Account Executive (Mumbai)

What’s up? We’re VaynerMedia! We are a contemporary global creative and media agency with an expertise in driving relevance for clients and delivering impactful business results. The independently-owned agency was founded in 2009 and has offices in New York, Los Angeles, London, Singapore, Australia, Thailand, Japan and Mexico City. VaynerMedia has been recognized for its work at Cannes Lions, the Clio Awards and The Webby Awards. It is part of the VaynerX family of companies.

Culture is our key and Empathy is how we build it. VaynerMediaAPAC is strong with a world-class combination of diverse backgrounds collaborating to put forward innovative, creative and strategic solutions to the one advantage that stands the test of time --- PEOPLE. Day in and day out, we propel some of the biggest brands in the world to the intersection of attention and culture. In APAC, we are proudly +200, servicing a diverse client all around the region.

The PITCH

Our amazing client partnership team is looking forward to collaborating with a “people first” Account Executive to help manage an exciting account in our growing India market. This is a full-time role based in India with a reporting role to the Account Manager.

Here’s your first brief --

• Eats, breathes, and sleeps today’s digital & mobile consumer, with one goal in mind to develop brand-specific strategies that, ultimately, help them sell shit.

• Natural entrepreneurial spirit and love for social media.

• Overall achiever who runs the day to day, keeping the wheels moving

• Well versed in common marketing & media principles with a strong understanding of the social media platforms and their ecosystems.

• Ensures the needs of clients are being met and strives to identify and resolve potential obstacles or performance issues before they arise.

• Develops and delivers presentations aligned to the VaynerX principles highest standard.

• Deep and more proactive understanding of the client’s business outside of our campaigns or the marketing context.

• Communicates to Strategy, Creative, IPM and Media teams, whether delivering Client feedback or providing a POV.

• Ensures client relationship health is closely tracked and communicated to leadership on a regular basis.

• Foundational working knowledge of creative and media across major digital and social channels. Well versed in common marketing and media principles with a strong understanding of the social media platforms and their ecosystems.

Required Skills/Experience:

• 0.6-2 years of account servicing experience in a creative advertising agency is strongly preferred

• Creative and ‘out of the world’ mindset with experience in campaign planning and idea generation

• Brilliant communication skills

• Sets stretch goals and holds self and others to high standards of performance.

• Consistently acts with integrity and invests in building trust with all colleagues and clients

What you should know about VaynerMedia

Think “lab” and not “agency”. We get excited about solving business problems, not creating advertising for the sake of making advertising. Our entrepreneurship DNA runs deep. We’re willing to break rules, try new things, and test hypotheses if it means better understanding our craft. It’s fun!

Our environment (and pace) feels much more like a start-up than most agencies you might be used to. Hopefully that, and the opportunity to collaborate with the talented and enthusiastic crew, work with big brands excites you, as it does us. We can’t wait to meet you.