Account Director

twentysix; El Segundo (CA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

twentysix is seeking an experienced Account Manager in El Segundo, CA, to lead client relationships and drive integrated marketing initiatives across TV, print, digital, and social channels. You will manage timelines, budgets, and stakeholder communication, ensuring high-value, on-brand outcomes for clients.

Ideal candidates bring 8-10+ years in agency account management and 6-8+ years working on campaigns with extensive production experience, with a passion for fast-paced, production-heavy

Qualifications

• 8-10+ years account management experience in an agency environment or equivalent client-side marketing experience
• 6-8+ years experience working on integrated marketing campaigns with extensive production experience

Responsibilities

• Understands the client’s business, key contacts, organization structures, processes, and business plans
• Anticipates client needs, identifies solutions, acts in the client’s best interest to increase the value of service
• Sets client expectations and ensures timely and on-target deliverables throughout the project lifecycle
• Oversees timelines, client feedback and communication flows
• Manages budgets, oversees scope, ensures profitable delivery of services and client satisfaction
• Integrates with account teams to ensure consistent branding
• Passion for fast paced creative & production heavy account
• Understands the marketing landscape & aligns innovative tactics with client objectives
• Develops sound strategies across deliverables (tv, print, OOH, brochures, digital, web, social) & mobile platforms given target, brand and competitive insights
• Maintains thought leadership, watches trends, and applies thinking towards client ROI
• Understands branding and integrated marketing principles
• Analyzes campaign data and draws actionable insights to optimize results
• Leads brainstorms, contributes Big Ideas, and collaborates with internal team members
• Represents the agency in cross-agency partner meetings as thought leader, garnering action from partner agencies as needed
• Develops client relationships & identifies opportunities to add value to client’s business
• Develops proposals and presents ideas and plans
• Establishes meaningful measures of the agency’s impact on the client’s business
• Mentors team and promotes growth opportunities to retain employees

Job description

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Account Management

Understands the client’s business, key contacts, organization structures, processes, and business plans

Anticipates client needs, identifies solutions, acts in the client’s best interest to increase the value of service

Sets client expectations and ensures timely and on-target deliverables throughout the project lifecycle

Oversees timelines, client feedback and communication flows

Manages budgets, oversees scope, ensures profitable delivery of services and client satisfaction

Integrates with account teams to ensure consistent branding

Passion for fast paced creative & production heavy account

Strategic Leadership and Contribution to “Ideas that Grow Brands”

Understands the marketing landscape & aligns innovative tactics with client objectives

Develops sound strategies across deliverables (tv, print, OOH, brochures, digital, web, social) & mobile platforms given target, brand and competitive insights

Maintains thought leadership, watches trends, and applies thinking towards client ROI

Understands branding and integrated marketing principles

Analyzes campaign data and draws actionable insights to optimize results

Leads brainstorms, contributes Big Ideas, and collaborates with internal team members

Represents the agency in cross-agency partner meetings as thought leader, garnering action from partner agencies as needed

Account and Business Development

Develops client relationships & identifies opportunities to add value to client’s business

Develops proposals and presents ideas and plans

Establishes meaningful measures of the agency’s impact on the client’s business

Mentors team and promotes growth opportunities to retain employees

QUALIFICATIONS:

• 8-10+ years account management experience in an agency environment or equivalent client-side marketing experience


• 6-8+ years experience working on integrated marketing campaigns with extensive production experience