Creative Account Director

Creative Account Director

Requirements

• 7+ years in an agency or related environment (marketing, brand team, etc)
• Experience in full 360 integrated creative work, including but not limited to digital, social, TV, OOH, and media campaigns
• Advanced communication + presentation skills, ability to communicate clearly & effectively
• Experience in effective account housekeeping
• Strong financial acumen to balance client portfolios, scopes, and team allocations
• Passionate interest in growing clients’ businesses as a trusted business partner
• Experience in Asana, Monday, or other project management softwares a plus
• High creative output standards, with an expectation that the full team will be passionate, focused, and committed to creating work that is best-in-class and effective

Responsibilities

• Advanced communication + presentation skills, ability to communicate clearly
• Excellent capabilities to execute upsell and cross-sell strategies to unlock business opportunities
• Player-coach skillset to manage your team positively and efficiently, provide support, motivate and challenge the team to create smart and inventive creative work
• Provide challenging assignments and ongoing constructive feedback to direct reports
• Strong strategic acumen and ability to handle and oversee recurring reporting and briefing needs
• Project Management mindset and ability to work and manage projects in Asana in coordination with other internal stakeholders
• Establish + track clear KPIs for each team member
• Sets a clear and strategically led growth plan for the Account Department
• Strong decision maker, business and ROI oriented
• Strong financial acumen to balance client portfolios, scopes, and team allocations
• Knows how to distribute the right Team talent to task to get the highest value output
• Reconciles each month invoicing for Clients to ensure payments and billing are above board
• Lead new business opportunities through internal process: qualifying opportunities, lead/oversee pitch process, and determine effective + strategic pitch winning deliverables (RFP or pitch deck)
• Support sales team to unlock key opportunities for new and existing Clients by leading Creative Pitch approach; i.e. is a deck is needed to to be crafted to suit a new clients particular need, you lead this charge and bring in who you need, when you need
• In conjunction with Head of Accounts, reviews the Creative Department P2R, to inform staffing, scoping, and overall services to client

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in Asana, Monday, or other project management softwares a plus