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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 stage of a project, ensuring that every team contributes to progressing different aspects from brief to delivery.
* Strong campaign management skills, experienced at 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, and motivating team members
* Excellent written and verbal communication skills; confident presentation 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 and verify work against briefs
* Agree on the brief with marketing to ensure clarity for the agency and involved stakeholders
* Organize 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
* Coordinate with resource and production teams to organize resources, project plans, and budgets to deliver 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 outline next steps
* Oversee end-to-end campaign delivery from brief to completion
* Maintain an overview of project progression, working 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, facilitating resolution involving relevant stakeholders
* Ensure financial rigor, supporting the Senior Account Director in monthly burn reporting, tracking retainer and production budgets, and assessing new briefs
* Work with marketing to plan upcoming projects, communicate priorities, delays, and issues to stakeholders
* Lead relationships with media agencies and third-party vendors to ensure effective collaboration
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