AdFarm, a 35+-year-old Agri-Marketing business whose PURPOSE is to be a catalyst for the evolution of agriculture. To help agriculture move forward, we are reinforcing the importance of service in how we work and behave—towards our clients, suppliers, connections, and of course, our fellow AdFarmers.
We all work together to bridge the gap between producer and consumer.
We specialize in Strategic Planning, Creative Services, Public Relations, Media Planning, Marketing Science, Content Creation and Research. If you want to belong to a team that does that well every day, this company is a great fit for you.
Our clients range from crop and crop chemical, nutrition and protection to equipment, technology, sustainability, food and health. If you have experience working with this type of client—or want that experience—this role will be a great fit.
You will love it here if you follow these GUIDEPOSTS:
Are you being agile? Responding quickly to changes—from the client and in the marketing world. Making actionable decisions. Doing whatever it takes to get it done well—on time and on budget. Developing and following processes that allow for even greater effectiveness.
Are you being smart? Right from the start. Knowing when to ask, when to act and when to use all of your resources to solve a problem? Investing in yourself to keep up with the ever-evolving world of our clients—and our communications industry.
Are you being helpful? Pitching in when it counts and doing whatever it takes to do an amazing job for your clients. Having direct and difficult conversations when necessary. Setting clear expectations for you, your supervisor and those you supervise.
As the Account Coordinator, you'll love coming to work every day if you Get, Want, and have the Capacity to be accountable to the following things:
- Task delegation
- Team Communication
- Document Preparation
You'll have success here if you value clear processes and feel qualified to do the following things:
- Provide administrative and logistical support to the Account Manager.
- When the Account Manager is not available serve as the client contact making sure to engage with a high sense of urgency and customer service.
- Assist with day-to-day development of advertising activities with approved plans. Ensures that progressive stages are approved with adequate time to meet schedules
- Assist in coordination of campaign and project activities
- Acquire knowledge of client's business so that marketing and advertising problems and opportunities may be anticipated
- Work with Account Managers to build and nurture relationships with clients
- Provide assistance to account manager on day-to-day client activities, including responding to client phone calls, emails, production and creative deadlines, media placements, etc., to ensure continued progress of client workflow in the absence of the assigned account manager.
- Stay aware of client activities to provide backup when account managers are unavailable.
- Gather and assemble background information and analyze as needed by account manager in development of briefs, etc.
- Handle paperwork and maintain digital and hard copy files if needed on all client activities, their competitors and their industries; maintain client correspondence file, approvals, copy, forms/documents, supplies for daily processing and tracking of account service work, etc.
We train our team to help them succeed, and everyone on our team helps with our success. In this role, you'll need to come to the table with the following skills and qualifications:
- A bachelor's degree in marketing, advertising, communications, or a related field is preferred.
- Previous experience in marketing, advertising, or a related field is beneficial.
- Strong knowledge of seed, crop and crop management is preferred
- Strong Communication Skills, both written and verbal, to effectively communicate with clients, team members, and other stakeholders.
- Ability to manage multiple tasks, prioritize, and meet deadlines.
- Meticulous attention to detail to ensure accuracy in all tasks.
- Ability to identify and resolve issues efficiently.
- Effective time management to balance multiple projects and deadlines.
- Building and maintaining positive relationships with clients, team members, and vendors.
- Flexibility to adapt to changing priorities and project requirements.
- Taking initiative and anticipating potential issues.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook.
All employees will receive Equitable Life benefits (health, dental, vision,) that we can put you on right away, a 3% RRSP Contribution to the employee on an annual basis, Health Spending Account, Health and Cell Phone Reimbursements, and we can offer a Hybrid working environment with a wonderful group of top talent individuals. Culture is everything for us and so we do our best to hire according to alike values and mutual respects.
We are a TEAM and we are looking for like-minded individuals that are eager to contribute as such.