Account Manager ~ Downtown Chicago

Yesmail, the pioneer of customer-centric, email marketing, is seeking a talented Account Manager in our Downtown Chicago office to support the service of strategic clients.

YESMAIL BACKGROUND

Yesmail combines top-rated email marketing technology, relationship marketing expertise and data solutions from infoUSA, our parent company, to find, keep, and grow profitable customer relationships. Yesmail's portfolio of web-based tools and data solutions empower marketers to design, implement, analyze, and optimize email and direct marketing programs.

The company's email marketing platform has been recognized as best-in-class by the industry's leading analyst firms, Forrester Research and Jupiter Research. Founded in 1996, Yesmail is based in Portland, OR with in New York, NY, Omaha, NE, Chicago, IL and San Carlos, CA.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

Under the direction of a senior staff member, you will be responsible for managing successful relationships with strategic clients. You will be responsible to deliver email-marketing programs that meet business needs and oversee timely and cost effective implementation of those programs.

Additionally, you will support a production team who will coordinate the day-to-day production, scheduling and delivery of email. You will contribute to their success to best serve your clients.

You will work in a consultative fashion to advise clients of email marketing best practices and to provide strategic and tactical program guidance. Your advisory work will be informed by robust qualitative and quantitative analysis and communicated through meetings and formal presentations. You will drive regular internal and external account reviews and continually evaluate the effectiveness and profitability of each of your clients’ marketing programs.

Finally, you will recommend and implement additional infoUSA database marketing solutions (online & offline) in order to support strategic client goals.

Please send your cover letter and resume to [Click here for email] if you enjoy:

* Working with knowledgeable, success oriented people
* Providing excellent client service
* Offering marketing strategy and advice
* Being well-compensated
REQUIREMENTS
QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS

* 2+ years experience in direct marketing, database marketing, interactive marketing, marketing consulting, or advertising
* Excellent verbal and written communication skills
* Strong proficiency in Excel and data analysis
* Desire to work directly with clients and build long-term relationships
* Ability to manage client profitability
* Proven project management skills
* Technically literate and comfortable working with Internet technologies, and desire to build technical knowledge
* Ability to quickly grasp the issues and make sense of them
* Great team player, know when to lead and when to follow
* BA/BS required