Account Director (Creative)

JR United Kingdom; Preston; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the creative sector is seeking an Account Director to manage comprehensive advertising campaigns. The successful candidate will collaborate with various teams to ensure effective delivery from planning stages through to execution. This full-time position requires a strong campaign management background and excellent communication skills.

Qualifications

• Experienced in managing multiple projects end-to-end.
• Strong relationship-building skills and financial rigor.
• Experience in managing integrated campaigns across multiple media.

Responsibilities

• Oversee end-to-end campaign delivery from brief to completion.
• Manage communications regarding project progress and client presentations.
• Monitor project progress and escalate issues as necessary.

Skills

Campaign Management

Strategic Understanding

Relationship Building

Excellent Communication

Financial Acumen

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 seeking 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 collaborate with marketing, creative, production, strategy, finance, and external partners at each stage of a project, ensuring each team contributes effectively from brief to delivery.

• Strong campaign management skills, experienced in 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, fostering trust, collaboration, and knowledge sharing to maximize team performance.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, confident in presenting 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 verify work against briefs.
• Agree on the brief with marketing to ensure proper reception by the agency and involved stakeholders.
• 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.
• Coordinate resources, project plans, and budgets with resource and production teams to deliver the brief.
• Manage client communications regarding project progress, issue resolution, contact reports, 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 progress, working with Production and Creative teams to ensure timely delivery within budget and aligned with the original brief.
• Escalate key issues and blockers to senior leaders as needed and facilitate resolution involving relevant stakeholders.
• Maintain financial rigor, supporting monthly burn reporting, tracking retainer and production budgets, and assessing new briefs.
• Collaborate with marketing to plan upcoming projects, update project laydowns, and communicate priorities, delays, or issues to internal stakeholders.
• Manage relationships with third-party vendors such as Mediacom and production companies to ensure effective collaboration.