About the Role
The Social Account Director plays a leading role in social and content delivery across complex accounts, collaborating with Creative, Production, Performance, and Strategy teams. This role involves acting as a key client contact, managing projects, and ensuring the production of successful and exciting content across platforms.
Responsibilities
- Key client contact on a large retained social account with the ability to develop strong relationships, handle difficult situations with senior clients and drive excellence in our output
- Client and stakeholder liaison across complex projects and campaigns
- Lead and present on strategic and creative thinking, acting as a consultant
- Act as a guardian and catalyst for best-in-class innovative content, working with creatives
- Key strategic content lead, constantly evaluating strategy success and opportunities for evolution
- End-to-end delivery of large accounts and complex projects, overcoming obstacles, demonstrating agility, and leading with clarity from a client and internal perspective
- Lead on effective collaboration within accounts
- Oversight of large teams and accounts to ensure account health, quality control, and proactivity
- Act as the client escalation point where necessary
- Drive commercial account growth
- Collaborate with other seniors on proposals and pitches, acting as a connector between disciplines
- Bring a strategic point of view on overall approach and social content
- Take ownership of commercial targets and motivate the core team to help deliver against them
Requirements
- Agency experience at an Account Director level or equivalent
- Social and content background
- Proven experience managing large or complex accounts in a leading role
- Excellent project management capabilities and an eye for best-practice delivery
- Confident and consultative approach with senior clients
- Strong collaborator able to interface with a variety of internal specialists and external stakeholders
Skills
- Social media strategy
- Content strategy
- Client relationship management
- Project management
- Strategic thinking
- Creative direction
- Team leadership
- Commercial acumen
- Collaboration
- Consultancy
Location
- Hybrid
Work Type
- Hybrid
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Account Director level
- Senior
Benefits
- Private Healthcare & Life Insurance
- 25 Days+ Holiday
- Team Mini breaks in the UK and abroad
- Regular Socials
About the Company
- Named in Campaign Magazine's Best Places to Work 8 years running
- Culture: Open, Engaged & Inspirational
