Account Director

HAVAS Ortega; Philippines; On-site; PHP 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

HAVAS Ortega is seeking an Account Director to lead client services for assigned accounts in the Philippines. You will oversee profitability, strategic direction, and flawless execution by guiding interdisciplinary teams and collaborating closely with clients.

You will champion big ideas, manage client relationships, and drive growth and profitability while ensuring high-quality deliverables across the agency. This role requires strong leadership and a strategic mindset.

Responsibilities

• Maintains the client overall view and ensures alignment with strategic objectives.
• Delivers strong ideas and flawless execution through leadership of interdisciplinary teams.
• Collaborates with clients and internal resources to drive growth and profitability.
• Leads the development of high-level POVs incorporating data, analysis and insights.

Job description

Account Directors are responsible for overall service and profitability of assigned account(s).

Client Services

• Brings smart thinking to the client while operating for agency growth and profitability.
• Maintains big picture view and thinks creatively to solve problems, especially when dealing withe complex marketing challenges.
• Works collaboratively and develops strong partnerships with clients, agency resources and account team.
• Delivers strong ideas, brilliant creative and flawless execution through the management of interdisciplinary team and with other team leads
• Takes appropriate risks with a relentless focus on results.
• Demonstrates passion for the agency, the work and the client's business.
• Accountable for own actions, agency team performance and client results.
• Builds appropriate scopes of works to staff plans to drive and meet financial goals.
• Uses sound business acumen to develp sound strategies and fully integrated solutions.
• Understands and be able to sell-in strategic, creative and media implications for big ideas.
• Has the ability to author a high-level POV weaving in data, analysis and insight; and incorporating team content, thinking and perspective to clients.

Creative Advocacy

• Creates an environment and atmosphere that encourages the pursuit of big ideas. Takes a leadership role in actively nurturing and contributing to the development of creative ideas.
• Guides the develompent of sell-in strategy in partnership with Strategy and Creative teams, pre-conditions the client, and protects the big idea once sold.

Management and Leadership

• Establishes work ethic and quality of delivery expectations.
• Challenges and inspires the team while understanding and managing the teams strengths and weaknesses.
• Develops growth and development plans, monitor progress and provide timely feedback.
• Creates an environment and atmosphere that encourages the pursuit of big ideas
• Must be able to pull together the right people to solve the client's marketing problems.