A Day In The Life Of A Management Supervisor At A Tech Marketing Agency
A day for Cameron, a Management Supervisor at a tech marketing agency, involves numerous meetings coordinating projects, ensuring "every single bit of detail is disseminated across all teams". The afternoon brings creative reviews, a favorite part of the job where "ridiculous ideas" are explored before realistic solutions are developed, followed by end-of-project reporting and client presentations, even when projects aren't entirely successful.
Project Management, Communication, Teamwork, Client Relations, Creative Collaboration
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Cameron Brown
Management Supervisor
Tech Marketing Agency
University of Tennessee
UCLA Anderson
Business Management & Admin
Advertising, Communications & Marketing
Sales and Client Management
Student Athlete
Video Highlights
1. The fast-paced and communicative environment of an advertising agency.
2. The importance of collaboration and coordination between internal teams and external agencies.
3. The creative process, including brainstorming sessions and the balance between creative ideas and realistic execution.
Transcript
So, what does a day in the life as an account supervisor really look like?
Today will serve as an example. As soon as this call ends, I'll go into the office. I personally believe advertising works better when people are physically present. It's a lot more fast-paced and very communicative.
My first meeting will be with our clients. We'll review the status of all projects we're working on for them and make sure they're feeling good about our progress.
Then we'll flip internally for a status meeting to ensure we're hitting deadlines for internal creative reviews and production timelines. We'll also coordinate with our media agency, who is helping us identify our media strategy for some billboards we're developing.
Essentially, it's a lot of meetings and coordinating within those meetings. The goal is to ensure every detail is communicated across all teams. This prevents issues down the line where people might say, "It's something." It's my job to prevent that.
While language can be taxing, it can also be rewarding when a project is ultimately successful. In the afternoons, we typically sit in on creative reviews, which is my favorite part of the job.
Creative reviews are a safe space. The team pitches ridiculous ideas in a "yes, and" environment where you can't immediately say no or bring in harsh realities. I've seen ideas like sending something to space or getting an A-list actor for a small web campaign.
While these ideas might not work, it's important creatively for them to feel they can pitch anything. Eventually, we'll scale down and make the ideas a reality. Those are really fun meetings to attend.
For most projects, we also do some sort of reporting at the end to assess success. So, at the end of my day today, I'll be in one of those meetings to understand what went well and what could have been done better.
It's also my job to figure out how to package that information and present it to clients, ensuring they feel we've done the work, even if it wasn't always as successful as we'd hoped. These are tough conversations, but they're important for keeping us accountable and ensuring we continue to produce what clients want.