Account Director (Creative)

JR United Kingdom; High Wycombe; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading client seeks an Account Director (Creative) based in High Wycombe to manage multi-channel advertising campaigns. This role will involve collaborating with cross-functional teams, ensuring strategic alignment and impactful delivery of creative work. Ideal candidates should possess excellent campaign management skills and experience in integrated communications.

Qualifications

• Experienced in managing multiple integrated campaigns.
• Strong communicator with stakeholder engagement.
• Ability to navigate fast-paced environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end process of campaign planning and execution.
• Manage relationships with clients and internal teams.
• Ensure timely delivery of project deliverables within budget.

Skills

Campaign Management

Communication

Financial Acumen

Relationship Building

Strategic Understanding

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Account Director (Creative), High Wycombe

Client: Aquent

Location: High Wycombe, United Kingdom

Job Category: Other

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Posted:

04.06.2025

Expiry Date:

19.07.2025

Job Description:

Job Title: Account Director (Creative)

Client Location: London (Hybrid)

Starting: 23/06/2025

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 how that contributes 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
• Strong communicator – written and verbal, confident in presenting to stakeholders at all levels
• Financial acumen and rigor in managing the account daily
• 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, check work against briefs
• Agree on the brief with marketing to ensure proper reception by the agency and relevant stakeholders
• Organize internal briefing sessions, including working with strategy to develop briefs for internal teams
• Partner with Creative Directors and Executive Producers to enable successful delivery of world-class creative
• Work with resource and production teams to organize resources, project plans, and budgets
• Manage client communications regarding project progress, issue resolution, contact reports, status meetings, and expectation management
• Lead client presentations for creative at all project stages, gather feedback, and summarize next steps
• Lead end-to-end delivery of campaigns from brief to completion
• Oversee project progression, working with Production and Creative teams to ensure timely, budget-compliant delivery meeting the original brief
• Escalate key issues and blockers to Senior Account Director and Head of Business, facilitating issue resolution involving relevant stakeholders
• Maintain financial rigor, supporting Senior Account Director in preparing monthly burn reports, tracking retainer, overseeing budgets, and assessing new briefs
• Coordinate with marketing for project planning, updating project schedules, and communicating upcoming priorities and issues
• Lead relationships with media agencies and third-party vendors to ensure effective collaboration