Account Director - brand communications

The Agency

This agency is a creative independent team in the brand communications space.

The team is down–to–earth, ideas and solutions–focussed. Work and messaging is clean and creative, keeping a strong and defined brand message, however complex the issue. The team work with a diverse mix of clients.

The agency maintains a creative energy and sense of curiosity.

Account Director – the role

As Account Director, you'll form beneficial long–term relationships with key clients whilst ensuring all the work the team create is of the highest possible standard. You will have an in–depth knowledge of client's business, all agency services and act as the senior point of contact on a day–to–day basis. Account Directors play a key part in the new business strategy for the agency working on pitches and developing strategic relationships from winning new clients.

Account Director – client responsibilities

• Create and maintain strong relationships with clients, continuously delivering excellent service
• Demonstrate a strategic understanding of each client's business / brand / product / service as well as its marketplace, contributing to the development of your clients' marketing ambitions
• Look at accounts with a long term / wider perspective beyond individual campaigns or projects
• Contribute to strategic presentations and proposals
• Broad business skills
• Creative judgement
• Demonstrate a good understanding of the creative process and the significance of the brief
• Able to evaluate creative in context of the brief and in principle

Account Director – account management skills

• Timely and effective administration and financial management
• Ensure systems are kept up–to–date, working to and monitoring budgets, managing purchase orders / expected costs
• Ensure timing schedules kept up–to–date and circulated to relevant people and managed with the client
• Ensure jobs are progressed through the agency smoothly, liaising with Studio Manager and other colleagues as required
• Ability to foresee and forestall potential problems
• Communications are clear and persuasive, seeking to gain consensus from others
• Confident and articulate in meetings and presentations
• Clear attention to detail

Account Director – personal qualities

• Effective time management
• Mature outlook, considered and informed
• An enthusiastic approach to work
• Someone who takes responsibility and ownership of projects with personal accountability
• Resilient and emotionally intelligent
• Aware and considerate of those around you
• A sense of pride and passion in your work

Account Director – experience

• 6–7+ years' creative agency experience
• Knowledge of brand and brand communications, from an integrated or a brand comms agency
• Experience of working with B2B clients
• Experience of working across a broad client base in terms of sectors
• Experience of working with an integrated team – strategy, creative, production, copywriting, motion, developers
• Looking for someone with energy and personality and who doesn't take themselves too seriously