Description
Client Director - French Speaking
Company: International Branding Agency
Location: Central London
Duration: 3 months (rolling)
Rate: Excellent Daily Rate
Our client, a leading branding agency, are looking to recruit an French Speaking Client Director to join their successful team in London.
This role will be responsible for the following:
- Lead and direct projects for existing and new clients
- Work on branding, culture and communication projects, contributing expertise in that area
- Build the agency's reputation and profile within peer and industry groups
- Be passionately committed to design, people and service - empathetic to the creative design process
- Build the business by building relationships
- Be responsible for and generate revenue streams from existing clients
- Play an active role in the agency's new business efforts.
Day to day responsibilities:
- Be responsible for the development of the project team in terms of demonstrating best practice working methods and mentoring where required
- Attend regular meetings with strategy, creative and client teams
- Encourage and motivate teams with clear thinking and knowledge
- Together with account manager, ensure responsible financial management of accounts - current/signed contract, necessary client authorisation, revenue forecasts are accurate and achieved
- Meet all objectives to obtain profitability targets and generate additional revenue where appropriate
- Plan the project with the relevant people to cover resources, requirements and processes
- Ensure good cross-team communication
- Generate results that deliver the clients' anticipated ROI objectives
- Work closely with the strategy and creative team, to seek opportunities to develop and grow clients' accounts
- Lead new business initiatives - presenting new business pitches and writing proposals
Skills and Experience required:
- A proven background as an Account Director within a Branding Agency environment.
- Fluency in both French and English (written and verbal)
- Be able to work independently on strategic issues with a large variety of clients - and to be able to have a depth of understanding of the client's business
- Have excellent written, communication, presentation and relationship-building skills
- Have excellent organisation and strong analytical skills, and the
- Ability to meet tight deadlines
- Be able to communicate clearly and concisely with a fluent command of the French and English language
- Have a keen eye for detail
- Be a leader and have excellent skills in working with a team to be aware of market trends
- Be a natural networker with the ability to maintain client relationships
- Beyond the completion of projects
- Be capable of bringing in new business and client contacts for additional project opportunities.
If you would like to be considered for this excellent opportunity and have the required skills and experience, please apply online. All successful candidates will be contacted within 2 working days.
Project People Ltd is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.