Account Director

O'Neils Recruitment; Maidenhead; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Career progression

National brands

Competitive salary

Job summary

O'Neils Recruitment is helping a leading experiential agency recruit an Account Director to oversee high-profile retail and consumer activation campaigns for major FMCG and beauty brands. You will manage campaigns from brief to delivery, ensuring seamless in-store and field execution.

The role emphasizes leading campaigns, managing client relationships, coordinating internal teams and delivering results with strong budget discipline. Hybrid working and career progression are offered.

Qualifications

• Agency background within experiential, shopper marketing or brand activation.
• Experience working with FMCG, grocery, beauty or health brands.
• Strong understanding of retail and consumer environments.
• Proven track record delivering live campaigns and activations.
• Commercially minded with budget management experience.
• Excellent client-facing and project management skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead experiential, retail activation and sampling campaigns.
• Manage key client relationships and act as a trusted advisor.
• Coordinate internal teams, suppliers and operational partners.
• Own project delivery, budgets and timelines.
• Present proposals, campaign updates and results.
• Support and develop junior team members.
• Drive growth within existing client accounts.

Skills

Experiential marketing

Client-facing

Project management

Budget management

Job description

Are you an experienced client services professional with a passion for live brand experiences?

We're partnering with a leading experiential agency looking for an Account Director to oversee high-profile retail and consumer activation campaigns for major FMCG and beauty brands.

This role suits someone who thrives on making campaigns happen, managing projects from initial brief through to successful delivery in-store and in the field.

The Role

• Lead experiential, retail activation and sampling campaigns.
• Manage key client relationships and act as a trusted advisor.
• Coordinate internal teams, suppliers and operational partners.
• Own project delivery, budgets and timelines.
• Present proposals, campaign updates and results.
• Support and develop junior team members.
• Drive growth within existing client accounts.

About You

• Agency background within experiential, shopper marketing or brand activation.
• Experience working with FMCG, grocery, beauty or health brands.
• Strong understanding of retail and consumer environments.
• Proven track record delivering live campaigns and activations.
• Commercially minded with budget management experience.
• Excellent client-facing and project management skills.

What's On Offer?

• Hybrid working.
• Career progression with a highly respected agency.
• Opportunity to work on nationally recognised consumer brands.
• Competitive salary and benefits package.

If you're looking for a role where you can combine strategic client management with hands‑on campaign delivery, we'd love to hear from you.