Careers
Account Manager
Marshal Yard has a career opportunity for a creative and client-centric Account Manager to join our growing team of integrated communications professionals.
In this role you will be primarily responsible for ensuring a second-to-none client experience, prospecting opportunities and growing existing client partnerships.
You will fully understand the expectations of clients, apply strategic thinking to tactical execution, and help coordinate the internal and external resources needed to execute projects on time and on budget.
Our success lies in developing strong partnerships and seamless integration with our clients’ teams to drive growth in their organizations. We also believe in professional development and invest in our people and their education.
We are looking for an enthusiastic, organized and positive person to fill this important position on our team. You’ll be challenged daily, and you’ll work side-by-side with the senior leadership as you learn and grow within our agency.
We are a company who cares about your career development with a team that wants to win together. If you push the bar higher at every opportunity and think doing awesome work and having fun are the same thing – then you’ll love working with us.
These are some of the things you’ll get to do with us:
- Contribute to the success of a dynamic and passionate team that produces engaging, effective work.
- Lead client meetings to gain an understanding of project goals and contribute ideas in creative strategy sessions.
- Anticipate client needs and identify opportunities to add value to our clients’ business.
- Lead and collaborate on projects, ensuring successful and profitable outcomes.
- Work on a variety of creative solutions on any given day including brand identity, integrated marketing campaigns, branded content, media production and design.
- Provide constructive input and creative thinking.
- Write reports, proposals and quotes.
- Create project plans/schedules, managing scope and budgets.
- Ensure creative solutions are successfully delivered on time, on budget, and on brief.
- Leverage internal systems to efficiently organize and manage projects and team workflows.
These are the skills and qualifications you have:
- Degree/Diploma in marketing, communications or business administration.
- Three to five years of relevant experience in project coordination and/or account management.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, centered around clarity.
- Strategic, big picture thinking, execution to the smallest detail.
- Experience managing multiple brand accounts.
- Flexibility to quickly embrace change and work with little direction.
- Ability to build relationships and manage personalities.
- Maintains composure, accepts responsibility and acts to find solutions.
- French is an asset but not a requirement.
These are the intangibles you have that are important:
- You have a love for people and building strong, trusted relationships.
- You want to work with a high-performing team that dares to go the extra mile for their clients and one another.
- You have the ability to juggle priorities and adapt in a busy changing office environment, managing multiple projects at once, and adhering to strict deadlines.
- You have excellent people management skills, are able to assess challenges and swiftly address them to ensure client satisfaction.
- You have strong interpersonal skills, integrity and professionalism.
- You have excellent listening and communication skills.
- You are detail-oriented and organized, with emphasis on reliability and responsiveness.
- You take your craft seriously, but not yourself.
- Agriculture industry experience considered a bonus.
This career opportunity with Marshal Yard offers:
- Full-time, permanent in-office position in Winnipeg.
- Salary range $60,000 to $70,000 annually.
- Meaningful work contributing to projects with purpose.
- Continual professional development.
- Health and dental benefits.
- Flexible, team-based structure that matches people to projects.
- Passionate, fun, like-minded professionals to work with.
- Casual office attire and vibe
To apply to join our team, please send your resume and to career@marshalyard.ca. No phone calls, please. Closing date is Friday January 31th, 5:00 PM (CST). Qualified applicants may be contacted before close.
Unfortunately, due to the number of applications we receive we are not able to contact everyone who applies. However, all applications are stored in our talent database and will be considered for future opportunities.