Account Director (Creative)

JR United Kingdom; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A dynamic agency is seeking an Account Director in Birmingham. The role involves leading advertising and communications campaigns, collaborating with internal teams, and managing project delivery. Ideal candidates will possess strategic insight, strong campaign skills, and the ability to work with multiple stakeholders effectively.

Qualifications

• Strong campaign management skills, able to manage multiple projects end-to-end.
• Experience in through-the-line communications and managing integrated 360 campaigns.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end campaign delivery—from brief to completion.
• Manage client communications and lead client presentations.
• Partner with Creative Directors to deliver world-class creative.

Skills

Campaign management

Strategic understanding

Relationship building

Financial acumen

Communication

Job description

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Hours: Full-time

Duration: 9 months with potential to extend

We are looking for an Account Director to work with our client.

Summary

An Account Director is responsible for leading the end-to-end process of planning and implementing advertising and communications campaigns. They work with marketing, creative, production, strategy, finance, and external partners at each stage of a project, ensuring every team plays their part from brief through to delivery.

• Strong campaign management skills, experienced at managing multiple projects end to end.
• Ability to understand the strategic purpose of a project and its contribution to brand growth.
• Experience in through-the-line communications – managing integrated 360 campaigns across multiple media formats.
• Manage all deliverables typical of an integrated advertising and communications campaign.
• Strong relationship-building skills – trust, collaboration, knowledge, and motivating team members.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to present confidently to stakeholders at all levels, both internally and externally.
• Financial acumen and rigor in the day-to-day management of the account.
• Experience working in fast-changing environments, managing multi-stakeholder marketing teams with varying seniority levels. Pan-market experience is beneficial.

Day-to-day responsibilities

• Write status reports and check work against briefs.
• Agree on the brief with marketing to ensure it is received by the agency and relevant stakeholders upfront.
• Organize internal briefing sessions, including working with strategy to develop briefs for internal teams.
• Partner with Creative Directors and Executive Producers to enable the successful delivery of world-class creative.
• Work with resources and production to organize resources, project plans, and budgets to deliver the brief.
• Manage client communications on project progress, issue resolution, contact reports, status meetings, and expectation management.
• Lead client presentations for creative across all project stages, gather feedback, and summarize next steps.
• Responsible for end-to-end campaign delivery—from brief to completion.
• Maintain an overview of project progression, working with Production and Creative teams to ensure timely, on-budget delivery meeting the original brief.
• Escalate key issues and blockers to Senior Account Director and Head of Business as required, facilitating resolution involving relevant stakeholders.
• Ensure financial rigor across your business vertical, supporting Senior Account Director in preparing monthly burn reports, tracking retainer and production budgets, and assessing new briefs' feasibility.
• Work with marketing to plan upcoming projects, communicate priorities, delays, and issues to internal stakeholders.
• Lead relationships with media agencies and third-party vendors to ensure collaboration.