Manager

At WIP, you’ll find a small, independent, structurally quite flat, deeply concerned for each other, abnormally transparent, pleasantly collaborative, adamantly ego-free, agency. And you will find an account department that includes strategy within it. That’s right. At WIP, we don’t have a separate strategy department, because we believe every account person should be a highly strategic thinker. Simply put, our primary focus is to ensure we achieve our clients’ business goals, and to do it, we need to get immersed in their businesses to the point where we become viewed as part of their team. To earn this respect and trust we have to be able to think about their businesses strategically to ensure every concept we bring forward will push them one step closer to achieving their goals.

As a Manager, you are the heartbeat of the projects you work on. You immerse yourself in the details to ensure you understand the concept and the production approach so you can manage the execution of it flawlessly. And you relentlessly look for ways to improve the process. This level of understanding allows you to prevent problems from arising, while keeping your team informed on all aspects of your projects. You quickly earn the trust and respect of your team members and the client through the actions you take every day. You’re a team player and you understand the role each person plays and how to partner with them to keep projects moving forward. You’re also a good listener, and are comfortable asking questions when you don’t understand what is being asked of you, or why. Most of all, you’re a good person, who’s highly collaborative, has no ego, and wants to be a part of making the best work of your career. If we’re describing you and the kind of place you desire, seems like we’d both be happiest if we chatted some more.

Responsibilities

Contribute to building and shaping the culture of the agency, holding agency leadership teams accountable for taking action to prove we are a work in progress; Break the definition of what it is to be an “account person” by bringing value, thinking, and partnership to every department across the agency; Manage client relationships and satisfaction, being a positive and proactive force on the team, and leading with accountability and honesty at all times; Seek to intimately understand every aspect of your clients’ businesses and categories, including their individual goals and initiatives, and helping shape short-term and long-term priorities; Proactively bring strategic thinking to the table, including initiatives that continually pay-off a brand’s Why through action, defining key brand goals and objectives, and seeking to enhance every aspect of their business as if it were your own; Be accountable for the profitability of the accounts you lead, treating every dollar, whether client or agency, as if it was your own; Build strong, trusting relationships that are both professional and personal, including all your clients and team members from junior to C-level; Hold the core principles and aspects of the agency, brands, and projects you lead dear, pushing strategically and boldly to ensure they remain intact, while making key pivots that advance each initiative to the finish line; Work directly with account leadership to ensure they’re up-to-speed on all account initiatives/health/status/issues, and that workflow is optimized across all projects; Manage internal resources across all departments to ensure efficiency and to maintain momentum, and developing new processes to make things more efficient; Help with agency initiatives and new business activities

Requirements

Belief in being a work in progress in all aspects of personal and professional lives; Hunger to grow and evolve; Knowledge of clients' businesses; Desire to help clients take action to achieve their goals; Always asks why; Strategic; Creative; Relentless; No detail too small, no concept too big; Belief that where there's a will there's a way; Team player; Understands the role each person plays; Good listener; Comfortable asking questions; Highly collaborative; No ego; Wants to be part of making the best work of their career

Benefits

Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, short-term disability (STD), voluntary long-term disability (LTD), and voluntary life/AD&D; 3% 401k contribution; “Unlimited” paid time off (PTO) for vacation days; 27 paid days off, which includes 16 holidays, a 1-week agency closure in July, and a 2-week agency closure in December; 2 weeks fully remote per year; Discretionary annual bonus; Each employee receives a $1,500 personal training credit annually, known as the WIP Fund, to allow for personal or professional growth in specific interest or passion areas