Account Director - Matt Burton : Job Details

Our client is a leading marketing solutions and customer communications provider that brings brands to life across every channel, in every market, all with a local touch. They serve customers in a range of markets including retail, financial services, travel, automotive, healthcare, leisure and the public sector. We are now recruiting for a talented Senior Account Manager or Account Director to step into the role of Account Director within their Agency division to lead and manage one of their key Public Sector clients.  Their Agency services department delivers a full service offering to their clients including:

• Insight and strategy
• Brand and Creative
• Digital experiences
• Onsite Agencies
• Studio and production Services

We want a highly motivated self-starter who is able to manage and develop this key client.  Working with a highly skilled and motivated team, you would be responsible for proactively building client relationship, looking for opportunities to assist their business by introducing agency and group services and managing the briefs that are needed to be arranged across a variety of areas including external and internal campaigns.Key Responsibilities:

• Responsible for developing and delivering the clients’ marketing and advertising strategies
• Leading a team to provide the utmost level of client service
• Liaising with clients at a senior level on a day-to-day basis
• Using your skills to push clients, and the agency, creatively and strategically
• Know all there is to know about the client’s product or service, the market and its consumer
• Understand the client's marketing objectives in terms of sales, market-share, competitor products
• Prepare creative, digital and studio briefs that meet client requirements
• Oversee the various production stages each project goes through, coordinating relevant operational leads as required
• Assist the client in solving creative, digital and studio based marketing issues/ problems

What you must have:

• Proven account management and client services experience within an agency environment either as Senior Account Manager or Account Director
• Excellent stakeholder management and relationship building skills
• A background in advertising, design or client side marketing role
• The ability to plan and strategize at a senior level
• A track record in managing and developing clients to deliver significant revenue and margin
• A persuasive and confident approach to creative projects
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Effective team management capabilities
• A keen attention to detail and budgetary management
• Strong presentation skills to support new business, client conversion and agency pitches as required (this needs to include creating presentations)
• Is willing to travel across the UK for client meetings as and when required
• Strong analytical and research skills

This role offers the opportunity to work within a varied and demanding client where you will be making a real difference with the work that is produced and its impact on the public across various initiatives.For an initial chat to understand more about the role, please submit your CV without delay.