Account Director, Advertising & Branding
About The Position
160over90 is seeking experienced account management professionals who know how to lead books of business and teams. This role involves working closely with clients to steward their advertising and branding challenges and help them achieve their business goals. The ideal candidate understands the difference between executing marketing campaigns and building brands and wants to work at a place that excels at both. You should have developed the nuances of expert client service and be comfortable working across digital, video, strategy, identity, and other areas. The collective charge is to elevate ideas, each other, and client stories in the hearts and minds of customers. This involves thinking, building relationships, motivating teams, and elevating work by solving problems with a positive and proactive approach.
Requirements
- 8-10+ years of relevant industry/agency experience
- Creative agency experience strongly desired
- Proven ability to lead, mentor and collaborate in a team-oriented multi-agency workplace, fostering career growth for the individuals on your team
- Outstanding ability to lead, convince and inspire in a client-service environment
- Strategic thinker
- Highly organized with a healthy respect for best-in-class process
- Strong relationship-building capabilities
- Experience working in omnichannel campaigns
- Experience developing business within a client relationship
- Proven track record of increasing client spend, identifying new business opportunities and networking
Responsibilities
- Understand team financial targets and manage team to meet them
- Ensure that client work plans align with contracted burn rates and meet business goals
- Ensure internal process adherence (project, purchasing, communication, legal, etc.)
- Manage client expectations and show value for agency performance in order to renew clients at level greater than or equal to current contract
- Identify and secure sales engineering opportunities
- Identify and secure opportunities to enhance Agency offerings through expanded services across the Agency
- Take active role in new business efforts as required
- Drive regular cadence of client planning within current contract and for upcoming renewals
- Stay current on client & industry trends
Benefits
- Flexibility in managing work-life balance
- Opportunity for professional development
- Equal opportunity employer
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
No Education Listed
