Senior Client Director - Freelance

Firewood Marketing, Inc.; United States; Remote; USD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a dynamic digital-first marketing agency as a Senior Client Director, where you'll lead high-profile projects for top-tier brands. This role requires a strategic mindset and a passion for digital innovation, as you engage with clients to deliver exceptional results. Collaborate with a diverse team and leverage your bilingual skills in English and Japanese to drive impactful marketing solutions. If you're ready to make a significant impact in a fast-paced environment, this opportunity is perfect for you. Be part of a company that values creativity and excellence in the ever-evolving digital landscape.

Benefits

Flexible Work Hours

Health Insurance

Remote Work Options

Professional Development

Team Retreats

Wellness Programs

Qualifications

• 8+ years in digital advertising, with 4+ years in a lead role.
• Experience in managing high-value interdisciplinary work.
• Bilingual proficiency in English and Japanese.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary contact for clients, leading creative and strategic projects.
• Grow key accounts and exceed client expectations through innovative solutions.
• Deliver against targets to ensure long-term success for business accounts.

Skills

Client Relations

Digital Advertising

Proposal Writing

Project Management

Bilingual (English & Japanese)

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Master's Degree (preferred)

Tools

CRM Software

Project Management Tools

Job description

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Monks is a digital-first marketing and advertising services company connecting the dots across content, data & digital media and technology services. Media.Monks’ single-P&L model offers brands seamless access to a nearly 6,000-strong team of digital talent organized across 57 talent hubs in 33 countries. With us, you'll find a diverse group of colleagues with different backgrounds and perspectives.

Now, about the opportunity: Media.Monks is hiring a brilliant and hyper-organized steward of client relations and internal project excellence for one of the world's highest–profile brands. You will need to work in both English and Japanese.

Role & Responsibilities

• As an Senior Client Director at a creative and technology powerhouse, you are the first point of contact for our clients, who seek Monks to lead content, creative, strategy, and production.
• You’ll work side by side with your clients to engage new projects from the start, proposing transformational solutions, assess the feasibility and driving change for your brands
• The work is centered around creating innovative digital work across the customer decision journey, working on both product launches and brand campaigns.
• You are responsible for growing key clients, working across various brands and business accounts, making sure the work being produced exceeds the client’s expectations
• Delivering against monthly and annual targets, you help to grow business accounts into a long-term success for all parties.

Requirements

• 8+ years experience managing business accounts in digital advertising. With 4+ years in a lead role - with a proven track record managing high-value and volumes of interdisciplinary work.
• You can work in English & Japanese at the highest professional level.
• You have extensive experience writing proposals and can propose solutions from either a basic technical or a commercial perspective.
• You need to be confident in managing the business of digital projects in a fast-paced environment.
• You love to geek out when it comes to new technologies because while managing relationships is your foremost responsibility, you’ve got to grasp technology in a way that allows you to help scope and propose target-driving quotes and timings.

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About Monks

Monks is the global, purely digital, unitary operating brand of S4Capital plc. With a legacy of innovation and specialized expertise, Monks combines an extraordinary range of global marketing and technology services to accelerate business possibilities and redefine how brands and businesses interact with the world. Its integration of systems and workflows delivers unfettered content production, scaled experiences, enterprise-grade technology and data science fueled by AI—managed by the industry’s best and most diverse digital talent—to help the world’s trailblazing companies outmaneuver and outpace their competition.

Monks was named a Contender in The Forrester Wave: Global Marketing Services. It has remained a constant presence on Adweek’s Fastest Growing lists (2019-23), ranks among Cannes Lions' Top 10 Creative Companies (2022-23) and is the only partner to have been placed in AdExchanger’s Programmatic Power Players list every year (2020-24). In addition to being named Adweek’s first AI Agency of the Year (2023), Monks has been recognized by Business Intelligence in its 2024 Excellence in Artificial Intelligence Awards program in three categories: the Individual category, Organizational Winner in AI Strategic Planning and AI Product for its service Monks.Flow. Monks has also garnered the title of Webby Production Company of the Year (2021-24), won a record number of FWAs and has earned a spot on Newsweek’s Top 100 Global Most Loved Workplaces 2023.

We are an equal-opportunity employer committed to building a respectful and empowering work environment for all people to freely express themselves amongst colleagues who embrace diversity in all respects. Including fresh voices and unique points of view in all aspects of our business not only creates an environment where we can all grow and thrive but also increases our potential to produce work that better represents—and resonates with—the world around us.

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