Account Director - FTC - Parental leave cover

TLC Worldwide; London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a dynamic and innovative team as an Account Director at a leading MarTech solution provider. This exciting role involves spearheading key accounts in the entertainment and media sector, delivering exceptional loyalty and incentive programs globally. You'll lead high-value projects, collaborate closely with clients, and drive strategic growth while managing relationships with finesse. The company fosters a creative work environment, offering career progression, wellness initiatives, and a vibrant team culture. If you're a strategic thinker with a passion for client success, this is your chance to make a significant impact in a forward-thinking organization.

Benefits

Dynamic & collaborative team

Creative work environment

Career progression and upskilling opportunities

Weekly Happy Hour

TLC Wellness

Global Clients & Team exposure

TLC 'Fun Club' & Social Calendar

TLC Gives Back - Charity partner/off site days

'The Frankies' - Awards/staff recognition event

Qualifications

• Proven experience as an Account Director, preferably in promotional space.
• Exceptional financial management and commercial acumen.

Responsibilities

• Deliver strategic direction and assist in project delivery with creativity.
• Manage client relationships and drive account growth effectively.

Skills

Account Management

Client Relationship Management

Strategic Thinking

Financial Management

Negotiation Skills

Team Leadership

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Business or Marketing

Job description

WE ARE HIRING AN ACCOUNT DIRECTOR (FTC - Parental leave cover)

Are you ready to join the world's premier MarTech solution?

TLC has become THE global MarTech solution to reward consumer behaviour with experiences. Now operating from 14 worldwide hubs, the TLC COSMOS Platform connects millions of consumers with over 150,000 experience reward venues. We trust in decades of proprietary data to ensure we offer the right experience to every individual.

In 2024, TLC formed a strategic partnership with BD-Capital, a private equity firm. The collaboration provides both financial backing and strategic guidance, fueling TLC's mission to enhance its market leadership and expand its global footprint in data-driven loyalty solutions.

At TLC, we know that experiences make life more rewarding!

We are looking for innovative, passionate and caring people to join our team and help us continue to build our success story!

Please note that this is a Fixed Term Contract for 10 months

Spearheading a key account in the entertainment and media sector. Delivering best in class loyalty and incentive programs across a range of global markets and reporting directly to the client on strategy, direction of travel and campaign results.

What you’ll be doing:

1. Delivering strategic direction to the team and assisting in the delivery of work, demonstrating impact, intellect, and creativity.
2. Leading on the execution of high value projects, campaigns and work ensuring they deliver exceptional creativity, strategic thinking and agreed contribution.
3. Working alongside the senior team both in-house and with your client to identify gaps and drive opportunities to grow the account into new areas and ensure optimisation and client success. This will include having a good working knowledge of TLC’s offering and the overall agency business plan.
4. Participating in contract negotiations and budgetary discussions for high value work, partnerships, and collaborations, alongside the senior team including MD and Operations.
5. Effectively tracking, measuring and analysing the success of projects and leading on the creation of case studies that reflect our best work – whether that be creatively or commercially effective – including award entries for best in class examples.
6. Managing team and client relationships with a deft touch and developing the ever-growing commercial bond with this key account.
7. Being commercially aware to ensure effective and smart use of budgets to ensure excellent campaign delivery whilst ensuring fiscal sense in relation to profitability and growth.

What we're looking for:

1. Proven experience working as an Account Director or Senior Account Director – preferably in the promotional space.
2. Experience managing big brand clients with cross/multi market activations desirable.
3. Proven abilities in growing client revenues.
4. Innovative, a great idea generator and a strategic thinker concerning brands.
5. First-class communicator who can comfortably negotiate and challenge.
6. Exceptional financial management skills and commercial acumen.
7. Great coach and mentor and an involved team manager.

Here's what we've got to offer:

• Dynamic & collaborative team.
• Creative work environment.
• Career progression and upskilling opportunities.
• Weekly Happy Hour.
• TLC Wellness.
• Global Clients & Team exposure.
• TLC 'Fun Club' & Social Calendar (known to include pizza deliveries!).
• TLC Gives Back - Charity partner/off site days.
• 'The Frankies' - Our very own awards/staff recognition event.

Being a people-led business, we hire upon values and believe that our people are what make the beloved TLC culture so unique.

At TLC we aim to create a ‘world within the world’ that is free from prejudice, bias and inequity.

A world where diversity is valued and celebrated, and where we work hard to ensure all our wonderful people are given equal opportunity to succeed.

If you are ready to be part of the TLC Worldwide success story, click to apply today!

We look forward to seeing your application!