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Account Director (Creative), Northampton
Client:
Aquent
Location:
Northampton, United Kingdom
Job Category:
Other
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EU work permit required:
Yes
Job Views:
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Posted:
04.06.2025
Expiry Date:
19.07.2025
Job Description:
Job Title: Account Director (Creative)
Client Location: London (Hybrid)
Starting: 23/06/2025
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 work with marketing, creative, production, strategy, finance, and external partners at each stage of a project, ensuring every team plays its part from brief through to delivery.
* Strong campaign management skills, experienced at managing multiple projects end-to-end
* Ability to understand the strategic purpose of a project and how it contributes to brand growth
* Experience in 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, and the ability to get the best out of people
* Strong written and verbal communicator. Able to present confidently to stakeholders at all levels, both internally and externally
* Financial acumen and rigor in the day-to-day management of the account
* 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, check work against briefs
* Agree the brief with marketing to ensure it is received by the agency and relevant stakeholders upfront
* Organise internal briefing sessions, including working with strategy to develop briefs for internal teams
* Partner with Creative Directors and Executive Producers to enable the successful delivery of world-class creative
* Work with resource and production to organise resources, project plans, and budgets to deliver the brief
* Manage client communications on project progress, issue resolution, contact reports, status meetings, and expectation management
* Lead client presentations for creative across all project stages. Agree feedback and summarize next steps
* Responsible for leading end-to-end delivery of campaigns – from brief to completion
* Maintain an overview of project progression, working with Production and Creative teams to ensure timely, budget-compliant delivery that meets the original brief
* Escalate key issues and blockers to senior management as required, and facilitate resolution involving relevant stakeholders
* Maintain financial rigor across your business vertical, supporting the SAD in preparing monthly burn reports, tracking the retainer, overseeing daily production budgets, and assessing new briefs
* Work with marketing to plan future projects, keeping stakeholders updated on priorities, delays, and issues
* Lead relationships with Mediacom and other third parties (production companies and studios) to ensure collaboration
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