Account Director, Performance Marketing

Walz Tetrick Advertising; Mission (KS); On-site; USD 110,000 - 165,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

401(k) with employer match

Paid time off

Job summary

Walz Tetrick Advertising in Kansas City is seeking an Account Director who thrives at the intersection of client leadership, performance marketing, and business growth. You will oversee a portfolio of accounts, lead cross-functional teams, and translate data into measurable business outcomes while nurturing executive relationships and guiding strategy to drive client and agency growth.

This role requires strategic thinking, strong communication, and a track record of managing budgets, forecasts

Qualifications

• 8+ years in advertising, marketing, media, or agency client services.
• Proven success managing executive stakeholder relationships.
• Deep understanding of performance marketing across paid channels.
• Strong analytics, attribution, and measurement frameworks.
• Experience leading cross-functional teams and developing talent.
• Excellent communication and storytelling skills.
• Experience managing budgets, forecasts and profitability.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the senior strategic lead for a portfolio of client accounts, building trusted relationships with executive stakeholders and key decision-makers.
• Develop and present integrated marketing and media strategies that align with client business goals and drive measurable results.
• Translate complex performance data, analytics, and media insights into clear recommendations and actionable business strategies.
• Lead collaboration across media, analytics, ad operations, and digital teams to ensure successful campaign execution.
• Champion a 'test and learn' mindset, encouraging innovation, experimentation and optimization across campaigns.
• Guide clients through emerging media opportunities, platform innovations, and evolving marketing technologies.
• Mentor and develop account team members, fostering a collaborative and high-performing team environment.
• Manage account profitability, forecasting, budgets, scopes of work, and overall financial health.
• Identify opportunities to expand client partnerships and contribute to agency growth.
• Support agency new business efforts through strategic planning, presentations, and pitch participation.
• Ensure projects move efficiently while maintaining high standards for quality, communication, and client service.
• Travel up to 20% will be required.

Skills

Client leadership

Performance marketing

Analytics

Communication

Budget management

Cross-functional teams

Stakeholder mgmt

Strategic thinking

Education

Bachelor's degree in Marketing/Advertising/Business/Communications

Tools

The Trade Desk

DV360

Tealium

AudienceStream

Live Nation

Ticketmaster

Job description

We're looking for an Account Director who thrives at the intersection of client leadership, performance marketing, and business growth and who is passionate about helping brands turn media investments into measurable business results.

This role is ideal for someone who can confidently navigate strategic conversations with executive stakeholders while leading integrated media campaigns that drive measurable business outcomes. You'll serve as a trusted advisor to clients, lead cross-functional teams and help shape the future growth of both our client partnerships and our agency.

As an Account Director, Performance Marketing, you'll oversee a portfolio of accounts, connecting client objectives with media strategy, campaign management, analytics and outcomes. If you're equal parts strategist, relationship builder and performance marketer, we'd love to meet you.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Serve as the senior strategic lead for a portfolio of client accounts, building trusted relationships with executive stakeholders and key decision-makers.
• Develop and present integrated marketing and media strategies that align with client business goals and drive measurable results.
• Translate complex performance data, analytics, and media insights into clear recommendations and actionable business strategies.
• Lead collaboration across media, analytics, ad operations, and digital teams to ensure successful campaign execution.
• Champion a "test and learn" mindset, encouraging innovation, experimentation and optimization across campaigns.
• Guide clients through emerging media opportunities, platform innovations, and evolving marketing technologies.
• Mentor and develop account team members, fostering a collaborative and high-performing team environment.
• Manage account profitability, forecasting, budgets, scopes of work, and overall financial health.
• Identify opportunities to expand client partnerships and contribute to agency growth.
• Support agency new business efforts through strategic planning, presentations, and pitch participation.
• Ensure projects move efficiently while maintaining high standards for quality, communication, and client service.
• Travel up to 20% will be required.

WHAT YOU BRING TO THE TABLE

• 8+ years of experience in advertising, marketing, media, or agency client services.
• Proven success managing complex client relationships and executive-level stakeholders.
• Deep understanding of performance marketing across paid search, paid social, display, video, streaming, and programmatic media.
• Strong knowledge of analytics, attribution, measurement frameworks, and performance optimization.
• Experience leading cross-functional teams and developing high-performing talent.
• Exceptional communication, presentation, and storytelling skills.
• Strong business acumen with experience managing budgets, forecasts, and account profitability.
• Ability to prioritize multiple initiatives and thrive in a fast-paced environment.
• Strategic mindset with a passion for solving problems and driving growth.
• Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Advertising, Business, Communications, or a related field.

BONUS QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience in gaming, entertainment, hospitality, or destination marketing.
• Familiarity with platforms such as The Trade Desk, DV360, Tealium, AudienceStream, Live Nation, Ticketmaster, or similar technologies.
• Experience working across media, creative, analytics, web, CRM, content, and AI-enabled marketing solutions.

About Walz Tetrick Advertising

Walz Tetrick is a full-service marketing, creative and media agency in Kansas City. The Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce named Walz Tetrick one of its Top 10 Small Businesses, honoring our resilience, innovation and values. Though we've been around since 1967, we approach every opportunity with the same zeal we did when we were just getting started. We look for associates, partners and clients who share that enthusiasm and appreciate our all-in approach to brand activation. With each day, we harness more tools and information to illuminate our way.

Walz Tetrick offers an office culture like no other. CEO Charlie Tetrick values his employees and creates a uniquely positive and supportive culture. We work and play as a family. Our current work hours are "in office" Monday through Thursday with an option to "work from anywhere" on Friday.

We're proud of our strong benefits package that includes a 401(k) with an employer match, long-term disability and dental insurance. We offer excellent health insurance, and the agency pays 90 percent of the employees' premiums with an option to add a spouse and family. We have a generous paid time off policy that includes days to volunteer at a charity of your choice.

If you're passionate, strategic, collaborative and kind, with a dose of scrappy thrown in, we want to meet you.

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