Senior Account Director (US)

Socially Powerful; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

14 days paid vacation

Birthday day off

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k) Retirement Plan

Hybrid work model (3 days in office)

Job summary

Socially Powerful in New York is seeking a Senior Account Director to own strategic leadership, delivery excellence, and commercial success across a portfolio of high-value client accounts in influencer and social-first campaigns.

You will lead integrated campaign strategy, grow key accounts, mentor junior team members, and collaborate with Accounts, Planning and Strategy to deliver impactful work for global brands.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in senior account roles at brands or agencies.
• Beauty industry experience desirable.
• Experience in fast-paced creative, influencer, or digital agency.
• Genuine passion for Influencer and Performance Marketing.
• Experience upselling ideas to clients and presenting to stakeholders at all levels.
• Excellent communication and relationship-building skills.
• Experience leading cross-functional teams and delegating workload.
• Mentoring junior team members to grow their skills and confidence.

Responsibilities

• Respond to client briefs, coordinating members of the accounts team to develop bold and effective creatives informed by competitive and consumer trends to help achieve clients’ campaign objectives.
• Writing clear and impactful proposals and crafting persuasive pitches to bring to life our strategy, creatives, and recommendations.
• Building a rapport with clients to gain a thorough understanding of their business and objectives, translating this into a client briefing form, and ensuring that all requirements are reflected in influencer selection and throughout the content creation process.
• Oversight of multiple campaigns simultaneously, liaising with your campaign teams constantly to stay up to date on the progress of each campaign and flagging any concerns or potential issues to the team as soon as possible, alongside suggested solutions.
• Sharing clear and thorough updates and reporting with clients regularly over email, phone calls, and face-to-face meetings, while providing recommendations and expertise at every stage of the campaign.
• Presenting clearly and confidently to key stakeholders in pitches, kick-off meetings and post campaign analysis meetings.
• Involvement in new business, representing account management as part of the pitch team.
• Continual forward-thinking and proactive ideation of additional activities that Socially Powerful could propose to clients, based on a detailed knowledge of their business, objectives, and upcoming focuses.
• Building strong relationships with your clients and proactively unlocking routes to grow the accounts you lead.
• Acting as a mentor and manager for junior team members, facilitating their learning and development, aiding their professional growth into well-rounded marketeers.

Skills

Strategic leadership

Account management

Influencer marketing

Client relationship management

Sales & upselling

Communication

Project management

Team mentorship

Agency experience

Detail-oriented

Job description

Introduction
Socially Powerful is a global social media marketing agency offering bespoke, end-to-end services to our clients. Our rapidly growing team of creatives, strategists, designers, editors, and account managers work together to create impactful content for our list of global brands, covering FMCG, fashion, beauty, and tech. We are looking to expand our Accounts team within the US, and our agency is seeking an enthusiastic individual to be at the forefront of building our US team, delivering exceptional campaigns with our current and forthcoming clients.

About the role
Account Management sits at the heart of the agency and in this role, you will work closely with every department, as well as a variety of client-side stakeholders to independently and proactively lead some of our large accounts - becoming their trusted point of contact.

As a Senior Account Director, you will own the strategic leadership, delivery excellence, and commercial success across a portfolio of high-value client accounts. You will lead integrated campaign strategy, drive business growth, and inspire cross-functional teams to deliver world-class influencer and social-first campaigns.

You will be a trusted senior partner to clients, a mentor to your team, and a key contributor to the agency’s future - overseeing strategic direction, campaign delivery, business growth, and team development.

Required Skills & Experience

• A senior leader with 8+ years of experience working for a brand or in a client servicing role at an agency, dealing with high-profile clients. Experience working within the beauty industry is desirable.
• Experience in a fast-paced creative, influencer, social, or digital agency.
• Genuine passion for Influencer and Performance Marketing
• Experience in upselling ideas to clients, and ability to present confidently to stakeholders at all levels, to ultimately grow accounts.
• Exceptional organisation and ability to independently lead accounts, managing multiple campaigns to an extremely high standard, in a fast-paced environment, while always maintaining an eye for detail.
• Ability to stay calm under pressure and deal with problems in a logical and efficient way.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to tailor communication and build relationships with stakeholders at all levels, both internally and externally.
• Experience in all agency meetings and collaborating with different types of agencies.
• Demonstrable experience delegating and prioritising an ever-changing workload.
• Demonstrable experience as a project lead on sizeable client accounts, coordinating members of the Accounts, Planning, and Strategy teams to deliver impactful campaigns.
• Previous line management experience, with a track record of coaching, developing and supporting junior team members to grow their skills and confidence.

Key Responsibilities

• Responding to client briefs, coordinating members of the accounts team to develop bold and effective creatives that are informed by competitive and consumer trends to help achieve clients’ campaign objectives.
• Writing clear and impactful proposals and crafting persuasive pitches to bring to life our strategy, creatives, and recommendations.
• Building a rapport with clients to gain a thorough understanding of their business and objectives, translating this into a client briefing form, and ensuring that all requirements are reflected in influencer selection and throughout the content creation process.
• Oversight of multiple campaigns simultaneously, liaising with your campaign teams constantly to stay up to date on the progress of each campaign and flagging any concerns or potential issues to the team as soon as possible, alongside suggested solutions.
• Sharing clear and thorough updates and reporting with clients regularly over email, phone calls, and face-to-face meetings, while providing recommendations and expertise at every stage of the campaign.
• Presenting clearly and confidently to key stakeholders in pitches, kick-off meetings and post campaign analysis meetings.
• Involvement in new business, representing account management as part of the pitch team.
• Continual forward-thinking and proactive ideation of additional activities that Socially Powerful could propose to clients, based on a detailed knowledge of their business, objectives, and upcoming focuses.
• Building strong relationships with your clients and proactively unlocking routes to grow the accounts you lead.
• Acting as a mentor and manager for junior team members, facilitating their learning and development, aiding their professional growth into well-rounded marketeers.
• 14 days paid vacation, plus an additional day for your birthday
• Health, dental and vision insurance
• 401(k) Retirement Plan
• Hybrid way of working (3 days in the office)