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About the Role

We are looking for a Senior Account Director to manage a well-known UK brand. This is a 12-month fixed-term contract for maternity cover, starting mid-September. The role requires significant TVC experience and production oversight for integrated campaigns with large production budgets.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the lead strategic advisor to clients, addressing their business issues.
• Manage account teams to develop proactive strategic proposals that drive client value.
• Identify and cultivate relationships with key senior-level budget holders to drive business growth.
• Develop and nurture relationships with senior stakeholders at partner agencies.
• Achieve client revenue targets, including forecasting and rapid response to business changes impacting revenue.
• Lead client negotiations with procurement and marketing contacts to agree on agency fees and retainers.
• Lead and motivate account teams to deliver high-quality account management, ensuring projects are on time and on budget.
• Ensure compliance with VCCP company reporting, legal procedures, and contractual agreements.
• Oversee account billing processes, ensuring timely and accurate invoicing.
• Proactively develop and implement new methods to improve work quality within the agency.
• Lead the agency's strategic and creative response to briefs, evaluating quality, budget, and objectives.
• Develop inspiring briefs to facilitate top-tier strategic and creative work.
• Oversee the formal evaluation of completed campaigns and share learnings across the agency.
• Lead the review of creative work objectively and constructively, collaborating with senior creative teams.
• Ensure ideas are media-agnostic and simple enough to work across all consumer touchpoints, challenging siloed thinking.

Requirements

• Demonstrable record of delivering best-in-class work.
• Ability to confidently discuss strategy and offer creative perspectives.
• Experience overseeing end-to-end campaign execution with significant production budgets.
• Comfort with campaign processes and identifying areas for improvement.
• Experience in managing client relationships and revenue targets.
• Proficiency in client negotiations.
• Ability to lead and motivate account teams.
• Understanding of billing processes and invoicing.
• Experience in developing and evaluating creative work.
• Broad range of skills to ensure integrated campaign delivery.

Skills

• TVC experience
• Production oversight
• Strategic thinking
• Creative evaluation
• Client negotiation
• Team leadership
• Financial management
• Project management
• Integration

Location

• North America
• EMEA
• APAC

Work Type

• Fixed-term contract
• Full-time

Experience Level

• Senior

About the Company

• VCCP is a global challenger network for challenger brands with over 1,500 employees across 13 offices.
• We challenge convention to deliver value for ambitious organizations.
• Our integrated network includes specialists in strategy, AI, data, media, digital, experience, branding, creativity, production, PR, CX, CRM, and employee engagement.
• We were founded on principles of simplicity, collaboration, and un-preciousness.
• Our clients include recognizable and progressive brands such as Virgin Media O2, Barclays, Cadbury, Compare the Market, Domino’s, White Claw, easyJet, Primark, and Co-op.
• VCCP has topped the AAR’s new business ranking for 13 of the last 14 years and holds multiple Agency of the Year titles.
• Our ambition is to challenge ourselves, our clients, and the industry.

Equal Opportunity

• At VCCP, DE&I means building a strong culture of inclusion, where everyone can thrive and bring their authentic self to work.
• As an equal opportunity employer, we do not discriminate on the basis of gender, age, disability, religion, belief, sexual orientation, marital status, or ethnicity.
• We're committed to making our hiring process accessible and comfortable for everyone.
• If you're neurodivergent, have a disability, or need any adjustments or alternative formats during the interview process, please let us know at joinus@vccp.com.
• As part of our onboarding process, you will be required to complete a Criminal Records Declaration regarding any unspent convictions.
• For roles in finance, HR, Legal, IT or senior management, we may be required to verify your declaration with a basic DBS check, as well as an Adverse Finance and ID check.