Account Coordinator

About us:

Arrivals + Departures (A+D) is a national and proudly independent full-service creative and media agency, employing 80+ people with offices in Toronto and Halifax. More importantly, we are a group of passionate, down-to-earth people with an entrepreneurial spirit and hustle needed for today’s ever-changing world. In fact, our name is inspired by the changing world around us and reflects our mission to ‘See The World Differently’. This means we approach every challenge and opportunity with fresh eyes, not falling into the trap of delivering the expected. Simply put, we are for those who want to challenge the status quo with the relentless pursuit to see what no one else sees.

What we’re looking for:

You have a passion for advertising and don’t mind rolling up your sleeves to get the job done. You’re a quick learner and can multi-task to help execute projects with flawless attention to detail.

Ideally you have a related educational background, some experience in an agency environment and are looking to hone your advertising skills while contributing to a team effort to produce breakthrough creative across multiple disciplines.

We are a creative shop that prides ourselves on doing the un-thinkable and seeing the world differently.

Responsibilities:

• Updates and issues status reports with input from the team + leads as required
• Produces estimates, timelines, and contact reports with input from Account Managers/Supervisors and/or Project Managers
• Updates timelines on a regular basis to reflect the current status of projects
• Responsible for assisting the Account Manager/Account Director with the overall day-to-day workflow of projects
• Acts as a filter for perfection with an extreme attention to detail to ensure flawless execution
• Updates, maintains and issues BCRs for client portfolio
• Develop a deep understanding of the client business in order to add efficiency and effectiveness to work
• Monitors industry, cultural and technological trends and reports findings of interest to team.
• Admin tasks as required to keep client work progressing with success

Skills & Qualifications:

• At least 2 years of experience in fast paced, multitasking professional environment
• Passionate about advertising and has an insatiable desire to learn and grow professionally
• Ability to work across traditional and digital accounts landscape
• Articulate – outstanding communication skills, both written and verbal
• Solid people skills and emotional intelligence
• Flexible, adaptive, intuitive and resourceful
• Diplomatic
• Contributes – to developing ideas, making great things happen, to agency culture
• Can work independently but knows when to seek guidance
• Phenomenal attention to detail
• Experience in marketing or advertising in previous roles an asset