Account Director (Digital Media)

KnoWho; Willenhall; Remote; GBP 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

KnoWho is seeking a mid-senior Account Director to lead key digital media client relationships within a fast-growing agency. You’ll shape strategy across paid social, search, programmatic, and data-driven campaigns.

Based in the UK (remote-first or North West-based), you’ll partner with clients to translate objectives into campaigns, guide senior teams, and drive growth through measurable results.

Qualifications

• Digital media agency experience is essential.

Responsibilities

• Leading and developing senior client relationships across a portfolio of key digital media accounts.
• Acting as a trusted strategic advisor, bringing insight and challenge to client conversations.
• Overseeing digital media campaigns across paid social, paid search, programmatic, display and wider digital channels.
• Working closely with media, performance, data and creative specialists to develop integrated digital solutions.
• Translating client objectives and commercial challenges into effective digital media strategies.
• Using campaign performance, audience data and insight to shape recommendations and improve results.
• Leading senior client presentations, QBRs and strategic planning sessions.
• Identifying opportunities for account growth, upselling and developing longer-term client partnerships.
• Playing a key role in pitches, new business opportunities and wider agency growth.

Job description

Location: Remote-first (UK-wide) or North West-based

Seniority: Mid-Senior Level

Employment Type: Full-time

An exciting opportunity for an Account Director to join one of the UK's fastest-growing agency brands.

KnoWho Recruitment is proud to be partnering with one of the UK's fastest-growing agency brands as they continue an exciting period of expansion.

We're looking for an exceptional Account Director to join a high-performing team, leading some of the agency's most important digital media client relationships.

This is a genuinely exciting opportunity to join a business that's redefining modern marketing through the combination of digital media, performance, data and creative.

We're looking for someone who understands how smart media strategy, brilliant creative and meaningful data come together to deliver campaigns that actually move the needle.

Digital media agency experience is essential.

The Opportunity

As Account Director, you'll be a senior figure within the client services team, acting as a trusted partner and strategic lead across a portfolio of key accounts.

You'll work closely with clients to understand their commercial and marketing objectives, translating these into digital media strategies and campaigns that deliver against clear business outcomes.

You'll be comfortable talking everything from paid social, paid search and digital advertising through to performance, audience strategy, data and measurement, while working closely with specialist media and creative teams to ensure campaigns are joined up and effective.

You'll also play an important role in the agency's continued growth, identifying opportunities, developing existing accounts, supporting new business and helping clients get more from their digital investment.

What You'll Be Doing

• Leading and developing senior client relationships across a portfolio of key digital media accounts.
• Acting as a trusted strategic advisor, bringing insight and challenge to client conversations.
• Overseeing digital media campaigns across paid social, paid search, programmatic, display and wider digital channels.
• Working closely with media, performance, data and creative specialists to develop integrated digital solutions.
• Translating client objectives and commercial challenges into effective digital media strategies.
• Using campaign performance, audience data and insight to shape recommendations and improve results.
• Leading senior client presentations, QBRs and strategic planning sessions.
• Identifying opportunities for account growth, upselling and developing longer-term client partnerships.
• Playing a key role in pitches, new business opportunities and wider agency growth.