Account Director - NY

Goodby Silverstein & Partners•New York, NY

9d•$145,000 - $165,000•Onsite

About The Position

We are looking for an Account Director to join our outstanding Account Management department in our New York office. This role will offer a chance to work on two accounts, in two different categories. We expect that, as an Account Director, you will no longer be managing projects but will be leading accounts or large pieces of accounts. Your job is more than helping make the trains run well and on time. It’s now about helping others make sure this happens. And, more importantly, it’s about guiding the process and decisions on where to lay new track. It’s a role that requires equal parts quality control and leadership. For us, a great Account Director does the following: 1) Clearly defines the client’s business problem and gets people in the agency excited to work on it. 2) Provides their own point of view that is considerate of both the client’s and agency’s viewpoints but not necessarily beholden to either one of them. 3) Serves the needs of the individuals on their team and on the account. Although you are the most senior person managing a team of people, this is not permission to act above the other people working on the account (especially the Account Managers). Instead, you need to work to serve their needs individual by individual. This means making time for them—even treating their time as more important than your own. This can’t be emphasized enough. The directors whom people like working with the most seem to be the ones who are most generous and open with their time. 4) Constantly set (and if necessary, change) the conditions on the account to allow people to do their best work.

Requirements

Prior advertising-agency experience.
Worked as an Account Director for 2–3 years.
Managed complex projects.
Worked on CPG and/or Financial services in the past.
Know how to manage a team of people.
Experience with all facets of production, including managing a large broadcast shoot.

Responsibilities

Lead accounts or large pieces of accounts.
Help others ensure projects run well and on time.
Guide the process and decisions on where to lay new track.
Perform quality control and leadership.
Clearly define the client’s business problem and get people in the agency excited to work on it.
Provide a point of view that is considerate of both the client’s and agency’s viewpoints.
Serve the needs of the individuals on their team and on the account.
Make time for team members, treating their time as more important than your own.
Set and change conditions on the account to allow people to do their best work.