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About the Role

The Account Director manages day-to-day account operations, builds trusted client relationships, and ensures the agency delivers work that meets brand and business objectives. This role acts as a trusted advisor, immersing themselves in the brand to develop strategy recommendations aligned with the brand's vision and the agency's point of view. The Account Director serves as a key connector between client priorities and work produced across creative, medical, digital, and analytics disciplines, ensuring alignment, quality, and follow-through on execution. They partner with senior account leadership on complex client relationships while independently owning brand foundation and day-to-day account management. Success requires strong client management instincts, financial acumen, and a drive for fresh thinking.

Responsibilities

Manage client relationships, expectations, and deliverables day to day, ensuring client satisfaction, accountability, and successful project outcomes.
Learn and apply the full breadth of agency offerings to bring value to the client, serving as an invaluable partner to senior leadership on senior-level client relationships.
Review creative work to ensure it is on-strategy and meets client expectations, offering clear, constructive recommendations to the team.
Stay ahead of competitive trends, industry shifts, and client research to deliver forward-thinking points of view to clients.
Monitor monthly and quarterly financials, forecasts, and budgets, partnering with senior account leads to help the team achieve financial targets and milestones.
Foster strong collaboration, communication, and interpersonal connection within the team and across departments.
Contribute to new business efforts, including attending and participating in pitches.
Proactively grow and retain talent at the agency by managing and mentoring team members.

Requirements

8+ years of experience in advertising, with HCP advertising and digital marketing experience preferred.
Experienced presenter, able to command a room with both small and large groups.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with experience developing and delivering strategic and tactical plans.
Strong client engagement skills, including proactive communication, meeting management, presentation development and delivery, and responsiveness to questions and issues.
Solid financial management skills, including experience with project budgets, financial reporting (weekly, monthly, quarterly), and annual SOWs.
Ability to collaborate effectively across disciplines and departments.

Skills

Client management
Financial acumen
Creative review
Trend analysis
Financial monitoring
Collaboration
New business development
Talent management
Presentation skills
Verbal communication
Written communication
Strategic planning
Tactical planning
Client engagement
Meeting management
Financial reporting
Budget management

Location

Remote

Work Type

Full-time

Experience Level

8+ years

Salary/Compensations

$75,000—$180,000 USD

Benefits

Competitive benefits package

About the Company

Ogilvy, part of WPP, has been creating impact for brands through iconic, culture-changing, value-driving ideas for 75 years.
Ogilvy builds on its legacy through Borderless Creativity, innovating across advertising, public relations, relationship design, consulting, and health capabilities with global collaboration.
Ogilvy ranks as the #1 global agency network for creative excellence and effectiveness by WARC.
Ogilvy is a WPP company (NYSE: WPP).
WPP is the trusted growth partner for the world’s leading brands, uniting media intelligence, data solutions, creativity, production, enterprise solutions, and strategic counsel.
WPP uses its agentic marketing platform, WPP Open, to help clients navigate change, capture opportunity, and deliver transformational growth.
Ogilvy Health inspires people and brands to impact the world, combining borderless creativity, scientific precision, and cultural fluency to build influential healthcare movements.
Ogilvy Health drives measurable impact and category-defining growth for brands.
Ogilvy Health's approach is powered by fearless creativity, scientific precision, and an impact-obsessed mindset.

Equal Opportunity

Ogilvy is an equal opportunity employer and considers applicants for all positions without regard to particular characteristics.
Ogilvy is committed to fostering a culture of respect in which everyone feels they belong and has the same opportunities to progress in their careers.
If you need any assistance seeking a job opportunity, or if you need reasonable accommodation with the application process, please contact accommodations@ogilvy.com.