Account Director

Manchester Permanent £50,000 - £55,000 per year View Job Description
As an Account Director, you'll take overall responsibility for a group of client accounts across leisure and travel, hospitality, FMCG and third sector - developing hard hitting ATL campaigns. You'll effectively lead, drive and develop an award winning team of people in delivering an excellent creative product and strategy, whilst providing outstanding client service and ensuring account profitability
  • Globally renowned advertising agency
  • Impressive client portfolio

About Our Client

This agency is globally renowned. They pride themselves on the impactful, market challenging campaigns they create and deliver for their clients.

Job Description

  • Influence, develop and deliver integrated ATL campaigns
  • Manage and develop new and existing client relationships, striving to exceed their expectations to encourage client retention whilst pushing them creatively and strategically
  • Drive client strategy providing continuous strategic direction and input to key decision making and planning activity
  • Develop and maintain a thorough understanding of client objectives, working collaboratively to deliver campaigns to achieve these objectives and pushing colleagues to exceed creatively and strategically
  • Oversee the provision of high quality creative briefs, idea generation and campaign execution across multiple platforms from print to digital, ensuring all campaigns adhere to relevant legal and regulatory restrictions
  • Responsible for ensuring account team members are effectively managed and coached ensuring that they work to their best ability and have the opportunities and support to develop
  • Develop and maintain a high level of financial skill and commercial understanding



The Successful Applicant

We're looking to speak to candidates with a proven background within marketing and advertising agencies - we're inviting candidates at Account Director level to apply.

  • Experience across advertising, direct marketing, sales promotion and digital disciplines
  • Proven leadership and team management skills
  • Proven project management skills
  • Strong conceptual thinking and an excellent appreciation of the creative process
  • A passion for creativity and a confidence in sharing own views on creativity and creative product
  • Excellent commercial acumen and financial understanding
  • Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Excellent organisational skills
  • Attention to detail
  • Confident decision-making skills

What's on Offer

Competitive salary and industry leading benefits

Contact
Laura Mallinson
Quote job ref
JN-092024-6532532
Phone number
+441133889065

Job summary

Job function
Marketing & Agency
Subsector
Advertising Agency
Sector
Media & Agency
Location
Manchester
Contract type
Permanent
Consultant name
Laura Mallinson
Consultant phone
+441133889065
Job reference
JN-092024-6532532