Account Director

Brandon Consultants

Manchester

Sur place

GBP 45 000 - 65 000

Plein temps

14 jours+

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Avantages offerts par ce poste

Competitive salary

27 days holiday

Summer Friday’s early finish

Annual discretionary performance bonus

Enhanced maternity & paternity benefits

L&D investment for training and development

Résumé du poste

A leading design agency in Manchester seeks an experienced Account Director to build client relationships and lead innovative design projects. The ideal candidate will have experience in branding, strategic thinking, and strong presentation skills. This role offers a competitive salary, 27 days holiday, and various benefits, including enhanced parental leave and a discretionary performance bonus.

Qualifications

Proven experience in a branding or design agency.
Ability to engage diverse audiences during presentations.
Strong commercial acumen.

Responsabilités

Build and nurture relationships with key clients.
Provide strategic direction and creative solutions.
Coach and mentor junior team members.

Connaissances

Building strategic relationships

Strategic thinking

Branding and design experience

Team leadership

Strong presentation skills

Financial negotiation skills

Description du poste

HR Partner to creative agencies including Brandon Design Consultants, Workhouse Marketing and Syn Marketing

Brandon - an award winning independent branding and design agency - are looking for a new Account Director with a love of FMCG brands to join our Manchester Team.

WHY BRANDON?

We believe in helping everyone to awaken their potential. And that starts with our commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion. With equitable employment practices and a culture built around community and belonging — we help talented people do great things.

THE ROLE

As an Account Director based in our Manchester studio, your role will be to build and nurture relationships with key clients, strategically providing direction, innovation and creative thinking to activate their brands through the delivery of world-class design programmes.

Working in genuine partnership with your clients, you’ll take a consultative, insights‑led approach, and you’ll have that special ability to translate business and brand challenges into meaningful creative opportunities.

Brandon’s way is "To Go Together". With the desire and drive to be a central part of our amazing Client Services team, you will also champion a collaborative approach to working with colleagues in Strategy and Creative. As a line manager, you’ll also act as a coach and mentor to junior colleagues, empowering them to grow in their roles, too.

Broad knowledge and a love of FMCG brands is a must for anyone applying for this role, as is experience within a strategic branding or design agency, but experience in other sectors is also advantageous to support our agency's growth into new categories.

What we’re looking for

Someone who will act as a true strategic partner to their clients, building deep, trusted relationships through a consultative approach
A strategic thinker
Experience with branding and design
The ability to effectively brief and lead their team to deliver innovative strategic and creative solutions
Confident at presenting with a knack for engaging different audiences
Strong financial negotiation skills and commercial acumen

WHAT WE OFFER

In addition to a competitive salary and benefits package including 27 days holiday we offer the following highlights: