Account Director (Creative)

JR United Kingdom; Portsmouth; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

JR United Kingdom is seeking an Account Director responsible for leading advertising campaigns in a hybrid role based in London. This position requires strong project management skills, a strategic mindset, and the ability to manage multi-stakeholder relationships effectively. The successful candidate will drive the end-to-end advertising process, ensuring successful delivery across various media channels.

Qualifications

• Strong project management skills with the ability to handle multiple campaigns.
• Demonstrated ability to build and maintain client relationships effectively.
• Proven experience in managing cross-functional marketing teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead the planning and execution of advertising campaigns from conception to delivery.
• Coordinate resources and budgets with production teams to meet project briefs.
• Monitor project progress against timelines, budgets, and client expectations.

Skills

Campaign Management

Strategic Understanding

Communication Skills

Relationship Building

Financial Acumen

Project Coordination

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 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 sharing, and motivating team members
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, confident in presenting to stakeholders at all levels
• Financial acumen and rigor in managing the account's day-to-day operations
• 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 clarity and stakeholder involvement upfront
• 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
• Coordinate resources, project plans, and budgets with resource and production teams to deliver the brief
• Manage client communications regarding project progress, issue resolution, status meetings, and expectation management
• Lead client presentations for creative work at all project stages, gather feedback, and outline next steps
• Oversee end-to-end campaign delivery from brief to completion
• Monitor project progression, ensuring timelines, budgets, and briefs are met, collaborating with Production and Creative teams
• Escalate key issues and blockers to senior management as needed and facilitate resolution involving relevant stakeholders
• Maintain financial discipline, support the SAD in preparing monthly burn reports, track budgets, and ensure accurate recording of briefs and expenditures
• Coordinate with marketing to plan upcoming projects, communicate priorities, delays, and issues to stakeholders
• Manage relationships with third-party vendors such as Mediacom, production companies, and studios to ensure effective collaboration