akmg

Careers

Would you like to be a member of one of the fastest growing and well-respected teams in online advertising?

Well....AKMG is for you.

AKMG is one of the fastest growing agencies in the online media industry both domestically and internationally. The people on our team have a passion for success in every aspect of their lives. In addition to the passion for success, our team has a passion for the online advertising industry in general, and envision their involvement as a career, not just a job. 

AKMG offers a cutting edge, stimulating work environment and forward thinking culture, where passion, innovation and hard work are met with good times and individual rewards.  We offer extremely competitive salaries, commission structures, full benefits and plenty of travel. We provide thorough and extensive training giving you the proper tools for success. We take care of the people that are a part of our success, and make sure that our culture is one of ethics and loyalty. 

AKMG is looking for individuals who mirror these values and are devoted their individual success as well as the overall success of the company.

Below are positions that are currently open. Please email us your resume and include a cover letter for consideration to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Benefits Include:

• Company provided laptop, cell phone and other necessary tools for online success.
• Paid vacation and holidays.
• Premier healthcare that includes dental, medical and vision coverage.
• Flexible Spending Account that allows employees to put aside pre-tax income to cover medical care for you or your dependents.
• Paid parking.

Openings:

• Junior Account Manager
  
• Technology Assistant
  
• Affiliate Manager
  

Junior Account Manager

Key responsibilities involve:

• Creating and managing all client contracts and legal documents related to advertisers
• Screening new potential advertisers for acceptance into (AKMG) network
• Ensure accuracy of daily advertiser reporting and reconciling month end revenue
• Ensure all campaign details and guidelines are communicated to rest of team and clients.
• Ensure all campaigns are being promoted via the appropriate traffic sources
• Assist compliance department with publisher pulls and investigation of non compliant traffic
• Work with the production and creative services teams to ensure client needs and requirements for production of the advertisement are met
• Track and record client data, relevant business metrics, pipeline opportunities, ongoing communication and service changes in CRM system
• Maintaining and building relationships with existing clients
• Identify new campaign opportunities with existing clients
• Monitor and service existing accounts through service calls and follow up
• Completing administrative work, as required.
• Occasional travel to industry conferences and events

You will need:

• 2 years work experiences in a professional setting (preferably in an agency or media setting)
• 2 year college degree
• Stellar communication skills
• Ability to work independently
• Pristine attention to detail and strong organizational skills
• Ability to manage several tasks at once and prioritize requests from multiple advertisers and team members.

We prefer you have:

• Knowledge of advertising and production functions
• Basic knowledge of Mac software and operating system
• 4 year college degree in adverting, marketing or related field
• Previous account management/client services experience
• Knowledge of CRM systems

There will also be ad-hoc and project work such as you'd expect in a growing, dynamic company!

Technology Assistant

Key responsibilities:

• Work closely with account executives and advertisers with initial campaign setup
• Manage and update all campaign assets and data within our performance marketing tracking platform 
• Pause/Unpause campaigns and send notices to appropriate affiliates
• Keep the Affiliate Portal up to date with new offers, top offers, and updates
• Troubleshoot tracking issues on the advertiser side as well as the publisher side
• Manage suppression compliance: update suppression files, check compliance reports, send notices to uncompliant affiliates, track notices in our proprietary compliance platform
• Approve publisher email proofs for creative compliance on sensitive campaigns
• Create content and code newsletters
• Edit and publish blog posts created by employees and implement SEO tactics
• Write text creatives, from/subject lines as needed for advertiser approval
• Screen and contact all new publisher applicants
• Add or invalidate leads in our tracking platform as instructed
• Ad hoc projects as needed

You will need:

• Strong organizational and project management skills
• Ability to multi-task, prioritize and meet deadlines
• Stellar communication in all types of correspondence – email, telephone, AIM
• Creative writing ability for marketing communication, blog editor experience a plus
• MS Office, Excel, Powerpoint, Photoshop and HTML skills
• Great attention to detail, ability to problem solve and anticipate issues
• The desire to make a real difference in a small company, and have some fun along the way

The diversity of this role means you will be involved in many aspects of the company and will be a key part of our team!

Affiliate Manager

Job Description includes:

• Deliver proactive account management by providing business solutions to Affiliate partners, as well as offering ideas/methods of increasing revenue through unique marketing programs
• Implement and drive strategies to grow revenue from existing Affiliate partners by initiating new campaign ideas, incentives, and bonus offers
• Aggressively recruit new Affiliate partners
• Research and work with Affiliate partners on efficient methods of optimizing their revenue
• Actively consult with Affiliate partners on an ongoing basis to help exceed their revenue objectives through recommendation and implementation of best practices around online marketing programs
• Meet and exceed monthly revenue goals
• Prepare sales reports to track, analyze, and forecast the revenue opportunities for Affiliate partners
• Monitor affiliate activity and potential policy/program violations
• Log partner activity into appropriate CRM tool
• Keep abreast of competition, competitive issues, products, and markets for consumer and performance based marketing and lead generation
• Attend and participate in team meetings, training seminars, and workshops
• Occasional travel to industry conferences
• Optimization of publishers and technical assistance when needed
• Perform additional work as may be required by the Company from time to time

Mandatory Skills:

• BA/BS degree
• 3-5 years of sales / affiliate management experience for a performance based ad network
• Strong understanding of industry trends
• Proven track record of successfully prospecting, prioritizing, & selling / cold calling interactive publishers
• Possess strong negotiation skills and can manage multiple projects simultaneously
• Must be able to think creatively "on your feet" and have a proven track record in aligning and driving deals to successful completion with a consultative approach
• Positive, team-oriented personality with the desire, ability and drive to ride a steep, continuous learning curve in the internet industry
• Candidate has thorough understanding of industry terminology and channel knowledge
• Basic link tracking and html knowledge, i.e pixels, javascrip vs. iframe
• Knowledge of all Microsoft products including Word, Excel, and Outlook