Account Director (Creative)

JR United Kingdom; Northampton; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Une occasion passionnante d'endosser le rôle d'Account Director pour une entreprise leader, montrant votre expertise dans la gestion de campagnes créatives. Vous serez le lien entre les clients et l'équipe de production, garantissant une livraison de campagnes réussie et de haute qualité.

Qualifications

• Expérience dans la gestion de campagnes et projets multiples.
• Capacité à travailler dans des environnements en évolution rapide.
• Expérience de travail avec des équipes marketing de différents niveaux.

Responsibilities

• Gérer les communications client et le suivi du projet.
• Maintenir un aperçu de la progression des projets.
• Diriger les présentations clients pour des campagnes créatives.

Skills

Strong campaign management

Strategic understanding

Integrated communications

Relationship-building

Written and verbal communication

Financial acumen

Stakeholder management

Job description

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Account Director (Creative), Northampton

Client:

Aquent

Location:

Northampton, 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 its 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 it 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 the ability to get the best out of people
• Strong written and verbal communicator. Able 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. Pan-market experience is beneficial.

Day-to-day responsibilities

• Write status reports, check work against briefs
• Agree the brief with marketing to ensure it is received by the agency and relevant stakeholders upfront
• Organise 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 resource and production to organise 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. Agree feedback and summarize next steps
• Responsible for leading end-to-end delivery of campaigns – from brief to completion
• Maintain an overview of project progression, working with Production and Creative teams to ensure timely, budget-compliant delivery that meets the original brief
• Escalate key issues and blockers to senior management as required, and facilitate resolution involving relevant stakeholders
• Maintain financial rigor across your business vertical, supporting the SAD in preparing monthly burn reports, tracking the retainer, overseeing daily production budgets, and assessing new briefs
• Work with marketing to plan future projects, keeping stakeholders updated on priorities, delays, and issues
• Lead relationships with Mediacom and other third parties (production companies and studios) to ensure collaboration