Associate Vice President - UAE

Finn Partners; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 350,000 - 520,000; Full time

Job summary

FINN Partners is seeking a senior client relationship lead for its Abu Dhabi travel and tourism practice. You will own day-to-day delivery for major accounts, ensuring editorial quality and strong client partnerships across international markets.

You will also contribute to growth through new business development and hands-on pitching, working with a small, agile regional team in a fast-paced environment. Travel will be required as needed.

Qualifications

• Fluent in English with strong writing skills; able to produce client-ready copy.
• Track record of managing multi-market or multi-office client programmes.
• Demonstrated new business pitch experience with proposals that won.

Responsibilities

• Manage day-to-day delivery of significant client accounts within travel and tourism, including editorial quality control.
• Serve as the senior day-to-day relationship holder for the client.
• Lead and manage a freelance and junior support structure, including briefing, review, and quality control of first-draft content.
• Write and lead new business proposals within travel and tourism, including research-led pitch platforms.
• Represent the agency with clients on campaign positioning, trade activation, and programme design.
• Manage account financials, budgets, and reporting.
• Review and quality-control materials prepared by junior staff against sourcing and editorial standards.
• Work across multiple concurrent client projects in a start-up-style environment; travel for client meetings and market visits.

Skills

Client relationship management

Business development

English writing

Editorial judgement

Travel industry knowledge

Job description

About FINN Partners

Founded in 2011, FINN Partners is one of the world's fastest-growing independent, integrated marketing and communications agencies. The firm operates from offices across North America, Europe, Asia and the Middle East, working across health, travel and tourism, technology, financial services, consumer and lifestyle, and public affairs.

The UAE office is based in Abu Dhabi. It is a small, close-knit regional team operating inside a large global network: the agency's scale and specialist resources sit behind a team where every hire has direct, visible impact on client work.

More about the role

Lead day-to-day management of significant international client accounts within FINN's travel and tourism practice, acting as the senior client relationship holder. Alongside this, contribute to new business development for the practice, including hands-on pitching for prospective clients.

Own the day-to-day delivery, quality, and client relationship for major accounts within the travel and tourism practice. Contribute to growth of the practice through new business development and pitching.

What you'll do

Manage day-to-day delivery of significant client accounts within the travel and tourism practice, including editorial quality control

• Serve as the senior day-to-day relationship holder for the client
• Lead and manage a freelance and junior support structure, including briefing, review, and quality control of first-draft content
• Write and lead new business proposals within the travel and tourism space, including research-led pitch platforms
• Represent the agency directly with clients on campaign positioning, trade activation, and research-based programme design
• Manage account financials, budgets, and reporting
• Review and quality-control materials prepared by junior staff against sourcing and editorial standards
• Work comfortably across multiple concurrent client projects in a small-team, start-up-style environment, moving quickly between them as priorities shift
• Travel as required for client meetings, trade shows, and market visits

• Reports directly to the Senior Partner, Middle East. May supervise freelance and junior account staff assigned to the accounts.
• Works with FINN's global network, client representatives, external vendors, news media, and other PR and advertising agencies.

Experience that contributes to success

• Communications and PR experience, with demonstrated travel, tourism, or destination-marketing account experience
• Fluent in English, with strong, confident writing skills; this role requires producing and reviewing client-ready copy directly
• Track record of managing multi-market or multi-office client programmes
• Demonstrated new business pitch experience; has personally written and presented proposals that won
• Strong editorial judgement and sourcing discipline, particularly on government or reputationally sensitive content
• Comfortable managing senior client relationships with limited oversight
• Comfortable in a small, start-up-style regional team environment; able to move quickly across different projects and accounts without extensive process or handholding
• Arabic language skills a strong plus, not a requirement
• Availability to travel internationally

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