Client Director - 6M FTC

Design Bridge and Partners; London; Hybrid; NOK 1,141,000 - 1,521,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Excellent benefits

Job summary

Design Bridge and Partners, part of WPP, seeks a senior client partner to grow pharmaceutical accounts and lead strategic design initiatives. You will drive consultative brand direction, manage profitability, and mentor junior staff while collaborating with strategy, creative, studio, and production teams.

The role offers a hybrid working model with global collaboration across studios and clients, including opportunities to shape high-impact brand portfolios.

Qualifications

• Experience with clients in the Pharmaceutical/Medical sector.
• Strong consultative brand and project direction capabilities.
• Proven ability to grow existing accounts and win new business pitches.

Responsibilities

• Expand existing accounts and lead small-to-medium new business pitches.
• Ensure creative and strategic excellence across complex brand portfolios.
• Manage account profitability, forecast revenue, and mentor junior colleagues.
• Build mutual trust and conduct strategic conversations at Brand/Marketing Manager level.
• Identify and pursue opportunities within client portfolios and lead proactive account development.
• Plan, organize, and direct large-scale projects with calm under pressure.
• Negotiate budgets and drive revenue forecasting.
• Mentor junior team members and foster a positive culture.

Skills

Client relationships

Business development

Strategic consulting

Team leadership

Financial management

Communication

Presentation skills

Job description

About us

At Design Bridge and Partners, part of WPP, we design brands with the power to move. Pulling people towards them with an irresistible force that compels and connects. With 900 creative minds across 17 studios worldwide, diverse in expertise, experience, backgrounds and beliefs, we are united in our ambition to achieve real impact for our clients’ brands benefiting their business, people and the planet.

With expertise across brand strategy, brand design, brand engagement and brand effectiveness our clients across the world include NASA Artemis, Unilever, Coca-Cola, Diageo, Mastercard, Intel, HSBC, Tencent, Twitch, Heineken, Reckitt and the BBC.

About WPP

WPP is the trusted growth partner for the world’s leading brands. We unitecutting-edge media intelligence and data solutions, world-class creativity, next-generation production, transformative enterprise solutions and expert strategic counselin a single company –powered by exceptional talent and our agentic marketing platform, WPP Open,to help our clients navigate change, capture opportunity and deliver transformational growth. For more information, visitWPP.com.

About the role

The core focus of your role is centred on three key dimensions:

1. Proactive Client Development

Expanding existing accounts and leading small-to-medium new business pitches;

1. Consultative Project Direction

Ensuring creative and strategic excellence across complex brand portfolios

1. Commercial & Team Management

Manage account profitability, lead revenue forecasting, and line-manage junior colleagues to supporttheir career development.

• Trusted Advisor Relationship Building : Proven ability to build mutual trust and conductintelligent, strategic conversations at Brand/Marketing Manager level.
• Consultative Brand Problem-Solving : A strong passion for strategic design with the ability to bringintelligence and imagination to complex brand challenges.
• Organic Account Development: Proactive and resourceful in identifying, pursuing, and convertingnew opportunities and workstreams within existing client portfolios.
• Resilient Project Direction : Highly skilled in planning, organizing, and directing large-scale projects,staying calm and resourceful under pressure.
• Commercial & Negotiation Acumen: Good commercial mindset with the ability to negotiatebudgets intelligently, manage project profitability, and lead revenue forecasting.
• Inspirational Team Leadership : A dedicated and supportive manager with a track record ofmentoring junior team members and fostering a positive group culture.
• Compelling Communication & Presentation : Outstanding verbal and written communication skills,confident in presenting creative work with conviction and rationale.
• Collaborative Partnering : Open-minded and flexible collaborator who partners effectively withstrategy, creative, studio, and production teams to champion high standards.

About you

We are looking for someone who can succeed in the following areas;

• Client Relationship & Business Development:
• Build and nurture deep, trusted relationships with day-to-day client contacts, expanding the agency’snetwork of influence within existing client businesses.
• Proactively identify opportunities to cross-sell the agency’s full Brand World capabilities and lead small-to-medium-scale new business initiatives and pitches.
• Consultative Brand & Project Direction:
• Act as a true brand consultant rather than a reactive supplier, providing strategic brand expertise toensure projects meet or exceed client objectives.
• Oversee project planning and communication, presenting creative work with clear rationales whilechampioning high design and execution standards.
• Financial Control & Profitability:
• Manage the commercial health of accounts, setting financial targets, negotiating budgets, and securingwritten approvals before work commences.
• Drive project profitability by monitoring resource allocation, tracking financial status, and assistingfinance teams in updating weekly forecasts.
• Team Leadership & Talent Growth:
• Provide day-to-day leadership, feedback, and encouragement to the project team, creating a positiveenvironment that empowers members to reach their potential.
• Take responsibility for the line management and ongoing development of junior staff, integratingmentorship into daily working practices.

This position requires experience with client s in the Pharmaceutical / Medical or a related Sector.

Why us?

We’re passionate about our people and their careers. We’ll help you develop your skills and provide you with outstanding benefits. So you’ll have a chance to make your mark on our future, as we make a mark on yours. We’re proud to be the world’s most awarded brand design agency, with 28 Cannes Lions to our name and Creative Review Annual’s Most Creative Design Agency of the Year 2024. You’ll get to take new projects to award-winning potential, as part of a connected team of brilliant, tenacious people right by your side and across the world.

We believe the best work happens when we’re together, fostering creativity, collaboration, and connection. That’s why we’ve adopted a hybrid approach, with teams in the office around four days a week. If you require accommodations or flexibility, please discuss this with the hiring team during the interview process.

Design Bridge and Partners, a WPP company, is an equal opportunity employer and considers applicants for all positions without discrimination or regard to particular characteristics. We are committed to fostering a culture of respect in which everyone feels they belong and has the same opportunities to progress in their careers.

Due to the volume of applications, we unfortunately can only respond to successful candidates.

We will not accept unsolicited CVs or approaches via recruitment agencies.

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