Account Director

PJA Marketing + Advertising; Cambridge (MA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

PJA advertising and marketing, a rapidly growing agency, seeks an Account Director to manage technology, health science, and financial clients from our Boston office. This role is highly independent, straddling strategy, creativity, and execution with day-to-day client partnership.

You will lead cross-functional agency teams—strategy, creative, media, digital, and production—delivering campaigns that drive business results and leverage AI-powered tools to improve efficiency and insights.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in advertising, branding, or integrated marketing agency.
• Demonstrated ability to independently manage day-to-day client relationships.
• Experience leading cross-functional creative teams through integrated campaigns.
• Strong strategic thinking and ability to connect business objectives to marketing recommendations.
• Excellent presentation and written communication skills.
• Exceptional organizational skills with ability to manage multiple priorities.
• Comfort navigating ambiguity and making decisions to move work forward.
• Experience using AI-powered tools to enhance productivity and insights.

Responsibilities

• Independently manage day-to-day client relationships across multiple accounts.
• Lead integrated marketing initiatives from strategy through campaign execution.
• Partner with client stakeholders and provide proactive counsel.
• Lead cross-functional teams—strategy, creative, media, digital, and production.
• Drive creative development via briefs, feedback, and approvals.
• Balance client priorities with agency resources around scope and timing.
• Leverage AI-enabled tools to improve efficiency and client outcomes while maintaining judgment.

Skills

Client relationship mgmt

Cross-functional leadership

Strategic thinking

Presentation skills

Written communication

Organizational skills

Decision making under ambiguity

AI-powered tools familiarity

Tools

CRM software

AI tools & analytics

Job description

PJA advertising and marketing, a rapidly growing B2B and B2C integrated communications agency, Chief Marketing Officer ‘CM200 Top Brand Activation + Engagement Agency’ and a Medical Marketing and Media ‘Agency 100 to Watch,’ is seeking an Account Director to help manage our growing list of technology, health science, and financial clients in our Boston office.

This is a highly independent client management role for someone who thrives at the intersection of strategy, creativity, and execution. You'll serve as a trusted day-to-day client partner while leading cross-functional agency teams—including strategy, creative, media, digital, and production—to deliver exceptional work that drives business results.

What you’ll do:

• Independently manage day-to-day client relationships across multiple accounts
• Lead integrated marketing initiatives from strategy through campaign execution
• Partner with client stakeholders and provide proactive counsel
• Lead cross-functional agency teams, aligning strategy, creative, media, digital, and production resources around shared objectives
• Drive creative development by facilitating creative briefings, delivering productive feedback, and guiding work through internal and client approval
• Balance client priorities with agency resources, helping teams make smart decisions around scope and timing
• Leverage AI-enabled tools and emerging technologies to improve efficiency, accelerate workflows, uncover insights, and enhance client outcomes while maintaining thoughtful judgment

Requirements:

• 8+years of experience in an advertising, branding, or integrated marketing agency
• Demonstrated ability to independently manage day-to-day client relationships
• Experience leading cross-functional creative teams through integrated marketing campaigns
• Strong strategic thinking and the ability to connect business objectives to marketing recommendations
• Excellent presentation and written communication skills.
• Exceptional organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously
• Confidence navigating ambiguity, making decisions, and moving work forward
• Experience using AI-powered tools to enhance productivity, research, planning, or content development is preferred; curiosity and adaptability toward emerging technologies are expected