Account Executive, Business Leadership – Commerce/CPG

*This role is open to applicants within a commutable distance of our Atlanta, Chicago, and St. Louis offices.*

WHAT ARE WE LOOKING FOR
We’re seeking a dynamic and detail-oriented Associate (Account Executive) to join our Business Leadership team and help drive success for a leading CPG brand in the food industry. In this role, you’ll play a key part in managing the day-to-day operations of the account, overseeing a wide range of internal projects and responding to client requests with precision and professionalism.
The ideal candidate thrives in a fast-paced environment, is highly organized, and possesses exceptional attention to detail. You’re someone who embraces flexibility, effortlessly adapting to shifting priorities and workstreams to ensure we consistently exceed client expectations.

HERE’S WHAT YOU’LL DO (RESPONSIBILITIES)

• Contribute to various workflows aligned with the account’s needs, including client-specific initiatives, retail shopper executions, and external partner collaborations.
• Execute projects in line with agency standards and client processes, ensuring deliverables meet deadlines and coordinating workflows with relevant stakeholders.
• Translate client requests clearly and efficiently, taking the lead on specific projects as needed based on the overall client ask.
• Effectively utilize agency tools such as creative briefs, creative review and recap decks to communicate key information.
• Provide daily status updates to the Account Director and team, track deliverables, and maintain the account project tracker to ensure seamless project progress.
• Adapt quickly to shifting priorities by staying organized, managing time effectively, and addressing time-sensitive tasks as an innovative problem solver.
• Proactively manage client tasks and timelines, anticipating potential delays or obstacles and adjusting schedules to ensure smooth operations and client satisfaction.
• Actively participate in client status meetings, take notes, manage follow-up actions, and ensure completion of required tasks.
• Review creative and copy against project objectives, strategy, briefs, offering clear and concise feedback to maintain quality and alignment.
• Demonstrate familiarity with various commerce tactics, including digital, social and print outputs within retail channels.
• Create estimates with a solid understanding of fee structures and client-specific parameters.
• Establish and maintain strong, effective relationships with multi-disciplinary agency teams.
• Use agency resources appropriately and efficiently to deliver results.
• Develop comprehensive understanding of the agency’s offerings, mission, and vision.
• Perform additional tasks as assigned while embodying Momentum’s core values.

 
HERE’S WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR (QUALIFICATIONS & REQUIREMENTS)

• 1+ years of experience in an agency, brand, or retailer environment, with a background in developing and executing campaigns in the commerce or CPG space.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to convey ideas clearly and confidently.
• Experience working with retail media platforms is a plus.
• Polished, professional demeanor with the ability to project confidence and enthusiasm for the business.
• Proven success in managing projects and excelling in client-facing roles, demonstrating an ability to deliver results under pressure.
• History of building effective working relationships across diverse teams, fostering collaboration and trust.
• Demonstrated knowledge of financial aspects such as billing reports, invoicing, and project financial maintenance, including the ability to create accurate estimates.
• Self-motivated with the ability to work independently as well as collaboratively with multiple teams.
• Collaborate team player with experience in a fast-paced, ever-evolving client environment, ability to adapt to change while supporting colleagues to achieve collective goals.
• Highly organized, with a proven ability to multi-task, prioritize, and manage time effectively across multiple projects.

ABOUT US – MOMENTUM WORLDWIDE 
Momentum is an agency of doers. We make the industry’s most disruptive, entertaining, shareable, unforgettable experiences for our clients and their fans. We do it by bringing people closer to what they love, in original and unexpected ways. Whether it’s a physical activation, a virtual experience, or a piece of unique branded content, it’s all part of what we call the Total Brand Experience — ideas that solve business challenges, through best-in-class Consulting, Strategy, Analytics, Experience Design, and Production.
We want you to help brands do amazing, unprecedented, wild things, creating experiences that people never forget.
WHAT CAN YOU EXPECT FROM MOMENTUM

At Momentum, we expect our employees to embody our values!
Our Core Values of Be One, Do Great Work, Have Fun, Give Back and Grow empower an environment where we challenge ourselves professionally and encourage each other personally.
At Momentum, we make our differences matter!
Who we are matters.  We choose to hire diverse voices from all walks of life.  We choose to make our culture one where everyone can be their authentic self and speak in their voice. We choose to give each other permission to get things wrong, so we can learn to make them right.  We choose to celebrate the bravery of our peers and we choose to be collectively responsible.
At Momentum, we make our actions matter!
Making it matter means always choosing the sustainable option. It means designing waste out from the start.  It means working with the right materials. Sourcing locally, innovating off-the-shelf solutions and reusing and repurposing. It means powering smarter. Traveling less. And only working with vendors who do the same. Make it matter means becoming the first experiential agency in the world to receive 2 ISO certifications.
At Momentum, we make our people matter!
We choose to make your workplace part of your wellbeing. We choose a hybrid work model. We choose no meeting Fridays. We choose to let ourselves take as much Time Well Taken (vacation) as we need. We choose education programs that help our people develop professionally and personally. We choose tuition reimbursement. We choose to match your 401K. We choose to make your financial wellbeing our priority. We choose to make our people’s lives matter.
MOMENTUM BENEFITS

• Flexible Time Off (our flexible benefits plan that allows you take the time you need)
• Hybrid Work model – ability to work from home or in office
• Holidays and Winter Break (agency closes between Christmas and New Years holidays)
• No meeting Fridays
• Curated DE&I programs and initiatives
• Medical, Dental and Vision plans
• Short- and Long-term disability
• 401(K) with company match
• EAP – Employee Assistance Plan
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Work from Home stipend
• Referral bonuses
• Training and development opportunities
• Flexible Spending Account
• Health Saving Accounts

At Momentum Worldwide, we value diversity and the uniqueness of all people. We thrive in an inclusive environment, and we recruit, hire and promote without regard to race, gender, age, color, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, ethnic or national origin, citizenship, religion, sexual preference, military or veteran status, marital status, family status, physical or mental disability – or any other legally protected categories as set forth in the applicable state, federal or local laws. This policy applies to all aspects of employment including training, compensation, benefits and all other privileges of employment.