Account Executive, Digital Focus

K2D Strategies is a growing fundraising agency that holistically approaches direct response through a channel-agnostic lens. The Digital Account Executive serves as the direct link between K2D and our nonprofit clients, serving as a primary point of contact and providing ongoing fundraising support and relationship management.

Our company culture is focused on collaboration, empathy, curiosity, and trust, and our clients are changing the world in Washington, DC, and across the country through political discourse, social action, culture shift, and so much more. 

At K2D, we respect and celebrate our differences and know that employees with varied life experiences, backgrounds and skills make us a stronger company and a great place to work. We aren’t shy about saying our team is the best in the business, and we wonder if you might be the perfect new teammate!

Primary Responsibilities for the Account Executive include:

• ·Lead and participate in meetings; create meeting material with the assistance of the account teams
• Oversee strategy and campaign execution
• Ensure realistic, achievable project timelines, milestones, budget reports, technical requirements and documentation for projects
• Prepare cost estimates and ensure projects are delivered on budget and within scope
• Translate strategy briefs into creative instructions for writers and graphic designers and production specifications for implementation
• Effectively manage day-to-day communication with clients, team members, partner agencies, outside consultants and vendors to provide superior customer service, including integrating with online/offline teams as appropriate
• Create annual projection and expense budgets for assigned client
• Maintain client relationships through regular meetings, calls, and ongoing communication
• Analyze campaign metrics and report on campaign effectiveness
• Work within clients’ eCRM accounts to support email list management and fundraising campaigns and report results to internal team
• Manage list acquisition processes, including working with outside vendors on list plans, managing the technical onboarding process for new lists and managing the onboarding content for new lists.

Additional Responsibilities

• Participate in webinars and attend conferences/workshops to expand skills
• Share relevant findings with K2D staff at team meetings etc.
• Support ad hoc agency initiatives like case studies, building out internal docs/processes, internal staff education/information sharing
• Other duties as assigned.

Our budget for this position starts at $70,000. Want to learn more? Apply today. We will be accepting applications through October 31.

Requirements

• ·Team members who are most successful in this role typically have at least 5 years of direct response fundraising experience (digital account management)
• Knowledge of direct response best practices
• Self-starter with experience excelling within a fast-paced environment
• Proven organizational skills, project management, problem solving skills and attention to detail
• Ability to handle multiple projects across multiple clients
• Excellent customer/client service skills and the ability to work in a team environment
• Strong written and oral communication skills with the ability to effectively present information, respond and follow-up on questions and inquiries from clients and colleagues, and communicate technical information to a non-technical audience

Benefits

What We Offer

• Health and Wellness : employer-subsidized health, dental, and vision insurance in addition to employer paid short-term disability and life insurance.
• Work-Life Balance : Flexible work hours, remote work environment (with access to our Arlington, VA offices for local employees), and generous time off
• Financial Wellness : competitive salary, 401(k) with company match
• Professional Development : ongoing training, career path development, and a dedicated budget for conferences and training seminars
• Additional Benefits : an opportunity to work with smart people in a supportive environment that celebrates individuality
• Compensation : our budget for this position starts at $70,000/year