Account Director

ME036 Edelman Saudi Arabia; Riyadh; Hybrid; SAR 350,000 - 500,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work environment

Job summary

Edelman is seeking an Account Director to lead client relationships and drive growth in the region. You will manage a team, oversee campaigns, and guide integrated communications across PR, digital, social, and content creation. The role requires 8–10 years in top agencies and fluency in Arabic.

We offer a hybrid work environment with the option to work from home twice a week, and a culture that emphasizes diversity, collaboration, and professional growth within a global network.

Qualifications

• 8–10 years’ experience with leading agencies.
• Experience in the corporate sector is a must.
• Fluency in Arabic is required for this role.
• Ability to manage client relationships and deliver on time.
• Excellent writing and feedback skills.
• Arabic fluency required.

Responsibilities

• Identify potential leads and growth areas within existing clients and new prospects.
• Counsel clients confidently on communications marketing including PR, digital, social and content creation.
• Oversee client programmes and drive integrated campaigns.
• Direct teams, develop junior members, and manage line responsibilities.
• Direct media engagement strategy and coach teams to deliver coverage, informing client recommendations.
• Advise on sector landscape and best practices to protect client interests.
• Develop accurate commercials and contribute to new business development.

Skills

Client leadership

PR strategy

Campaign management

Arabic fluency

Job description

Edelman is a voice synonymous with trust, reimagining a future where the currency of communication is action. Our culture thrives on three promises: boldness is possibility, empathy is progress, and curiosity is momentum. At Edelman, we understand diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging (DEIB) transform our colleagues, our company, our clients, and our communities. We are in relentless pursuit of an equitable and inspiring workplace that is respectful of all, reflects and represents the world in which we live, and fosters trust, collaboration and belonging.

The Role We are looking for Account Director to join our team in the region. You will be responsible for managing relations with the client, identifying opportunities to further grow relations and unlock potential growth, while also managing a team to ensure the day-to-day responsibilities are met.

KEY ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Identifying potential leads and areas of growth within existing clients as well as broader opportunities from a prospecting perspective
• Counselling clients confidently on communications marketing including PR, digital, social and content creation.
• Overseeing client programmes and driving integrated campaigns.
• Taking responsibility for a portfolio of accounts and managing teams, developing junior team members, and line management responsibilities.
• Directing media engagement strategy for clients and coaching teams to activate and deliver coverage, leading from the front.
• Strong understanding of sector landscape - not just on a local level, to help inform clients of best practice, share recommendations, and protect client interests and reputation.
• Ability to develop accurate commercials and contributed to new business development to grow the Edelman business.

KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS

• 8 to 10 years’ experience working with leading agencies.
• Experience working in the corporate sector is a must.
• Strong knowledge and experience in putting together communication strategies, tactical planning, and being the client lead.
• Ability to foster strong relations with clients, ultimately ensuring work is complete, delivered on time and earning their trust.
• Writing skills is a given - ability to offer juniors constructive feedback on how to strengthen content pieces.
• Selling in those concepts to clients and seeing them through to execution.
• Fluency in Arabic is required for this role

WHAT’S IN IT FOR YOU?

• An opportunity to shape your future and work with some of the smartest and most energetic people in the PR industry, who will nurture, challenge and enable you.
• We offer hybrid work environment where you can work from home twice a week.
• Big potential for personal growth, training, and further development of skills
• A dynamic, collaborative and inclusive culture, where diversity is embraced – and you are celebrated and appreciated for who you are.
• A huge variety of virtual learning and development resources to support your personal and professional growth.

It started with one man’s passion to make an impact through stories… 70 years later, we are the world’s largest communications firm, which fosters an environment where people feel empowered to take the kind of bold action that makes careers, reshapes industries, and creates the unexpected.

We are one global team, over 6,000 strong across 60 offices, grounded by our shared values.

We promise an experience where our employees see that boldness is possibility, empathy is progress, and curiosity is momentum.

Since Dan Edelman founded the firm in 1952, we have remained an independent, family-run business, and our culture is one that brings understanding, collaboration, and respect to our work and to each other.

Diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging (DEIB) transform our colleagues, our clients, and our communities, and propel us forward as a company.

At Edelman, we are in relentless pursuit of a fair and inspiring workplace that is respectful to all, reflects and represents the world in which we live, and fosters trust and collaboration.

Each day and on each project, we strive to ensure that our colleagues feel a sense of true inclusion and belonging and can bring their best to their work— taking action and shaping impactful moments and movements within our company, on behalf of our clients, and within communities around the globe.

The relentless pursuit of excellence The freedom to be constantly curious The courage to do the right thing The commitment to positively impact society.

We grow our people We invite and celebrate differences Our reputation is our brand We’re global, yet local We offer more than just a career – we offer a place to grow, make a meaningful impact, and help drive change alongside some of the brightest minds in the industry.

Our culture is built on trust, innovation, and inclusivity, where unique perspectives are not only welcomed, but celebrated.

At Edelman, your ambitions are supported, your voice matters and your work contributes to shaping the future of communications and clients’ business.