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Job Description
Account Director
The Brief:Theteam is and will be a truly diverse, inclusive, global team and we will want to prioritise those that will help us to achieve this. We have several fully integrated projects in early stages kicking off and it will be important to have strong account leadership to manage the work flow, across agency cooperation and deliverables.
As an Account Director, you will provide business and consumer insight through strong collaboration with senior account management, strategic and creative teams, while leading your internal account management team. You will partner with senior leadership to help drive revenue and ensure efficient delivery of the client’s scope of work.
Essential Duties:- Set direction and vision for the brand while having a passion and instinct for big ideas
- Embody and reflect our agency culture
- Be the champion of the work
- “Collaborative” is a core tenet of the work. Candidate will be moving across brands and skills sets. Humour, pragmatism and passion will help but the ability to pull people together is critical.
- Travel, we are often in unusual places and at unusual times of day
- Integrated experience, candidate should have ability to anage different verticals with humility and ease.
- Maintain knowledge of all deadlines, performance measures and financial figures
- Embrace and direct the integrated communication strategy
- Set a positive tone for your team and push yourself beyond the day-to-day
- Be committed to the highest standards for all agency work
- Seek opportunities to advance the client relationship and build agency business
- Demonstrate a robust understanding of the roles and metrics of other communication channels and have the ability to lead integrated efforts
- Inspire Agency and Client confidence and be an effective leader of client relationships
- Proactively address future Client and Agency problems and opportunities; don’t shy away from hard conversations
- Effectively sell great work (and keep it sold) which will require carefully navigating through client’s stakeholder system
- Have the ability to identify and leverage new agency revenue opportunities for organic growth
- Develop team talent and skill set; mentor staff and develop career path for team
- Have sensibility to manage cultural differences with a smile and patience,
Qualifications
Other requirements:- Bachelor’s degree in Advertising or related field, preferred but necessary. We are looking for diversity across the board.
- Approximately 9-11 years of advertising/marketing experience with at least 8 years of managerial experience
- Passion and instinct for big ideas
- Established credibility among colleagues and Clients
- Proven client and team leadership abilities
- Leadership qualities to inspire internal and external partners
- Exceptional writing, speaking and presentation skills
- Problem solving mentality
- Deep broadcast and online video production experience
- Track record of developing integrated programs across paid, owned and earned digital touchpoints
Additional Information
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
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