Group Account Director (Temp)
About The Position
Blue Hour Studios is a social-first agency that helps brands build cultural relevance and demand through work at the intersection of culture, content, creators, and commerce. Headquartered in New York and Los Angeles and backed by Horizon Media, the agency connects creativity and media to drive business impact. The Group Account Director is a leadership role responsible for client relationships, social strategy, and the execution of impactful work. The position provides strategic counsel, leads influencer strategy and talent partnerships, oversees account operations and profitability, develops business, and supervises and mentors team members. The role partners with clients and internal teams to deliver integrated, high-quality work and contribute to agency growth. Horizon Media and Blue Hour Studios aim to foster a welcoming, safe, and empowering workplace that values different perspectives and employees’ authentic voices. Horizon Media is an equal opportunity workplace and considers qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements.
Responsibilities
- Stay informed about industry and cultural trends and technological advances, and share insights that may inform the work.
- Provide thought leadership on complex issues and identify innovative solutions.
- Make ongoing recommendations to clients across paid, owned, and earned social opportunities.
- Ensure best practices and strategic alignment across disciplines, channels, and teams.
- Provide strategic counsel to clients and prospects, reinforce understanding of client businesses, and uncover their motivations and needs.
- Lead development and execution of influencer strategy.
- Oversee activation of influencer and talent partnerships, ensuring timeliness, quality, and effectiveness.
- Own assigned lines of business and client and agency relationships, with accountability at all levels.
- Develop relationships with talent agencies, talent managers, and emerging talent.
- Identify innovative approaches to influencer partnerships and tools, technologies, partners, and AI that can improve and expedite the work.
- Foster a positive and professional environment for clients, management, talent, teammates, and the work.
- Coach and mentor internal teams and involve agency leadership when challenges require escalation or support.
- Maintain a strong understanding of social media and influencer marketing, competitors, and emerging trends.
- Build senior client relationships, handle difficult conversations, and support account health.
- Identify opportunities to grow billings and deliver breakthrough work that is on-brand and on-strategy.
- Ensure financial operations for assigned lines of business adhere to the Scope of Work.
- Inspire new products, services, and ways of doing business; identify and persuasively sell incremental solutions and capabilities to drive organic growth.
- Be responsible for account and project profitability.
- Assist with new-business pitches as appropriate.
- Use sound supervisory, delegation, and escalation judgment to keep teams performing effectively.
- Provide input for team members’ performance reviews and coach them to maximize success.
- Conduct performance reviews for direct reports and give ongoing, real-time feedback.
- Ensure team members have the training and support needed to achieve development goals.
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What This Job Offers
Career Level
Director
Education Level
No Education Listed
