Account Executive
About PMCF Team:
The Princess Margaret Cancer Foundation Team is a dynamic, integrated team dedicated to delivering innovative and effective solutions for PMCF across a high volume of tactics and touchpoints for paid and owned channels. We pride ourselves on our collaborative culture, our ability to leverage the full power of the WPP network and WPP Open, and our commitment to driving exceptional results for our clients.
About the Role:
The Account Executive is a pivotal role within the PMCF team, responsible for the day-to-day leadership and flawless execution of a high volume of integrated marketing campaigns. This position demands a unique combination of exceptional client relationship management, astute problem-solving capabilities, and rigorous operational expertise with an unwavering attention to detail. As a primary point of contact, you will cultivate strong client partnerships, ensuring seamless project delivery against demanding timelines. Critical to success is your ability to foster effective collaboration across the agency and fully leverage the WPP Open ecosystem to develop innovative and integrated solutions. If you can keep twenty plates spinning simultaneously and make it look effortless, we want to hear from you!
Key Responsibilities:
Client Communication & Relationship Management:
● Serve as a primary point of contact for clients, responding promptly to requests and providing regular project updates.
● Build and maintain positive client relationships, fostering trust and open communication.
● Proactively anticipate client needs and identify opportunities to add value within the scope of assigned projects.
Project Management & Delivery:
● Lead the day-to-day management of integrated marketing projects, ensuring seamless execution across all channels.
● Develop and manage detailed project timelines.
● Ensure all deliverables meet established quality standards, brand guidelines, and client expectations before presentation
● Proactively identify and mitigate project risks, ensuring smooth execution and timely delivery.
● Facilitate effective communication and collaboration between internal teams, external vendors, and clients.
Strategic Campaign Planning & Development:
● Collaborate with strategy, creative, and media teams to develop integrated campaign plans that align with client objectives and target audiences.
● Development of creative briefs and comms matrices for owned campaigns - email, social and web and event collateral and merch projects.
● Translate strategic insights into actionable project plans, including timelines, budgets, and resource allocation.
Creative Acumen & Analysis:
● Actively engage with creative concepts, providing informed feedback and asking probing questions to ensure alignment with strategic objectives and client expectations.
● Develop a strong understanding of effective creative principles, identifying what resonates with target audiences and what may fall short.
● Analyze creative performance data (often in partnership with strategy team) to understand what works and doesn't, informing future creative direction and optimization.
● Champion innovative creative solutions, knowing when and how to push boundaries while maintaining brand integrity.
● Facilitate constructive dialogue between creative teams and clients, translating feedback effectively and advocating for strong creative work.
Operational Excellence & Process Improvement:
● Identify opportunities to optimize project workflows and improve team efficiency.
● Implement best-practice project management methodologies and tools.
● Contribute to the development of agency-wide operational standards and guidelines.
WPP Open Integration:
● Collaborate cross-functionally to leverage the full capabilities of WPP Open, ensuring its integration into every aspect of our projects. This involves working closely with all skill sets within your team to foster a dynamic and agile environment that continuously embraces technological advancements. By doing so, we aim to deliver maximum output and effectiveness across the entire content supply chain network.
Skills & Experience:
● 1-3 years of experience in account management or project management within a creative agency, adept at navigating complex agency workflows.
● Experience leading projects independently and collaboratively (with senior account team support).
● Expertise in managing multiple projects (20+) to tight timelines in a fast-paced environment.
● Exceptional client relationship management skills, including building trust, setting clear expectations, adeptly handling challenging conversation
● Extremely high attention to detail.
● Highly proactive and responsive.
● Outstanding communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills.
● Superior organizational abilities, time management, and strategic prioritization skills to effectively manage competing demands and deliverables.
● Proficiency in managing diverse stakeholders and fostering collaboration
● Familiarity with agency systems and technologies, including the WPP Open ecosystem (or a strong willingness to rapidly learn and leverage new platforms).
Key Attributes:
● Ambitious: Driven to achieve project success and contribute to client growth.
● Independent: A resourceful and proactive problem-solver.
● Partnership: A collaborative team player who builds strong relationships.
● Positivity: An enthusiastic and supportive individual who contributes to a positive work environment.
The base salary for this position at the time of this posting may range from CA$39,750 to CA$66,250. Individual compensation varies based on job-related factors, including location, business needs, level of responsibility, experience, and qualifications.
T&P embraces and celebrates diversity, inclusivity, and equal opportunity. We are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We are a worldwide creative agency that represents global clients. The more inclusive we are, the more brilliant work we can create together.
- Department
- Account Management
- Locations
- Toronto
- Remote status
- Hybrid
- Employment type
- Full-time
About T&P
Who are we?
T&P, part of WPP, is one of the world’s leading full service creative and media agencies, connecting talent and tech to drive growth for brands. Formed by the integration of The&Partnership and mSix&Partners, it brings together content and distribution into a single, holistic end-to-end marketing solution. Backed by WPP and WPP Media and combined with the agility of an entrepreneurial Partner-led mindset, the multi-discipline agency spans four continents with 45 offices and over $1.2 billion dollars in billings globally. As an early adopter with the first ever AI-generated TV ad for Lexus in 2018, T&P is focused on harnessing AI across all its outputs with its 1,900 people already trained on WPP’s proprietary AI platform Creative Studio, to deliver enhanced outcomes for clients.
We believe in The Power of &, connecting talent & tech to fuel brand growth. Our teams blend creative, media, experience and technology specialists from across our marketing practices. The performance mindset of these teams optimises to business outcomes in every channel, fueled by the latest innovations in AI.
Ultimately of course, we are our people. They’re the most important part of our business, so we want to make a lasting impression on them in the same way they do on us, by striving to become the most important place in their careers.
That’s why we do our best to build strong communities around them; provide the best possible opportunities for them to develop & grow; and empower them to make a difference to their clients and the world at large. Our strengths often lie in our differences, so we challenge and champion each other and our clients, to be the very best we can be.
About WPP
WPP is the trusted growth partner for the world’s leading brands. We unite cutting-edge media intelligence and data solutions, world-class creativity, next-generation production, transformative enterprise solutions and expert strategic counsel in a single company – powered by exceptional talent and our agentic marketing platform, WPP Open, to help our clients navigate change, capture opportunity and deliver transformational growth. For more information, visitWPP.com.
T&P, part of WPP, is an equal opportunity employer and considers applicants for all positions without discrimination or regard to particular characteristics. We are committed to fostering a culture of respect in which everyone feels they belong and has the same opportunities to progress in their careers.