Senior Account Director
North Devon
To: £competitive
If you’re a natural client leader — someone who brings calm authority, clear thinking and real presence to the room — this one’s for you.
We’re looking for a Senior Account Director to take the reins on a flagship global account, working for an independent full-service creative marketing agency based in in North Devon. Two days per week in the office minimum.
Your knowledge will span media, digital and creative to ensure you can hold your own and lead the client. You’re an outstanding communicator, calm under pressure and who is an exemplar at building both internal and client relationships.
You’ll be helping to ensure that both internal and external teams are working to deliver against the brief, ontime and on budget.
You’ll also have the opportunity to travel internationally once per month to meet the client.
Responsibilities:
- Building and maintaining strong Client relationships.
- Providing team support across the business to ensure deliverables are met.
- Ensure all elements of SLAs are delivered effectively.
- Monitoring internal project deadlines and budgets, identifying and communicating potential changes that may be required.
- Becoming the go-to 'expert' within your team on a pre-agreed area of your day-to-day work
- Own your Client's live projects - ensuring that all deadlines are met, on budget, without compromising on quality or creativity.
- Keeping the MD informed of any key developments, asking advice and drawing on them where required.
- Effectively briefing and liaising with internal departments.
- Taking briefs from the Client, asking the right questions and writing good creative briefs.
- Monitoring client finances and accurately updating the flash and actuals sheets in line with reporting timings.
- Looking for proactive opportunities and driving additional projects/items to sell to a client.
- Ensuring the profitability and growth of client accounts.
- Maintaining a detailed awareness of relevant market trends affecting your accounts, and developments in the wider advertising and communications industry.
To apply for this job please drop me a line, quoting Ref: SM1393, together with your CV to: