Senior Account Director

ThePlaceToBe; Leeds; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

ThePlaceToBe in Leeds is seeking a Senior Account Director to lead high-profile client relationships and drive integrated campaigns from brief to delivery. You will work with Creative, Strategy and Production to deliver standout work across brand, digital, social and experiential.

You’ll be highly client-facing, commercially minded and a natural leader, comfortable managing budgets, forging long-term partnerships and growing existing accounts.

Qualifications

• Highly client-facing and confident working with senior stakeholders
• Strong experience within an integrated creative agency
• Commercially minded with strong strategic thinking
• A brilliant communicator, presenter and relationship builder
• Comfortable managing complex projects, budgets and multiple accounts
• Proven experience growing and developing client relationships
• A natural leader who enjoys supporting and developing others
• Passionate about creative work and building long-term client partnerships

Responsibilities

• Building and developing strong relationships with senior client stakeholders
• Leading integrated campaigns from initial brief through to delivery
• Managing accounts across exciting brands within sectors including retail, FMCG, food, lifestyle and consumer
• Working closely with Creative, Strategy, Production and wider agency teams
• Presenting creative and strategic recommendations to senior clients
• Managing budgets, forecasting and commercial performance
• Identifying opportunities to grow and develop existing accounts
• Supporting and developing more junior members of the account team

Job description

ThePlaceToBe are delighted to be partnering with a well-established Leeds creative agency, known for delivering standout integrated campaigns for some brilliant brands across a diverse mix of sectors.

About the role…

As Senior Account Director, you'll be a senior client lead, building trusted relationships with key stakeholders and taking ownership of some of the agency's biggest and most exciting accounts. You'll lead integrated campaigns from brief through to delivery, working closely with Creative, Strategy and Production to deliver standout work across brand, digital, social, retail, activations and experiential.

You'll be comfortable getting under the skin of a client's business, challenging briefs, spotting opportunities and bringing together different teams to deliver brilliant creative. You'll also play a key role in the commercial growth of your accounts, managing budgets, identifying opportunities and helping to shape the wider client strategy.

What you'll be doing day to day…

• Building and developing strong relationships with senior client stakeholders
• Leading integrated campaigns from initial brief through to delivery
• Managing accounts across exciting brands within sectors including retail, FMCG, food, lifestyle and consumer
• Working closely with Creative, Strategy, Production and wider agency teams
• Presenting creative and strategic recommendations to senior clients
• Managing budgets, forecasting and commercial performance
• Identifying opportunities to grow and develop existing accounts
• Supporting and developing more junior members of the account team

About you…

We're looking for an experienced Account Director or Senior Account Director with a strong agency background and a proven track record of leading client relationships and integrated campaigns.

What we're looking for…

• Highly client-facing and confident working with senior stakeholders
• Strong experience within an integrated creative agency
• Commercially minded with strong strategic thinking
• A brilliant communicator, presenter and relationship builder
• Comfortable managing complex projects, budgets and multiple accounts
• Proven experience growing and developing client relationships
• A natural leader who enjoys supporting and developing others
• Passionate about creative work and building long-term client partnerships

If you're looking for a Senior Account Director role where you'll have real ownership, work with some brilliant brands and play a key role in shaping both the work and client relationships, we'd love to hear from you.