Digital Account Director

Posted By: Greg Phipps
Salary: Circa £40,000 DOE + package
Location: North East + travel
Job Type: Permanent
Category: Sales & Marketing

Central Employment are delighted to be working recruiting an Digital Account Director  for a global media agency.  Based in the North East, this is a new, client facing role that have been created within this fast growing media agency. 

In this role you will be expected to own every aspect of your clients campaigns; building strong relationships and taking overall responsibility for everything from quality of work completed through to devising award-worthy, innovative & insight driven strategies. As a senior member of the agency your focus should always be on delivering the best results for our clients.

Role Responsibility

As an Associate Director, you will be expected to display the following:

• Ability to apply knowledge of how to leverage core digital media channels
• Demonstrable understanding of the broader digital media landscape
• Owns or plays a leading role in the agency’s relationship with clients, both professionally and socially, to build professional trust and influence leading to loyalty and reliance
• Holds a highly commercial understanding of the client’s business – business parameters objectives and priorities.
• Plays a leading role in client meetings, developing compelling client documents and presentations
• Runs account activity; managing for quality control by applying both due process and creative problem solving
• Turns account data into insightful and strategic conclusions, ideas and recommendations
• Takes ownership of client budget allocation advice and makes evidenced and effective decisions
• Applies expert knowledge, commercial awareness and influencing skills to maximise account profitability, including reviewing added value products in order to maximise cross sell opportunities
• Works with Finance function to manage invoicing, debtors, exposure, and other terms of business/ commercial practices
• Pro-actively contributes to the wider business success via the Client Board and have an important role within the Senior Management Team.

 The Ideal Candidate

What we are looking for:

• Thorough understanding of digital media practises and processes
• Consistent quality control
• Worked in fast paced media, digital agency setting
• Client focused
• Client delight through communication, support and results
• Maximising income and profitability of your accounts
• Adding strategic insight through expert knowledge of the market
• Development of junior staff