner agencies, this person will be a back-up outlet for various communications needs on ad-hoc requests, engaging appropriate agency team members as needed.
- Support and communicate with the client’s media team, serving as a point of contact on launch media plans, media requests, media approvals and budget shifts.
Qualifications/Traits:
- 6+ years advertising or marketing experience, with media knowledge and expertise
- Prior background with client relationship management
- Thrives in a collaborative and fast-paced environment
- Confident and resourceful, can function with minimal supervision
- Possesses excellent organizational skills and attention to detail
- Exhibit excellent written and oral communications skills
- Dynamic agency member, contributing to a positive culture
- Experience with full-service integrated agency setting preferred
- Execution of media partner activations a plus
What We Do
Come together, stand apart. That’s our how and our why, neatly wrapped up so we never lose sight of what we’re here to do every day: come together with the best people from every discipline to make the very best brand-building, culture-bending, business-altering work with our partners.
