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About the Role

The Account Director serves as an agency leader focused on achieving client strategic brand objectives by collaborating with the client and driving all facets of strategic growth. This role involves leading internal working teams, mining new business opportunities, and fostering a culture of growth and development within the team. The Account Director is responsible for client delivery, relationship health, and financial oversight, requiring strong decision-making skills in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

Responsible for development of long-term account success and growth.
Partners with Strategy and planning to transform knowledge of client business objectives, internal and competitive opportunities, and customer insights into actionable marketing communications strategies and tactics.
Partners with Creative to ensure creative platform ideas and subsequent platform development are on-strategy and not only meeting best practices, but breaking through category norms.
Leads and manages team on a given book of business.
Builds and maintains senior level client relationships.
Provides team with direction and input to ensure business and project goals are met (80%).
Mining new business opportunities (20%).
Responsible for development of direct reports.
Exhibits enthusiasm for clients’ business and industry. Maintains leading edge of knowledge of clients’ business and industry.
Recognizes and seizes opportunities to contribute to agency new business.
Regularly informs Manager on status of business, including escalation as needed.

Requirements

Has strong account management skills.
Has excellent communication skills.
Has excellent presentation skills and presentation development skills.
Has excellent organizational skills.
Is a proactive problem solver.
Not only has a positive attitude and is a team player, but models that for the junior team.
Is able to concurrently lead and grow multiple clients.
Is very comfortable working in an integrated agency environment, which means feeling accountability for responsibilities outside of creative and production and extends into comms planning, media, delivery, etc.
Has deep knowledge and experience with multichannel marketing.
A familiarity with online advertising and social media advertising is necessary.
Has production experience, both traditional video and more nimble content development.
Is able to support Strategy in crafting creative briefs and provide clear, persuasive briefings to Creative teams and remain an active contributor throughout the creative development process.
Financial responsibilities include review and close management of production budget and estimates on a job by job basis ensuring close oversight during active production and no overages.
Has experience managing and growing employees and teams.

Skills

Account Management
Communication
Presentation
Organization
Problem Solving
Teamwork
Multichannel Marketing
Online Advertising
Social Media Advertising
Video Production
Content Development
Creative Briefing
Budget Management

Location

Kansas City
New York
Detroit
London
São Paulo
Shanghai
Singapore
Sydney

Work Type

Hybrid

Experience Level

Six to 10-plus years of experience
Senior clientside marketing experience

Education Level

Minimum of bachelor’s degree or equivalent in a related field
Graduate degree is a plus

Salary/Compensations

$75,000—$180,000 USD

Benefits

Competitive benefits package

About the Company

VML, part of WPP, is a leading creative company that combines brand experience, customer experience, and commerce, creating connected brands to drive growth.
VML is celebrated for its innovative and human first, award-winning work for blue chip client partners.
VML’s global network is powered by 26,000 talented people across 55+ markets.
WPP is the trusted growth partner for the world’s leading brands.
WPP unites cutting-edge media intelligence and data solutions, world-class creativity, next-generation production, transformative enterprise solutions and expert strategic counsel in a single company.
At VML, we create connected brands. We resist the usual ways of seeing, doing and thinking — harnessing creativity, technology and culture — to reimagine the entire connected consumer experience.
VML is a WPP agency (NYSE: WPP).

Equal Opportunity

WPP (VML) is an equal opportunity employer and considers applicants for all positions without regard to characteristics.
We are committed to fostering a culture of respect in which everyone feels they belong and has the same opportunities to progress in their careers.