Account Director

You are a skilled primary relationship builder with deep credentials and a talent for human interaction. You listen to, understand and anticipate client needs. You oversee and help deliver the kind of creative marketing communications and strategic thinking that smashes established category assumptions. You never cease to find new ideas and opportunities to strengthen and expand both the client’s and the agency’s businesses. As a key collaborator, you know how to unite and motivate various departments toward a common goal.
 

Responsibilities

 
As an Account Director, you will be the primary liaison between the agency and your assigned line of business. Your responsibilities will include but will not be limited to:
 

• Providing solutions based on your understanding of the client’s business beyond the marketing aspect
• Understanding the multicultural landscape beyond shallow cultural generalizations
• Collaborating closely with both partner agencies and internal creative and production departments to build integrated campaigns
• Managing the needs of team members to maximize learning and productivity while minimizing turnover; motivating and inspiring direct reports
• Partnering with senior-level clients to strengthen the relationship with the agency
• Participating in the new hire process and finding ways to attract top talent
• Developing scopes of work, fee structures and staffing plans and then managing to them in a way that maximizes agency’s profitability
• Managing finance process of estimates and invoices to ensure timely payment

 

Requirements

 
Before applying for this role, please make sure you:
 

• Have a minimum of 10 years of experience
• Are passionate and have positive energy that resists the temptation to be miserable when things get tough; are inspiring, not draining
• Communicate with confidence; write and present to inspire
• Have excellent people skills; know how to read a room
• Provide big-picture strategic thinking grounded in data and cultural nuance; have the vision and insights to drive big ideas and initiatives
• Are as adept at rolling up your sleeves to get the work done as you are at leading broad-based strategic thinking
• Thrive in a fast-paced and entrepreneurial environment, often wearing many different hats; are a hustler who shows initiative. Proactive, resourceful
• Are insanely curious and open-minded
• Participate in and contribute to culture

 
Elite Media, LLC is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based on any status protected by applicable federal, state or local laws.

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