Account Director | Award-winning promotional agency £58k

Account Director | Award-winning promotional agency! £58k

Our client is a highly reputable creative agency with an open and nurturing culture, where they support everyone to thrive and reach their career goals. An opportunity for an Account Director has come up on one of it's largest and flagship clients in the retail / entertainment sector.

This role is for an experienced delivery leader who can form positive relationships with clients and drive value with a passion for problem-solving. The Account Director is responsible for leading project strategy, implementation and execution across one key account, working closely with the client engagement lead. The Account Director inspires and motivates a cross-functional team to deliver high client satisfaction by handling client expectations while driving toward campaign and project KPIs.

As an Account Director, you will be leading a team to deliver exemplary integrated marketing campaigns. You will work across numerous promotions where you will have the opportunity to:

• Deliver market leading integrated promotions from strategic positioning to concept to design to implementation to evaluation.
• Work with some of the biggest names in the Kid’s industry including; Universal, DreamWorks & Hasbro.
• Work on the retail experience for each campaign and the general family experience in restaurants.
• Oversee all aspects of these projects including development of new creative.

Working on this retail client, you will work across a wide variety of projects including print, in-store, product, packaging and digital. A large part of the role will involve partnership marketing with world renowned entertainment companies. Sustainability is very important to the client's business and you'll get involved in unique initiatives to transform the client's products.

This is a brilliant and varied role where you’ll get to work on a major client on a range of work and create fun products in the toys and games industry. The agency/client relationship is strong and you will be joining a very happy and collaborative team. If you have an interest in marketing towards kids and family fun, this is the role for you!

Key Responsibilities:

• Establish and maintain strong, professional relationships with the clients by ensuring the successful execution of deliverables and putting forth recommendations related to applied strategy
• Manage integration of cross-functional teams including strategy, creative, technology, analytics, and production to deliver seamless execution of all initiatives
• Plan and implement execution roadmaps by working closely with account lead, strategy, and creative teams while ensuring projects are on time and on budget
• Ask questions and think strategically relative to campaigns on topics including strategy, creative, and production
• Collaborate with team to develop accurate and informed schedules and budgets
• Anticipate and detect areas of conflict and opportunities to avoid financial, operational and/or strategic issues - address or escalate each issue effectively and efficiently
• Communicate implications of changed plans to client and agency teams in an effective and timely manner
• Lead teams across functional areas, ensure all members are meeting deliverables, and resolve issues both with the client and internally relative to all facets of client engagement
• Responsible for resource management, and planning across a cross-functional team

Experience Required:

• 7+ years of experience working for a leading brand, advertising, or digital/loyalty agency.
• Proven ability to deliver integrated campaigns and solid experience of working with a creative development and suppliers.
• A passion for Kids and Family Marketing and ideally experience with similar brands.
• Good business and financial acumen.
• Demonstrated experience working with major brands to support strategic brand communications using integrated omni-channel marketing campaigns.
• A collaborator, leader and team member with strong work ethic and motivation to deliver exceptional results.
• Excellent analytical skills, commitment to client objectives, and proven ability to manage expectations.
• Incredible at time-management and project plan development, impeccable organization and the flexibility to adapt to changes and prioritization.
• Proven delivery/ execution leadership (internal and client) and strong communication and presentation skills - articulate, straightforward and engaging.
• Lead discussions with internal team members, setting clear expectations on timeline and deliverables and communicating them clearly.
• Deep experience in client services/account management and/or project management in an advertising agency, marketing company, or client-side marketing department.
• Comfortable paving the way for process and standardization, especially for new projects. Also, flexible enough to integrate into existing processes that may already be established.
• Excellent written and oral presentation skills. Comfortable working with senior-level clients daily.
• Experience managing, developing, and mentoring direct reports.