Account Director

Pitch Ltd; Leicester; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work pattern

Competitive salary

Job summary

Pitch Ltd in Leicester is seeking an Account Director to join our hybrid team. You’ll bring a digital bias to an integrated client services role, guiding strategy and campaign development across paid media, SEO, content and social.

You’ll lead projects, manage budgets and drive account growth while collaborating with creative, PR and video specialists. You’ll thrive in a fast-paced agency environment, enjoy building client partnerships, and relish opportunities to pitch and win new business.

Qualifications

• Ideally from an agency background with experience managing integrated accounts.
• Strong communication and client-facing skills are essential.
• Comfortable leading projects and collaborating with multiple disciplines.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic thinking and consultation for client campaigns.
• Oversee project delivery, account growth and new business opportunities.
• Lead a team of account handlers and work with PR, content and digital specialists.
• Build and maintain strong client relationships and deliver integrated campaigns.

Skills

Communication

Commercial mindset

Digital marketing savvy

Team collaboration

Client relationship building

Project leadership

Job description

+ Account Director - Marketing

+ Leicester - Hybrid

+ £45-52k

Pitch has the pleasure of partnering with one of Leicestershire’s longest-standing agencies. This team has not only stood the test of time, but they’ve also continued to adapt to the market – and they’re about to do it again.

Following the acquisition of another successful agency, the business is entering an exciting period of growth and transformation, and they’re looking for a talented Account Director to join them for the ride.

Reporting directly to the head of the Client Services team, you’ll work alongside a skilled team of account handlers and PR, content, social, creative, video, and digital specialists. It’s a genuinely full-service, integrated agency where great ideas don’t have to fit neatly into one channel.

So, where do you come in?

As their newest Account Director, you’ll bring a digital bias to an integrated client services role, playing a key part in the strategic thinking, consultation and development of client campaigns.

You’ll be confident talking all things digital – you’ll know your Meta from your Google Ads, understand SEO and web, and appreciate how paid media, CRM, content and social fit together. But you'll also be comfortable stepping outside of digital and working across creative, brand, PR, video and wider marketing campaigns.

You don't need to be an expert in every channel – no one expects you to be an SEO expert, PPC whizz and creative genius all rolled into one! But you'll understand digital and integrated marketing well enough to challenge, advise and spot opportunities, bringing the right specialists together to deliver brilliant, integrated work.

The role will give you plenty of variety. You’ll cover client strategy and consultancy, project delivery, account growth, new business, team engagement and plenty of face time with clients.

What do you need?

Ideally, you'll come from an agency background with experience managing integrated accounts. You could be a Digital Account Director looking for a broader remit or an integrated Account Director with experience in digital and traditional marketing.

You'll also need to be:

• An excellent communicator who builds strong client relationships.
• Commercially minded and confident spotting opportunities to grow accounts.
• Digitally savvy across paid media, SEO, social, web and content.
• Comfortable working across digital, creative and wider integrated marketing.
• Curious and consultative – someone who asks not only “why?” but “why not?”
• Confident leading projects, managing budgets and keeping delivery on track.
• A team player who enjoys bringing specialists together to deliver great work.
• Comfortable getting involved in pitches and new business opportunities.

Most importantly, you’ll be someone who likes getting stuck in. Someone who enjoys clients, enjoys agency life, and gets a buzz from seeing a great idea turn into a great campaign.

If you're looking for a role where you can make a difference and work with a great team and client portfolio, this could be it. You’ll be rewarded with a salary of £45 - £52k + benefits, a 3-day office / 2-day home hybrid working pattern and a fantastic team around you.

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