Media Account Director

Adelphi Group; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible hours

25 days holiday

Hybrid working

Pension scheme

Mental health support

Life coaching

Job summary

McCann Manchester is seeking a Media Account Director to own the strategic development of client media recommendations across digital and traditional channels. You will lead a team, manage senior client relationships, and drive multi-channel solutions that deliver awareness and business results.

The role emphasizes strong commercial sense, accountability for timelines, and the ability to translate insights into compelling media plans for high-profile brands and sports/cultural clients.

Qualifications

• Seasoned account leader capable of managing day-to-day client discussions and building strong relationships with clients and media owners.
• Ability to champion cross-channel solutions and understand interactions between channels.
• Proven track record in media planning and driving growth for high-profile brands.

Responsibilities

• Oversee strategic development of client media recommendations based on market and audience insights.
• Lead a small team to deliver results and mentor junior staff.
• Manage day-to-day client engagements and ensure performance against objectives.

Skills

Account leadership

Cross-channel recommendations

Media planning

Team leadership

Client relationship management

Commercial acumen

Tools

Industry-standard media planning tools

Job description

Agency:

McCann

Job Function:

Media

Job Subfunction:

Media Planning and Buying

Job Description:

Media Account Director

Location: Manchester, Hybrid Working

About us…

McCann Manchester is officially the UK’s most awarded agency for marketing effectiveness: empowering challenger brands to realise their full growth potential. We accelerate growth by helping brands to shine brighter in the lives of consumers: focusing on pioneering methods to integrate brand experience design and activation to deliver competitive advantage with distinction.
We operate as part of the wider McCann Manchester team and are home to the best talent across: data and analytics, integrated marketing strategy, paid search, digital PR and content, customer experience design, TV, radio, display and social media planning and buying.

For this role, we are happy to consider candidates operating at Account Director level or Senior Account Managers with a solid media background, looking for a step up.

The Part You’ll Play…

You’ll take ownership of the strategic development of client’s media recommendations, based on an in depth understanding of their market, competitors and customers. This means that you’ll have a deep understanding of all media channels (including digital) and a knack for identifying actionable insights that unlock a brief and create compelling multi-channel media solutions that excite clients and drive awareness.

At McCann, we’ve spent more than a century building successful brands using one simple philosophy: Truth Well Told. It’s our belief that consumer insights based on truth are crucial to building brands that last.

As Media Account Director, you’ll be responsible for the day-to-day running of a number of clients (typically household names across high-profile sports and cultural organisations and B2C brands), whilst managing and motivating a small team to deliver exceptional results, every time.

What you’ll bring:

• An experienced account leader / senior account manager, confident in managing day-to-day discussions and building successful relationships with clients and media owners.
• Confident in making cross-channel recommendations and understanding the interplay of multiple channels.
• Able to champion media by evaluating solutions to solve business challenges and meet objectives, whilst collaborating with specialists and media partners across the agency.
• Ability to take responsibility for a team and their learning and career development – including recruitment, training, development and motivation
• Take a lead role in “owning” a client brief.
• Able to drive media creativity and inspire strategic thinking using actionable insights to deliver against business and marketing objectives.
• Confident to discuss what success should look like and recommend appropriate measurement.
• Passionate about media and aware of latest developments in key channels as well as upcoming threats and opportunities within the media landscape.
• An organised approach to management of timelines and internal/external stakeholders.
• High standards when it comes to preparation of client-facing documents (whether PT decks, long-handwritten docs or excel schedules) with keen attention to detail.
• High level of commercial acumen, and confident with discussing contractual terms with clients.
• Able to manage internal forecasting and oversee finance and billing processes.
• Demonstrates a “growth mindset” either to drive organic growth from existing clients, or to take on the challenge of new business.
• Confident in using industry-standard media planning and research tools to deliver effective media solutions.
• Collaborative and proactive – happy to “muck in” with the rest of the team on key initiatives.

As Media Account Director, You’ll Have Access To…

• A competitive financial and benefits package and a culture ideally suited to those who enjoy pursuing personal career development.
• Flexible hours (core hours 10am - 4pm, hybrid working)
• 25 days holiday, Christmas shutdown, birthdays off, 3 additional collective wellness shutdown days
• Options to buy additional holiday
• Competitive pension scheme
• Free access to mental health support and life coaching

Our commitment to equal opportunities.

McCann is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer. We embrace diversity in all its form. We provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran or disabled status, or genetic information. McCann is proud to be a Disability Confident employer and will guarantee an interview to any disabled candidate who meets the minimum criteria for this role. Please do let us know when you apply if you are eligible (via email to [e-mail]), along with any adjustments you may need to the recruitment process to enable you to perform at your best.

Omnicom’s policy requires employees to work in the office for a minimum of three days a week, unless additional in-office days are directed by their agency or manager. Our objective is to increase this requirement over time, and many of our agencies as well as Omnicom’s corporate group already require five days of in-office attendance.

Omnicom is committed to hiring and developing exceptional talent. We agree that talent is uniquely distributed, and we’re focused on developing inclusive teams that can bring the best solutions to everything we do. We strongly believe that celebrating what makes us different makes us better together. Join us—we look forward to getting to know you. We will process your personal data in accordance with our Recruitment Privacy Notice.

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