Account Director

Billion Dollar Boy Limited; New York (NY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Billion Dollar Boy Limited is seeking a highly experienced Account Director to lead and grow client relationships across multiple brands in New York. You will guide campaigns from briefing through delivery, manage budgets, and inspire a high-performing team of account handlers and creatives.

You will shape strategic direction, ensure best practices, and drive revenue growth while maintaining quality and integrity across campaigns.

Qualifications

• Experience in managing senior client relationships across multiple accounts.
• Ability to scale campaigns and manage budgets and timelines.
• Proven track record in developing and coaching teams for success.
• Strong communication skills with stakeholders at all levels.

Responsibilities

• Manage, grow and train a team of account handlers and multiple clients (retained and project based).
• Develop relationships with senior clients and grow accounts creatively and financially.
• Lead, plan and oversee work and output on assigned accounts.
• Inputting to new business pitches.
• Plan and forecast for team and accounts.
• Train and develop the team to ensure detailed campaigns and efficient processes.
• Negotiate contracts and fees with marketing directors and procurement.
• Manage performance and development of team members.
• Inspire cross‑functional collaboration with other agencies on the same account.
• Report key financial and team data to senior leadership and HR.
• Maintain awareness of market trends affecting accounts and the wider industry.

Skills

Account management

Client relationships

Team leadership

Budget management

Influencer marketing

Strategic thinking

Job description

With influencer marketing now taking a more integral place in brands marketing plans, Billion Dollar Boy have won new business and increased the volume of work from our longer standing clients. We are looking for a very experienced Account Director to join BDB.

The current Account Management team is growing and these senior hires are to ensure we are developing more sophisticated processes, instil brilliant Account Management basics and training to achieve the most exciting and excellent campaigns/ results. The role will involve building and owning client relationships, pastoral care, as well as shaping the future growth of the team and department.

Job Overview:

The Account Director ensures the smooth production of campaigns – from briefing design and creative, to managing budgets and a team.

The candidates would be driven by producing the best work to the best standards, and possess the ability to lead, develop and empower a team to be motivated to achieve this.

There is a strong culture at BDB built on the four values of quality, innovation, collaboration and integrity.

Role & Responsibilities:

• Managing, growing and training a team of account handlers and multiple clients (both retained and project based).

• Developing relationships with senior clients and growing the accounts on both creatively and financially.

• Leading, planning and overseeing the work and output on your assigned accounts.

• Inputting to new business pitches.

• Planning and forecasting for your team and accounts.

• Training and developing the team ensures the detail of the campaign is exemplary and processes are efficient.

• Negotiates contracts and fees with marketing directors and client procurement personnel.

• Manages the work, performance and professional development of team members.

• Leading and inspiring those outside of the core team, including creative teams and those in other agencies working on the same account.

• Report key financial and team data to the agency’s senior leadership, finance and human resources departments.

• Maintains a detailed awareness of relevant market trends affecting their accounts, and developments in the wider advertising and communications industry.

Requirements:

• 1 + years experience in the role of Account Director.

• Significant experience in professional client relationship management.

• Demonstration of ensuring Account Management 101 at all touchpoints : excellent attention to detail, high client satisfaction, process implementation, financial management, excellent written and oral communication skills.

• Ideally has experience working on influencer campaigns but will need to demonstrate social first thinking.

• The ability to plan and strategise at a senior level.

• Vision to develop teams and grow business.

• A persuasive and confident approach to realising bold creative thinking.

• Effective team management and pastoral capabilities.

• Keen interest in digital content and evolution and industry trends/news.

ABOUT US

Billion Dollar Boy is an award-winning social agency with Creator Instinct®. We’re here to transform how brands grow in a creator world, inspiring them with sharper strategy and creative work designed for the places where people actually are.

Powered by Creator Instinct®, we’ve captured what great creators do naturally & systematically turn cultural energy into commercial impact through structured marketing systems that deliver outcomes.

Since 2014, BDB has partnered with iconic brands, including Heineken, Nike, Unilever, PepsiCo, and L’Oréal. Our agency & our work has been recognized by Cannes Lions, Adweek, AdAge, Campaign, The Drum, Webby, Shorty, and The Global Influencer Marketing Awards.

We’re enabled by our award winning proprietary technology Companion. Which provides us with better intelligence, greater precision, and helps us prove outcomes.

And FiveTwoNine which keeps us connected to qualitative cultural intelligence via a global network of creators. Allowing brands and talent to effectively co-create brand messaging, campaigns, products, and more.

LIFE AT BDB

We’re a social-first, creator-led agency and that energy runs through everything we do. It’s fast-paced, collaborative and always evolving.

You’ll be surrounded by people who care deeply about the work, challenge each other to make it better, and aren’t afraid to think differently.

We work hard, support each other, and genuinely enjoy being together - whether that’s through team moments, creative sessions, or celebrating the wins along the way.

OUR VALUES

• Be Fair, Be Transparent

• Intentional Inclusivity

• Champion Curiosity

• Own It

• Work for Tomorrow

• Kindness Over Ego

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY

At Billion Dollar Boy, we don’t just accept change. We lead it. We believe that a diverse, inclusive team is the spark that ignites our best creative work.

To transform how brands grow, we need the strongest convictions and the most daring perspectives. That only happens when we recruit the best talent from every possible background.

When recruiting new employees or when affording our current employees with opportunities for promotion

• Recruit, develop and retain the most talented people, regardless of their background and make best use of their talents;

• Not discriminate unlawfully against any person;

• Select the best person for the job in terms of qualifications and abilities

Our DEI networks and initiatives give our people a voice, create meaningful conversations, and help us keep improving as a business.

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