Account Director

Dentsu Aegis Network Ltd.; Jakarta Pusat; On-site; IDR 600,000,000 - 1,000,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Dentsu Creative in Jakarta is seeking an Account Director to lead key client relationships and turn opportunities into compelling work. You’ll align client needs with creative and strategic teams, shaping briefs and guiding teams toward higher impact outcomes.

With a decade plus in account management within creative or integrated agencies, you’ll move fluidly between senior client conversations and internal creative discussions, manage budgets and timelines, and mentor diverse teammates to

Qualifications

• At least 10 years of experience in Account Management, Client Services, or a similar role within a creative, advertising, or integrated agency.
• You know how to move between business conversations with senior clients and creative conversations with the team.
• You’ve led teams and know how to bring out the best in different people, disciplines, and perspectives.
• Commercially sharp, with experience managing budgets, scope, timelines, and the health of client relationships.
• Curious, confident, and willing to bring your own point of view.
• You don’t just wait for the brief to tell you what to do.

Responsibilities

• Lead key client relationships and influence conversations to shape work.
• Turn business challenges into clear briefs and stronger opportunities for clients.
• Coordinate between Creative, Strategy, Media, CXM, and other specialists to deliver integrated work.
• Lead and develop the account team, setting direction and maintaining quality of thinking.
• Manage scope, budgets, timelines, and priorities to keep the work healthy.

Skills

Account Management

Client Services

Job description

The best account leaders don’t just keep the work moving. They change the direction of it. As an Account Director at dentsu Creative, you’ll be at the intersection of clients, ideas, and the teams that bring them to life. You’ll understand what the business needs, challenge the brief when there’s a better opportunity, and bring the right people together to turn that thinking into work that matters. You’ll lead established client relationships, shape the conversations that happen around the work, and give Creative and Strategy teams the clarity and confidence to push further. At the same time, you’ll help the people around you grow and create new opportunities for the relationship. More than managing the account, you’ll have a real say in where it goes.

About Dentsu Led by Dentsu Group Inc. (Tokyo: 4324; ISIN: JP3551520004), a pure holding company established on January 1, 2020, the Dentsu Group encompasses two operational networks: dentsu Japan network, which oversees Dentsu’s agency operations in Japan, and dentsu international, its international business headquarters in London, which oversees Dentsu’s agency operations outside of Japan. With a strong presence in approximately 145 countries and regions across five continents and with 65,000 dedicated professionals, the Dentsu Group provides a comprehensive range of client‑centric integrated communications, media and digital services through its five leadership brands—Carat, dentsu X, iProspect, Dentsu Creative, and Merkle as well as through Dentsu Japan Network companies, including Dentsu Inc., the world’s largest single brand agency with a history of innovation. The Group is also active in the production and marketing of sports and entertainment content on a global scale. www.dentsu.com

What You’ll Do

Lead key client relationships, building the trust to influence conversations, challenge thinking, and shape the work. Turn business challenges into clear briefs and stronger opportunities, helping clients get to what really needs solving. Bring Creative, Strategy, Media, CXM, and other specialists together to create integrated work with a clear purpose. Lead and develop the account team, setting direction, raising the quality of thinking, and helping people grow. Keep the business healthy across scope, budgets, timelines, and priorities, without losing sight of the work. Grow the relationship beyond the current brief, bringing proactive ideas and identifying opportunities to create more value for clients.

A Bit About You

At least 10 years of experience in Account Management, Client Services, or a similar role within a creative, advertising, or integrated agency. You know how to move between business conversations with senior clients and creative conversations with the team. Strong at finding the opportunity behind a brief and turning ambiguity into a clear direction people can act on. You’ve led teams and know how to bring out the best in different people, disciplines, and perspectives. Commercially sharp, with experience managing budgets, scope, timelines, and the health of client relationships. Curious, confident, and willing to bring your own point of view. You don’t just wait for the brief to tell you what to do.

Dentsu Values

Will live the dentsu 8 Ways at all times: We Dream Loud, We Inspire Change, We Team Without Limits, We All Lead, We Make It Real, We Climb High, We Choose Excitement, We Are a Force for Good Inclusion and Diversity We’re proud to be different and that starts with our people. We believe in equal opportunities for everyone. We will not define people by their race, gender, sexual-orientation, age, or disability. Individuality is what makes us great, we want everyone to bring their full self to work and create something amazing. That is what we care about. So, whether you are joining us, or looking to move to a different part of the business, we work hard to make sure we create equal opportunities for everyone.

Location: Jakarta Brand: Dentsu Creative Time Type: Full time Contract Type: Permanent

About dentsu For over 120 years, innovation has been a core tenet of our offering – exploring new ways to reach, engage and nurture relationships with audiences. Together we drive a multiplier effect for clients at a global scale, through the development of Integrated Growth Solutions that are underpinned by our promise to clients: innovating to impact. Be a force for good. Sustainability is a vital part of our business and an important area of focus for our clients. We’re leading the way – helping to build a more sustainable planet. Dream loud. In this moment of transformation, we need our people to be fearless, embracing change and ambiguity, driven by the love for their work and excitement for the future. Team without limits. We create opportunities for connection and collaboration between our colleagues and clients, building a sense of belonging and having some fun along the way.