Cool Global Lifestyle and Fashion PR Agency is looking for a Senior Account Director with 8+ years’ experience to lead its portfolio of Lifestyle/Fashion brands! This person will play a key role within the Comms team, reporting into the Head of Comms to drive overall department and business growth. Looking for someone who is a proven strategic?leader, with a passion for earned creative ideation, exceptional client leadership skills and the ability to direct large, integrated campaigns.
Responsibilities:
Creativity
Works in partnership with Comms, Creative and Strategy teams to deliver best in class insight-driven earned ideas that cut through
Develops and defends innovative and provocative strategies to solve client’s marketing and communication needs, both in the short and long term
Demonstrates excellent creative judgment and inspires creativity in their clients and agency team
Protects the creative integrity of the agency and work whilst understanding the client needs and guardrails
Productivity
Ability to take large, complex campaigns from early ideation and scope development, through to execution and delivery
Understands how to manage internal resource, making sure people on their team are fully utilized, yet not over-extended
Strong understanding of how to build project timelines, budgets, scopes and status documents to keep projects moving on track and clients aware of key delivery deadlines
Mentors and trains team in how to lead and execute projects
Leadership
Builds trust with both internal team members and departments and clients through effective, clear and regular communications
Knows how to deal with difficult clients or situations in a diplomatic and solution-oriented manner focusing on the issue and not personalities
Uses editorial judgment to guide and shape creative ideas pitches, and campaigns
Has the ability to see around corners and listens keenly to clients to champion high profile client business goals
Lead by example for internal junior team members
Manages up; knows when to involve senior management and when to handle a situation themself.
Business
Strong understanding of agency profitability, building budgets and staff plans that reflect the work required to deliver
Ability to upsell other agency services and skills
Confident in having difficult conversations about scope creep, budgets and services
Ability to lead integrated agency pitches with an internal creative, comms, production and strategy teams
Relationships & Media Landscape
Has relationships with senior editors, agents and influencers that will help drive the success of earned media campaigns and client retainers
Understands the modern media landscape and delivers smart, innovative communications strategies to clients that go beyond publicity
Builds solid Comms Launch Strategies and can mentor teams to do the same
Ability to negotiate talent and influencer contracts (in partnership with legal and a VIP & Influencer Senior Manager)
Ability to work with brand and agency partners
Qualifications
8+ years of experience in comms/account management at a large creative communications agency
Proven experience in managing multiple clients, is comfortable building integrated campaigns and leading diverse teams
Broad range of experience in managing large Comms retainers and complex integrated projects with an earned output
Solid reputation amongst clients, media contacts and agency partners
Demonstrated financial responsibility and management
Benefits
Hybrid work policy (In-Office 3 days a week)
PTO, Full Healthcare Benefits & 401K
demeanor
The estimated annual pay range for this role is $130,000 - $140,000. There may be future opportunities for continued pay progression based on continued strong performance in the role
Seniority level
Director
Employment type
Full-time
Job function
Marketing, Public Relations, and Writing/Editing
Industries
Staffing and Recruiting
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