Account Director (Creative)

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

Job summary

A leading company is seeking an Account Director responsible for planning and implementing advertising campaigns. This full-time role involves managing projects end-to-end, interpreting strategic goals, and collaborating with various teams to ensure successful campaign delivery. Strong communication, financial rigor, and campaign management skills are essential for this hybrid position based in London, with the potential for extension beyond a 9-month duration.

Qualifications

• Strong campaign management skills and experience in managing multiple projects end-to-end.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, confident presenter.
• Financial rigor and experience in fast-changing environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end campaign delivery from brief to completion.
• Manage client communications, report progress and resolve issues.
• Coordinate resources, budgets, and oversee client presentations.

Skills

Campaign Management

Communication

Relationship Building

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 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 that every team contributes effectively from brief 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 motivate teams
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills; confident presenter to stakeholders at all levels, both internally and externally
• Financial acumen and rigor in managing the account on a daily basis
• 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 briefs with marketing to ensure clarity and stakeholder involvement 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
• Coordinate resources, project plans, and budgets with resource and production teams to deliver briefs
• 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 progression with Production and Creative teams to ensure timelines, budgets, and briefs are met
• Escalate key issues and blockers to senior management and facilitate their resolution involving relevant stakeholders
• Maintain financial discipline, support reporting, track budgets, and ensure new briefs are feasible
• Coordinate with marketing to plan upcoming projects, communicate priorities, delays, and issues to stakeholders
• Lead relationships with media and third-party vendors to ensure effective collaboration