Account Director (Creative)

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

Job summary

A leading company is seeking an Account Director (Creative) to manage integrated advertising campaigns. Key responsibilities include coordinating projects, collaborating with creative teams, and ensuring financial and operational rigor. Ideal candidates will possess strong communication skills and experience in fast-paced environments, contributing to brand growth through strategic planning.

Qualifications

• Strong campaign management skills, managing multiple projects end-to-end.
• Experience with integrated through-the-line communications.
• Strong relationship-building and communication skills with stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end campaign delivery from brief to completion.
• Manage client communications and ensure timely deliverables.
• Oversee financial rigor and prepare budget reports.

Skills

Campaign management

Relationship-building

Communication

Financial acumen

Job description

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Account Director (Creative), Oxford District

Client: Aquent

Location: Oxford District, United Kingdom

Job Category: Other

EU work permit required: Yes

Job Views: 1

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 with 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, getting the best out of people
• Strong written and verbal communicator. Confident in presenting to stakeholders at all levels, both internally and externally
• Financial acumen and rigor in managing the account day-to-day
• 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 proper reception by the agency and relevant stakeholders
• Organize internal briefing sessions, collaborating 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 outline next steps
• Oversee end-to-end campaign delivery from brief to completion
• Maintain an overview of project progression, working with Production and Creative teams to ensure on-time, on-budget delivery that meets the brief
• Escalate key issues and blockers to Senior Account Director and Head of Business as needed, 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
• Work with marketing to plan upcoming projects, communicate priorities, delays, and issues to stakeholders
• Lead relationships with media partners and third-party vendors to ensure effective collaboration