Account Director – Full time / Permanent
Location: Buckinghamshire
Job Description:
Our reputable client is currently seeking an Account Director who has a strong understanding of integrated campaigns. You will lead a broad client portfolio, ensuring you and the internal team aim for excellence on behalf of your clients, ensuring the highest levels of client satisfaction, retention and growth.
Key responsibilities:
- Manage, develop, grow, and maintain relationships with key clients.
- Lead all partners involved in delivering projects across a broad set of clients.
- Support team members to ensure they deliver an outstanding service to clients.
- Manage, inspire, and support team members to ensure they perform at their best and can develop in their careers.
- Manage the team’s workload and performance and establish any training requirements.
- Attend relevant events.
- Manage and implement client growth plans.
- Arrange and lead quarterly meetings, including SWOT analysis and internal contact strategies.
Key Skills and Experience:
- Be a strategic thinker
- B2C experience of delivering national campaigns
- Knowledge of key digital media channels, including Paid Search, Digital Display, Paid Social.
- Experience managing/running teams for medium to large scale integrated campaigns
- Ability to build strong, long-lasting relationships
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment working on multiple priorities, prioritising, and keeping calm under pressure
- Line-report management
- Self-motivated and driven
- Strong presentation skills
- Strong communication; verbal and written
- Strong commercial awareness
- Strong problem-solving skills and organisational skills
- A passion for advertising and creativity
- Ability to stay on top of industry trends
Key Words: Account Director, campaigns, clients, manage team, meetings, SWOT analysis, B2C, digital media channels, paid search, paid social, digital display.
FS1 Recruitment is a UK-based recruitment agency providing solutions within the Sales, Marketing and Creative fields for permanent, freelance and contract positions please contact us to discuss one of our many positions.
Our sector experience includes working with a range of business-to-consumer (B2C) and business-to-business (B2B) companies within the Communications, Technology, Media, Leisure, Consumer Goods, Retailing, Food & Drink and Health & Beauty sectors for both Client and Agency side throughout the UK.