Job Title: Associate Director, Client Services (Contract)
Work Location: Berlin (Remote First but need to be able to come into office when needed)
Start Date: ASAP
Duration: This is a 6 month contract
Named one of WorkLife\’s 50 Best Places to Work and one of Fast Company\’s Most Innovative Companies, Whalar Group is a global creator company on a mission to liberate the creative voice.
Creators are at the heart of everything we do! We are a curious, diverse team of 300 individuals around the world who are passionate about the Creator Economy.
About the Client Services team:
The Client Services team has ultimate responsibility for the creative output of client campaigns. Client Services ensure the smooth execution of projects and have a helicopter view over all parts of the campaign process, working with expert teams and specialist partners (both internally and externally) to bring a brand\’s creative vision to life.
The team has three core functions:
- Manage client relationships, creator partnerships, budgets and timings across any executional workflows.
- Act as the central resource that brings in the right expertise at the right time, facilitating collaboration.
- Facilitate client retention and client satisfaction through quality creative output and excellent operational and servicing standards.
Here\’s what you\’ll do day-to-day:
- Excellent Client Servicing: Oversee and lead on seamless day-to-day operations of campaign delivery, bringing together the right cross-functional team and ensuring projects are effectively set up for success, including set up of new workflows where needed.
- Team Management: Be a positive, solutions-first role model and mentor, train and develop team members through robust career pathing and goal setting.
- Financial Accountability: Deliver accurate and effective pricing plans for pre-sale work, and track budgets and spends on post-sale work, ensuring budgets are fully optimized.
- Process Driven: Proactively identify gaps that require new processes and tailor all workflows for efficiency – review processes during and after campaign lifecycle and ensure learnings are shared and applied.
- Consultative: Listen deeply and ask big questions to help our clients go beyond their vision and goals. Offer up true creator economy expertise and knowledge of your accounts – supporting the Business Leads with client stewardship.
- Account Development: Develop client relationships and deepen partnerships, identifying and escalating new commercial opportunities.
- Campaign Reporting: Work alongside the Measurement and Paid Amp teams to develop and implement media strategies, as well as bespoke, detailed measurement plans with appropriate tracking and reporting set up.
- Presenting: Be an excellent storyteller. Present our work and represent the company to existing and prospective clients in an engaging and impactful way.
- Escalation: Have high trust with clients and showcase exceptional dispute resolution capabilities as well as client objection handling skills, taking a solutions-first approach and serving as a point of escalation where needed.
Here\’s what we\’re looking for:
- Have 6+ years\‘ agency or brand experience.
- Have a proven track record of successful program delivery and account growth with large customer accounts.
- Have experience managing a team, including career development, and be a natural motivator of people.
- Have strong detail-oriented, organizational and interpersonal skills.
- Thrive in an environment where collaboration, flexibility and scrappiness are valued more than job titles, rigid structure and legacy ways of working.
- Be a curious self-starter with a problem-solving mindset and a proactive, can-do attitude.
- Have a solid understanding of the creator economy, social media advertising ecosystem and an insatiable appetite for learning about industry innovations.
- Must be a native German speaker and professionally fluent in English (speaking and writing capabilities).
Our values:
At Whalar Group, diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) isn\’t just a statement, it\’s our collective strength. Our people are our superpower. A diverse team and inclusive leadership have shaped Whalar Group since our inception in 2016, fueling a constant evolution of growth. We champion a culture of respect and empathy, fostering a sense of belonging that transcends demographics.
Our benefits and perks:
Whalar Group provides flexible benefits and collaborative work environments and experiences so employees can work productively in a setting that best and uniquely suits their needs.
- 25 days of PTO + winter break
- Monthly phone/internet reimbursement
- New joiner home office allowance
- Calm App subscription (add up to 4 dependents)
- Volunteer days
- Social programs
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Kontaktperson:
Whalar Group HR Team