Account Director (Creative)

JR United Kingdom; Stevenage; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is seeking an experienced Account Director to oversee planning and execution of advertising campaigns. This role involves collaboration with various teams, ensuring campaign success from brief to delivery. Ideal candidates will possess strong campaign management skills and experience in integrated communications across multiple platforms.

Qualifications

• Experienced in managing multiple projects end-to-end.
• Strong understanding of integrated communications.
• Ability to present confidently to stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end campaign delivery from brief to completion.
• Manage client communications and presentations.
• Coordinate resources and budgets with teams.

Skills

Campaign management skills

Relationship-building

Written and verbal communication

Financial acumen

Multi-stakeholder management

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 every team contributes to progressing different aspects 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—trust, collaboration, knowledge, and motivating team members.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, confident in presenting to stakeholders at all levels, both internally and externally.
• Financial acumen and rigor in managing the account daily.
• 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 receipt 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 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 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 aligned with the original brief.
• Escalate key issues and blockers to Senior Account Director and Head of Business, facilitating resolution involving relevant stakeholders.
• Ensure financial discipline, support monthly burn reporting, track retainer and production budgets, and assess capacity for new briefs.
• Work with marketing to plan upcoming projects, communicate priorities, delays, and issues to stakeholders.
• Lead relationships with media agencies and third-party vendors, such as production companies and studios, to ensure effective collaboration.