Job Title: Account Director (Creative)
Client Location: London (Hybrid)
Starting: 23/06/2025
Hours: Full-time
Duration: 9 months with potential to extend
Job Description:
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 their 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 that contributes 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
* Strong written and verbal communicator, confident in presenting to stakeholders at all levels
* Financial acumen and rigour in managing the account daily
* Experience in fast-changing environments, managing multi-stakeholder marketing teams with varying seniority levels; pan-market experience is beneficial.
Day-to-day responsibilities
* Write status reports and check work against briefs
* Agree on the brief with marketing to ensure clarity and stakeholder involvement
* Organise internal briefing sessions, collaborating with strategy to develop briefs for teams
* Partner with Creative Directors and Executive Producers to enable successful creative delivery
* Coordinate resources, project plans, and budgets with resource and production teams
* Manage client communications regarding project progress, issue resolution, reports, meetings, and expectation management
* Lead client presentations and gather feedback at each project stage, summarising next steps
* Oversee end-to-end campaign delivery from brief to completion
* Monitor project progression, ensuring timeliness, budget adherence, and brief compliance
* Escalate issues as needed and facilitate resolution involving relevant stakeholders
* Maintain financial rigour, support monthly burn reporting, and oversee budgets and briefs
* Plan ahead with marketing on upcoming projects, priorities, and delays
* Lead relationships with third-party vendors such as Mediacom and production companies
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