Account Director

ACCOUNT DIRECTOR VACANCY

We are on the lookout for an experienced Account Director to join our growing agency. You'll ideally have an agency background, be used to working across multiple projects at any one time and have the ability to help us grow and retain key clients across marketing, web and design.

You'll be a strategic thinking, and great communicator, working with clients at various digital maturity levels. You'll be hands on with projects including website design & build, search marketing, media and design, and manage of a small client services team in the business, overseeing two Account Managers.

This is a full-time role based in our office in Glasgow, there is flexibility for some remote work, and an expectation for you to be out of the office regularly meeting with clients and new business prospects.

You'll report directly to company directors and be a key voice in our business. Our business has been in a growth phase for the last 2-3 years which we expect to continue, therefore a new senior voice within this conversation is welcome.

No two days are the same, and many of our projects are fast paced, and creative. We are incredibly proud of what our tight team of marketers, designers, and developers achieve every day, and you will be too.

Our aim is to be an agency that is nimble, helpful, adaptable and clever. We aren't an agency of buzzwords, but a straight talking, honest and enthusiastic agency with clients who have a want to succeed and partner with us.

Key attributes of this role

• Account Management, Sales, and Project Management skills
• Strong understanding of digital marketing, web, media purchase and design (training can be given where necessary)
• Leadership & Management experience
• A willingness to make your team, and your output better
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Strong problem-solving and decision-making abilities
• Ability to work collaboratively and independently
• Financial planning, forecasting and budget management
• Agency experience would be beneficial, but an expectation of 5+ years in a similar role either agency or client side is expected
• The building of great interpersonal relationships with your clients

Company Description

We've been Big Thinking since 2011 and growing ever since. The last 2-3 years has seen us attract a host of new clients across entertainment, fashion, healthcare, leisure and e-comm, and in turn this has seen us shape our service offering. We are now a proud mix of marketers (media buying, PPC, SEO, email, content), design (web, print, videography, animation) and developers.

Jointly owned by two company directors, we are forming a team of high achievers, and those who want to progress with us as we grow. Having both worked at various agencies over the years, we want to create an agency we are proud to lead and have a team of experts who share our core values of ambition, results, personality and recognition.

Benefits

• 25 days holiday + bank holidays
• Option to increase holiday allowance each year by a further 2 weeks
• Contribution pension scheme
• Private Healthcare
• On site parking
• Paid membership to The Marketing Society Scotland
• Quarterly reviews and agreed objectives
• Training budget per staff member
• Sabbatical (a month off paid, on us!!) after 5 years
• Give back days each year to support charity work of your choice
• Annual summer trip (you just missed Amsterdam, where are we off to next?)
• Bigger Picture - we support charities and small businesses via free support and project work.

A full list of staff benefits will be discussed at interview stage.

For more information on the role, or to apply directly contact recruitment@bigthinkagency.co.uk.

No agencies please.