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Hours: Full-time
Duration: 9 months with potential to extend
We are looking for an Account Director to work with our client.
Summary
An Account Director is responsible for leading the end-to-end process of planning and implementing advertising and communications campaigns. They collaborate with marketing, creative, production, strategy, finance, and external partners at each project stage, ensuring each team contributes effectively from brief to delivery.
* Strong campaign management skills, experienced in managing multiple projects end-to-end
* Ability to understand the strategic purpose of a project and its contribution to brand growth
* Experience with through-the-line communications, managing integrated 360 campaigns across multiple media formats
* Manage all deliverables typical of an integrated advertising and communications campaign
* Strong relationship-building skills—trust, collaboration, knowledge, motivating team members
* Excellent written and verbal communication skills, confident in presenting to stakeholders at all levels, both internally and externally
* Financial acumen and rigor in managing the account daily
* Experience working in fast-changing environments, managing multi-stakeholder marketing teams with varying seniority; pan-market experience is beneficial
Day-to-day responsibilities
* Write status reports and verify work against briefs
* Agree on briefs with marketing to ensure clarity and appropriate stakeholder involvement
* Organize internal briefing sessions and collaborate with strategy to develop briefs for internal teams
* Partner with Creative Directors and Executive Producers to enable successful delivery of creative work
* Coordinate resources, project plans, and budgets with resource and production teams to meet the brief
* Manage client communications regarding project progress, issue resolution, contact reports, status meetings, and expectation management
* Lead client presentations for creative work at all project stages, gather feedback, and summarize next steps
* Oversee end-to-end campaign delivery from brief to completion
* Monitor project progression in collaboration with Production and Creative teams to ensure timely delivery within budget and scope
* Escalate key issues and blockers to Senior Account Director and Head of Business as needed, facilitating resolution involving relevant stakeholders
* Maintain financial rigor, support the Senior Account Director in preparing monthly burn reports, track retainer and production budgets, and assess capacity for new briefs
* Coordinate with marketing to plan upcoming projects, communicate priorities, delays, and issues to internal stakeholders
* Lead relationships with media agencies and third-party vendors to ensure effective collaboration
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