Account Director

GS&F; Vaughan; On-site; CAD 115,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading marketing agency is seeking an Account Director to join their team. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in advertising and marketing, with a strong focus on B2B strategies. This role involves leading client relationships, developing marketing plans, and driving team performance. The agency values diversity and is committed to fostering an inclusive environment. Competitive benefits and opportunities for professional growth are offered.

Benefits

Employee Ownership

401K match

Short-term and long-term disability coverage

Life insurance

Generous PTO

Professional development opportunities

Generous parental leave

Qualifications

• 8–10 years of experience in advertising, communications, or marketing.
• Prior agency experience is essential.
• Comprehensive B2B marketing experience required.

Responsibilities

• Lead a business unit and develop long-term marketing plans.
• Uncover business needs and craft strategies alongside clients.
• Build trustworthy partnerships with clients and stakeholders.

Skills

Strategic business thinker

Growth-minded leader

Client relations

B2B marketing experience

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

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Founded in 1978, GS&F is an award-winning, fully integrated marketing and communications agency. GS&F delivers proven results for clients, providing experienced marketing, creative, interactive, media, public relations and production specialists under one roof. GS&F staff numbers 90+ and our roster includes major regional, national and global clients, including Bridgestone, LP Building Solutions, Juice Plus+, Nashville Predators, and the Tennessee Titans. A fiercely independent agency, GS&F takes an audience-first approach to determining the path to our client’s most dramatic business potential.

Who we are looking for:

Our team consists of makers, analysts, creatives, strategists, thinkers, tinkerers and more. If you are a big idea thinker, can find a nugget of wisdom in the smallest data point, are relentless in your pursuit of doing great work and are unafraid to say the tough stuff, we want you here.

Do you thrive at the intersection of ideas, business strategy, leadership and relationship building? Are you fluent in all things digital, interactive, analytics and media? Are you craving the opportunity to lead a business unit soup to nuts for a client? We’re looking for our next Account Director and future agency leader to join our expanding Account Management team. This role is positioned to uncover business needs, develop objectives alongside clients, craft appropriate strategies, and develop long-term communications and marketing plans.

You’ll likely need the following qualifications and experience to be successful in this role:

• We believe that years of experience is just a number; that said, this is a leadership role for the account team and typically someone in this role has 8–10 years of experience in advertising, communications or marketing (often candidates have held previous positions as an Account Supervisor, Account Executive, Marketing Manager or similar roles)
• Simply put, prior agency experience is an absolute must for this position
• Strategic business thinker who is comfortable in boardrooms and brainstorms alike, who nourishes an idea and can root out the business potential in a brand
• Growth-minded leader who sees potential in their team, partners with them to overcome their greatest challenges, and pushes them to best-in-class performance
• Comprehensive B2B marketing experience is a must and previous experience in the building products industry, supply chain, or durable goods is a definite preference
• Can brief a team with the best of them and highly values the sacred act of equipping a creative team to generate impactful ideas and campaigns
• Adds significant value to the annual planning process for clients and is comfortable leading complex negotiations for evolving scopes of work
• Takes a high-touch approach to client relations and works to intentionally build trustworthy and fruitful business partnerships with existing and new clients/stakeholders
• Previous experience forecasting revenue growth and subsequent resources to effectively build out staff needs and financial projections
• Brings optimism, energy and a relentless pursuit of great work to any team or project they work on

Additional information:

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion:

There is power in celebrating who we are. GS&F is committed to embracing and welcoming past, current and future employees’ differences in age, color, disability, ethnicity, family or marital status, gender identity or expression, national origin, physical and mental ability, political affiliation, race, religion, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, veteran status and other characteristics that make our employees unique. After all, diversity feeds the best friendships because what makes you, you…makes us, us.

Because of this commitment and our commitment to improve, we have set important DE&I milestones and goals for our agency. To that end, you may be asked a question about your gender, ethnicity, disability or veteran status as you submit your online application. Rest assured we don’t have the ability to track your responses to these questions back to you and it’s never considered as part of your candidacy for a position at GS&F. If we say we want to improve, we simply want to know we are actually improving.

Location:

Given the nature of Account Management and the client assigned to this position being located in Nashville, we are only considering candidates that currently live in or wish to relocate to Nashville in the near future (first 90 days of employment).

As a full-time member of the GS&F team, we offer the following benefits:

• Employee Ownership
• 401K match
• Short-term and long-term disability coverage
• Life insurance
• Generous PTO
• Professional development opportunities and growth-oriented tools
• Generous parental leave

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Director

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Marketing, Advertising, and Business Development

• Industries

  Advertising Services

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Medical insurance

Vision insurance

401(k)

Paid maternity leave

Paid paternity leave

Disability insurance

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