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Associate Engagement Manager

iCrossing, Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60290

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Job Description We’re a professional services company at the intersection of marketing and technology — partnering with ambitious brands to solve complex challenges, accelerate growth, and drive performance. Our integrated teams combine strategic insight, creative execution, data fluency, and technical expertise.

About Us We believe our biggest asset is our combination of different backgrounds, cultures, and disciplines that come together to form iCrossing community. What we do starts with our people.

We are part of the Hearst Corporation, the world’s leading media, entertainment, and content company, which gives us access to the most valuable data and insights, talent and audiences.

About This Job The Associate Engagement Manager is a role that will join a team focused on driving digital marketing transformation at the enterprise-level for an account. This individual will have experience identifying opportunities to grow and improve clients’ digital capabilities and will be tasked with building trusted, long-term relationships with key stakeholders across the client’s organization. Candidates with relevant experience in management consulting, digital transformation, and digital business strategy will be strongly considered. This full‑time role requires 2 days per week in the office.

Responsibilities

Lead end-to-end the direction and day-to-day execution of client digital program, including directing engagement team members on the account.

Ensure resources are allocated and staffed to facilitate delivery, including collaboration with Discipline Leads to ensure alignment to delivery plans and commercial targets.

Maintain an operational model that drives business outcomes and improve engagement leadership practices across the team through methodology and clear, repeatable processes. Monitor and enhance operational model over time to meet and exceed client expectations in the context of business goals/outcomes, client org structure, and program trajectory.

Provide leadership to develop custom approaches and solutions to client’s program challenges. Drive development of appropriate staffing plans to deliver against new initiatives and client annual renewals.

Build strong and lasting relationships with multiple client contacts. Develop relationships with key client partners to help evangelize iCrossing's expertise as a strategic and pragmatic delivery partner, with guidance and partnership from executive sponsors.

Develop a detailed knowledge of iCrossing services, capabilities, and differentiators.

Cultivate client relationships through content, communication, reliability and relatability

Mentor and nurture talent on the team

Collaborate, develop and strategize account plans to meet growth targets.

Maintain the client partnership, including greater incorporation of insights into plans and vision for the client, and deliver goals.

Track progress toward goals and commitments for the program, and report on them to decision-makers both purely to inform them and to drive progress toward greater advancement

Own service quality and partner with competency leaders on problem mitigation and risk management communications

Skills & Experience

5+ years of related work experience, major strategic consulting firm background preferred

Bachelor's Degree; advanced degree or MBA a plus

Fast, accurate, and authoritative analysis, forecasting, and decision-making

Deep expertise in assembling and management digital experience transformation programs

Comfort with ambiguity and broad requests, and able to both clearly validate understanding and answer with concrete projects and industry-leading work product

Strong commercial and business acumen

Record of lasting, mutually beneficial business relationships

Exemplary verbal and written communication skills including storytelling and presentation

Leadership ability, especially to drive action without direct authority

Exceptional analytical and quantitative problem-solving skills

Ability to both individually build and fully delegate to a team the construction of a clear, focused presentation for any audience

Skills to communicate and break down complex ideas effectively

Strong presentation skills with proficiency in either PowerPoint or KeyNote

A balanced sense of the immediate and practical against long-term, visionary thinking

Understands the value of service and the ability to evaluate client needs

Experience managing and maintaining customer relationships

Ability to collaborate with cross-functional internal departments to contribute to new business

Ability to adapt to rapidly changing business needs and priorities. Must thrive in a fast-paced environment with high-rates of change.

Applies ingenuity and determination to find the best possible options to support business needs.

Takes ownership of outstanding issues, is accountable, and establishes a high level of credibility with others in the organization

Respects other people's opinions and suggestions and works to create an “environment of trust.”

For New York City, the estimated salary range for this position is between $93,000 and $129,000. For Chicago, the estimated salary range for this position is between $83,000 and $115,000. The range for the position in other geographies may vary based on market differences. The actual compensation will be determined based on experience and other factors permitted by law.

We also offer a competitive benefits package that includes:

Medical, dental, vision, life and disability insurance

401(k) Retirement Plan

Flexible Spending & Health Savings Account

Paid holidays, vacation, and sick time

Parental Leave

Employee assistance program and other company benefits

Seniority Level Mid‑Senior level

Employment Type Full‑time

Job Function Business Development and Sales

Industries Marketing Services

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