Account Executive

Strong Automotive is looking for an Account Executive to join our Account Team in Birmingham.

This role is built for someone who enjoys working with people, leading client conversations, organizing moving pieces, and helping ideas turn into finished work. The Account Executive is the day-to-day connection between our dealership clients and the internal Strong Automotive teams that support strategy, creative, media, digital, direct mail, data, and campaign execution.

The right person for this role will be persuasive, organized, relationship-driven, highly capable with technology, and comfortable taking ownership. They should enjoy building trust with clients, communicating clearly, keeping work on track, and helping a team move with urgency and accuracy.

What You’ll Do

• Build and maintain strong client relationships through regular communication, meetings, and in-person visits.
• Serve as the primary client contact for assigned dealership accounts.
• Learn each client’s business, goals, market, budget, and marketing priorities.
• Lead client conversations around strategy, campaign planning, performance, and next steps.
• Use technology confidently to manage client work, interpret campaign information, prepare reports, and keep projects moving.
• Coordinate with internal teams to move projects from idea to execution.
• Communicate client objectives clearly to Creative, Digital, Media, Direct Mail, Data, and Client Services teams.
• Manage timelines, follow-ups, budgets, reporting, presentations, and project details.
• Help ensure work is completed accurately, on time, and aligned with client expectations.
• Identify opportunities to grow client relationships, media mix, budgets, and overall account value.
• Travel as needed to meet with clients and stay connected to their business.

What We’re Looking For

This role is a strong fit for someone who:

• Enjoys influencing, presenting, and building relationships.
• Can organize details without losing sight of the bigger picture.
• Has a high degree of technology prowess and can quickly learn new systems, platforms, and reporting tools.
• Communicates with confidence, clarity, and professionalism.
• Likes variety, pace, and working with multiple priorities at once.
• Takes ownership and follows through.
• Can balance client advocacy with internal teamwork.
• Is comfortable asking questions, solving problems, and driving next steps.
• Works well with deadlines, systems, and defined processes.
• Wants to be trusted with responsibility and held accountable for results.

Helpful Experience

• Client service, account management, sales, marketing, or advertising experience.
• Automotive industry experience is helpful but not required.
• Experience managing multiple clients, projects, or campaigns at the same time.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong technology skills, including comfort with marketing platforms, reporting tools, CRM/project management systems, spreadsheets, and AI-enabled productivity tools.
• Ability to prepare and present reports, budgets, recommendations, and campaign updates.
• Comfort working with cross-functional teams.

Why This Role Matters

The Account Executive helps make sure clients receive clear strategy, timely communication, accurate execution, and measurable value from Strong Automotive. This person plays a key role in maintaining client trust and helping dealership partners grow.

About Strong Automotive

Strong Automotive is a full-service automotive advertising agency that helps new car dealerships grow through strategy, creative, media, digital marketing, direct mail, audience targeting, reporting, optimization, and campaign execution. Strong serves dealership clients nationwide and supports the full campaign lifecycle from planning through performance review.

Location

This position works out of the Birmingham office. Travel to client locations may be required.