Account Director (Creative)

JR United Kingdom; Reading; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading marketing agency is seeking an Account Director to lead advertising campaigns across various media formats. The role requires exceptional campaign management, strong communication skills, and financial rigor to ensure effective collaboration with clients and teams throughout project lifecycles.

Qualifications

• Strong campaign management skills, experienced in managing multiple projects end-to-end.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, confident in presenting to stakeholders.
• Financial acumen with rigorous management of the account's day-to-day finances.

Responsibilities

• Lead client presentations and manage project communications.
• Coordinate with marketing and organize internal briefing sessions.
• Oversee end-to-end campaign delivery and ensure budget compliance.

Skills

Campaign management

Relationship building

Financial acumen

Communication

Job description

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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 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 optimize team performance
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, confident in presenting to stakeholders at all levels, both internally and externally
• Financial acumen with rigorous management of the account's day-to-day finances
• Experience working in fast-changing environments, managing multi-stakeholder marketing teams with varying seniority levels; pan-market experience is a plus.

Day-to-day responsibilities

• Write status reports and verify work against briefs
• Coordinate with marketing to agree on briefs, ensuring proper stakeholder involvement upfront
• Organize internal briefing sessions, collaborating with strategy to develop project briefs for internal teams
• Partner with Creative Directors and Executive Producers to enable the successful delivery of world-class creative work
• Work with resource and production teams to organize resources, project plans, and budgets to deliver the brief
• Manage client communications regarding project progress, issue resolution, contact reports, status meetings, and expectation management
• Lead client presentations across 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 timely, budget-compliant delivery aligned with the original brief
• Escalate key issues and blockers to Senior Account Director and Head of Business as needed, facilitating resolution with relevant stakeholders
• Ensure financial rigor, supporting the Senior Account Director in monthly burn reporting, tracking retainer, managing budgets, and assessing new briefs’ feasibility
• Collaborate with marketing to plan upcoming projects, communicate priorities, delays, and issues to internal stakeholders
• Lead relationships with media agencies and third-party vendors to ensure effective collaboration