Description
I am working with an exciting young creative agency that currently have a need for a Group Account Director of a short 2 month contract.This small creative is the Australian arm of a multinational organisation who work with the exciting and large organisations.
Role Description
- This person will be responsible for Client relationships and overall account management of projects across brand teams, leading the internal team.
- Responsible for taking Client briefs or helping to identify and secure new project opportunities. They will be required to engage our Idea Engineering Teams to help deliver against these briefs.
- They will responsible for key stakeholder management, act as conduit between the Client and the business, and have the ability to clearly communicate and disseminate Client requests.
- They will develop an intimate knowledge of the client business and its brands, demonstrate brand stewardship and driving strategic initiatives for the Clients towards measurable business goals. They will build strong relationships with all delivery leads in creative, production and strategy, and display critical thinking in evaluating work prior to presentation to Client.
- They will be responsible for financial management, forecasting and budgets across client business.
- They will coach and mentor their direct reports in account management, including the completion of objective setting and development plans for each of their team members.
- Throughout the assignment, they will proactively identify what additional needs (people, skills, information, etc) is required to grow client account and deliver the highest quality solutions.
To be considered you will have:
- Client relationship and business development experience
- Business acumen and strategic thinking.
- Good communication skills, ability to engage directly with senior marketing clients
- Integrated, multi-channel experience, particularly with strong digital campaign, social and digital platform experience
- FMCG experience would be considered a strong benefit
- Team leadership experience
This is an urgent requirement. Please apply now and those thought suitable will be called for further information.