Digital Account Director

All Response Media; Leeds; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days holiday + bank holidays

Private healthcare with Vitality

Job summary

All Response Media in Leeds seeks a Digital Account Director to lead strategic client partnerships and mentor teams across Paid Search, Paid Social, Programmatic Display and Podcasts. You will build relationships with senior clients, set strategic direction and oversee campaigns to drive performance and growth.

Work directly with Board Directors and Senior Leadership, shaping digital campaigns across channels while collaborating with in-house Data, Systems and Offline teams to deliver

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading digital media campaigns within a media agency environment.
• Strong expertise across Paid Search, Paid Social and Programmatic channels.
• Experience planning and buying media on Google, Meta and LinkedIn.
• Demonstrable success managing senior client relationships and multiple accounts.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop senior client relationships across your portfolio.
• Drive strategic planning and campaign development across integrated channels.
• Ensure campaigns are aligned to client objectives and performance targets.
• Deliver high-quality recommendations, insights and growth opportunities.
• Lead regular client strategy, planning and review meetings.
• Support agency new business activity, growth initiatives and pitches.
• Collaborate with media owners and platform partners.
• Identify emerging media opportunities and assess their value for clients.
• Drive innovation across campaigns.
• Share knowledge across the wider agency through coaching and training.
• Work with senior leadership to provide visibility on client, team and market developments.
• Recruit, develop and retain high-performing team members.

Skills

Digital leadership

Paid Search

Paid Social

Programmatic

Analytics mindset

Tools

Google Ads

Meta Ads

LinkedIn Ads

Job description

Digital Account Director

Proof Not Promises. Join us and make your impact count.

At All Response Media, we believe in measurable results, innovative thinking and delivering meaningful business growth for our clients.

As one of the UK's leading performance marketing and data-driven media agencies, we combine media expertise, analytics, attribution and technology to help ambitious brands make smarter marketing investment decisions and achieve outstanding commercial outcomes.

We're looking for an ambitious Digital Account Director to join our growing Leeds team and play a key role in shaping client success, developing talent and driving strategic growth across our digital offering.

This is an exciting opportunity to work directly with Board Directors and Business Directors as you lead strategic client partnerships, mentor high-performing teams and oversee campaigns across a diverse range of digital channels including Paid Search, Paid Social, Programmatic Display and Podcasts.

As a truly integrated agency, you'll collaborate closely with our Digital, Offline, SEO, Data and Systems teams to deliver intelligent, data-driven solutions that help clients outperform their competition.

This is an outstanding opportunity for a commercially minded digital leader who thrives in a fast-paced environment and is passionate about combining data, strategy and innovation to drive performance.

How You'll Make an Impact

As a Digital Account Director, you'll be a trusted strategic advisor to your clients and a key leader within the agency.

You’ll take ownership of a portfolio of clients, building strong relationships while driving strategic thinking, campaign performance and long-term growth.

Key areas of impact include:

• Lead senior client relationships and become a trusted strategic partner

• Leading strategic planning, problem-solving and campaign direction

• Use data, insight and performance analysis to inform recommendations

• Driving outstanding client retention and account growth

• Lead and inspire a high-performing team, providing coaching and development

• Identifying opportunities to expand services and client investment

• Contributing to agency growth through new business activity

• Championing innovation across digital channels and emerging media opportunities

This is a fantastic opportunity to make your mark within a growing agency where you'll be trusted to lead, influence and shape the future of both client accounts and internal teams.

Why Join ARM

All Response Media is one of the UK's leading performance marketing and data-driven media agencies.

• Ranked among the UK's largest marketing agencies

• Managing over £250m of advertising spend in the UK and £100m+ across Europe

• Working with leading brands; Omaze, Dusk, Brooks Running, Omoda and more!

• Partnering with exciting scale-ups and high-growth challenger brands

• Collaborating directly with industry-leading Board Directors and Senior Leadership

At ARM, progression is built into our culture.

Many of our leaders started in junior roles and have progressed into senior management and Board positions through hard work, support and opportunity.

We invest heavily in development through:

• Ongoing training and professional development

• Mentorship from Board Directors and business leaders

• Exposure to founders, entrepreneurs and senior client stakeholders

• Opportunities to expand your expertise across Digital, Offline, Data and Systems

• A collaborative, supportive and ambitious culture

We believe exceptional careers are built through ownership, collaboration and continuous growth.

What You’ll Bring

We're looking for a commercially minded digital media professional who combines strategic thinking with strong leadership capability.

• Proven experience leading digital media campaigns within a media agency environment

• Strong expertise across Paid Search, Paid Social and Programmatic channels

• Experience planning and buying media across platforms such as Google, Meta and LinkedIn

• Demonstrable success managing senior client relationships and multiple accounts

• Strategic thinking with the ability to translate insight into actionable recommendations

• Commercial awareness and a strong understanding of media performance metrics

• Experience managing, developing and mentoring talent

• Confidence leading client meetings, workshops and presentations

• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills

• A proactive, analytical, solutions-focused approach with a passion for delivering exceptional results

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and develop senior client relationships across your portfolio

• Drive strategic planning and campaign development across integrated channels

• Ensure campaigns are aligned to client objectives and performance targets

• Deliver high-quality recommendations, insights and growth opportunities

• Lead regular client strategy, planning and review meetings

• Support agency new business activity, growth initiatives and pitches

• Collaborate closely with media owners and platform partners

• Identify emerging media opportunities and assess their value for clients

• Drive innovation and continuous improvement across campaigns

• Share knowledge and expertise across the wider agency through coaching and training

• Work closely with senior leadership to provide visibility on client, team and market developments

• Recruit, develop and retain high-performing team members

• Foster a culture of excellence, innovation and continuous improvement

Benefits you’ll love

• Competitive salary + bonus

• 25 days holiday + bank holidays

• Annual company away day & socials

• Drinks fridge, free fruit, Monday breakfast & Friday lunches

• Private healthcare with Vitality (discounted gyms memberships) + wellbeing perks

• Flexi Fridays + birthday time off

• Long-service rewards up to £10,000 and sabbaticals

• Life cover, enhanced sick pay and income protection

• Perkbox benefits and wellbeing programme

• Season ticket loan and cycle-to-work scheme

• Ongoing media, technical and leadership training, including LinkedIn Learning

• Clear progression and development roadmap

Accelerate your career with All Response Media

At All Response Media, we are committed to offering equal opportunities to all employees and applicants and have zero tolerance for discrimination. We foster a culture where different perspectives, experiences and ideas help us grow, innovate, deliver outstanding results and remain relevant in a rapidly changing world.