Account Director

Better placed recruitment; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A respected branding agency in Leeds seeks an experienced Account Director to lead client relationships and oversee high-quality brand projects. The ideal candidate has a passion for branding and proven experience in agency environments. You will drive strategic brand initiatives across diverse clients, ensuring successful delivery of integrated marketing campaigns. This role offers a competitive salary and a hybrid work model.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Hybrid working model

Supportive team culture

Qualifications

• Proven experience in an agency environment, ideally at Senior Account Manager or Account Director level.
• Strong background in brand strategy and campaign delivery.
• Ability to adapt to different audiences and client types.

Responsibilities

• Lead key client accounts and ensure delivery of high-quality work.
• Oversee integrated marketing projects from brief through to execution.
• Mentor and support junior members of the client services team.

Skills

Brand strategy

Client relationship building

Campaign delivery

Excellent communication

Job description

The Opportunity

I'm working with a highly respected independent branding agency in Leeds that’s looking to appoint an experienced and strategically minded Account Director to lead client relationships and deliver outstanding brand-led work.

This is an exciting opportunity for a senior agency professional who’s passionate about branding, thrives in a fast-paced creative environment, and is looking to work across a varied mix of clients and sectors.

You’ll play a pivotal role in shaping and guiding both strategic brand projects and integrated marketing campaigns, collaborating closely with talented creative and strategy teams in a supportive, ideas-led culture.

The Role

As Account Director, you’ll be responsible for leading key client accounts, building strong, long-lasting relationships, and ensuring delivery of high-quality work that meets strategic objectives.

You’ll be working across a range of brand creation, brand refresh, positioning, and identity projects, as well as multi-channel marketing campaigns – spanning digital, content, print, and social.

Key Responsibilities

•Act as the strategic lead and main point of contact for a portfolio of key clients.

•Oversee the delivery of brand and integrated marketing projects – from brief through to execution.

•Work closely with internal teams (creative, strategy, digital) to ensure work is delivered on time, on brief, and to a high standard.

•Provide strategic guidance and brand expertise to clients, helping shape and evolve their brand presence.

•Identify opportunities to grow client relationships, adding value and spotting potential for additional projects.

•Manage budgets, timelines, and resourcing for your accounts.

•Mentor and support junior members of the client services team.

What We’re Looking For

•Proven experience in an agency environment, ideally at Senior Account Manager or Account Director level.

•Strong background in brand strategy, brand development, and campaign delivery.

•Experience working across a variety of sectors – comfortable adapting to different audiences and client types.

•Strong understanding of the creative and production process across digital and traditional channels.

•Excellent communication, presentation, and relationship-building skills.

•Highly organised and commercially aware, with a proactive and strategic mindset.

•A passion for brand, design, and big-picture thinking.

What’s On Offer

•A key leadership role in a creative, independent agency known for quality, collaboration, and innovation.

•The chance to work across a diverse client base with exciting and varied brand challenges.

•A hybrid working model, typically 2–3 days in the central Leeds studio.

•Competitive salary, dependent on experience.

•Supportive team culture with a focus on career development, creativity, and flexibility.