At a glance
- Workplace
- Hybrid
- Location
- London · United Kingdom · PCUK
About the role
- As an Account Director on a 6-month fixed term contract with a strong likelihood of extension, you will build strong client relationships and oversee the delivery of substantial integrated campaigns.
- Working as part of the Global Studios team, you will manage client briefs from start to finish, providing strategic input and coordinating creative, design, copy, and development workflows.
Responsibilities
- Manage client briefs from start to finish, ensuring successful delivery to client deadlines across multiple campaigns.
- Liaise with clients and manage their expectations, building a full understanding of their business, strategies, objectives, brand, audiences, and challenges.
- Re-lay client feedback to designers, copywriters, and developers while planning and managing workloads of the team.
- Work closely with creative and strategy teams and maintain oversight of all statements of work, proposals, and content production.
- Direct account management activity including pitching, presenting, formulating and implementing account plans, and running the account management process.
- Hold key new business development responsibilities, proactively seeking new opportunities, writing proposals, and contributing to winning new business.
- Maintain a strategic overview of key accounts and their markets, running regular internal client-facing account reviews.
- Delegate and allocate responsibilities efficiently to manage projects end to end, interview candidates, and hire resources.
- Conduct performance reviews of team members, identify areas of improvement, give feedback, and recommend promotions or salary increments.
- Manage the client contract, proactively managing the account and resources to maximise profitability.
Requirements
- Experience delivering a broad range of multi-channel marketing communications including digital and direct.
- Extremely organised, with the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
- Ability to work under pressure and meet and manage deadlines with ease and efficiency.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- A great team player with team-building skills.
- People management and leadership skills.
- Excellent negotiator with good networking ability.
- Resource management skills and ability to handle complex issues.
- Understanding of the production and interactive processes.
- Proven business development experience and success.
Benefits
- Early Finish Fridays with alternating early-finish Fridays
- 26 days paid holiday plus UK Bank Holidays
- Access to dedicated mental health resources including enhanced sick pay scheme, employee assistance programme, and trained Mental Health First Aiders
- Company Pension Scheme
- Access to a Private Medical Insurance or Cash Plan scheme
- Interest-free Season Ticket Loans
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- EV Car Scheme via salary sacrifice arrangement
- Enhanced family-friendly policies
- Workplace Nursery Scheme
Workplace
- Flexible hybrid working policy requiring 2 days from the office depending on location.
Skills
- Microsoft Office Packages
