Account Director

Role: Account Director

Type of position: Managerial

Location: East London

Experience: 4-8 years experience minimum in agencies

Salary: £42,000 – £54,000

Job Description: This exciting new role will include a new Account Director to report to the group Account Director or Client Services Director. You will be responsible for directing your client accounts and ensure creative and service excellence, whilst doing so. The right candidate will relish in getting under the skin of their client and providing knowledgeable direction to the team and other colleagues in the agency.

Information about the company: Our client is a successful, full service financial services agency, they are incredibly passionate about what they do and how they go about doing it. They have a strong culture, to be part of their team they are looking for an ambitious individual, who will live up to their company values.

Skills for role:

Social – strong teams, working together
Curious – questioning and learning
Open – minds, better ideas and relationships
Responsible – a force for good
Entrepreneurial – in everything
Expert – passionate about being a specialistClients would expect you to:

Build and maintain high standards of executional work to ensure the company delivers the best product to them and makes a significant contribution to their business.
Take direct responsibility for growth, quality of work and smooth operation.
Challenge them and push the boundaries with regards to creativity and innovation.
Establish a good working rapport between the client and agency teams.
Build positive relationships with senior client contacts and other agencies that the client works with.
Proactively manage projects efficiently, to agreed budgets and timings.
Have an understanding of their brand, their business and the products that they market.The perfect candidate:

Really organised
Self starter
Understands the importance of the detail and standards
Good communicator in written and spoken
4-8 years experience minimum in agencies
Integrated experience (work spans content, digital advertising, strategy, communications planning)
Financial experience preferred, at minimum a happiness to work on it and nothing else
Strong digital credentials
Existing AD looking for next challengeAdditional Information:

Your role as a manager:Your role is to motivate and manage your Account Manager, identify training requirements within your team, ensure annual and regular quarterly reviews are undertaken.

Your role with regard to new business:Involvement in new business presentations as appropriate to new and existing clients, identify new business opportunities and involve Directors as appropriate, identify networking opportunities across the Group, with clients and general industry events.

Your role within company:Producing weekly profitability reports to ensure each project remains profitable to the agency, identify appropriate entertainment or events for clients, ensure that you get involved with projects outside of your day-to-day role to ensure that the company are constantly moving forward, keeping up with the latest developments in financial services, marketing and digital communication.