Account Director

Job Description

THE TLDR;As an Account Director at Socialize, you are the client servicing lead for a portfolio of industry leading brands & a partner, strategic advisor to some of the regions nicest, boldest, most forward-thinking marketers (#Facts) Youll be responsible for building a strategic understanding of clients business, guiding development of strategy and inspiring the team to produce great work that meets clients unanticipated needs.Youll also be responsible for creating strategic operational plans & scoping, costing, allocating resources across projects to ensure we are on brief, on time, on target. Boom. What youll do / THE DETAILS: Strategy: Partner with internal agency teams to craft innovative ways to impact business results for our clients, while ensuring that the plans are strategically sound & imaginative. Play a leadership role in helping clients solve marketing communications challenges whilst dedicatedly identifying new opportunities to maximize client value. Identify and drive new opportunities, including new business pitches for the agency. Deeply understand brand insights, customer segmentation, and target needs to steer actionable creative briefs. Thus, leading to effective digital campaign conceptualization and presentation. Ensures profitable allocation of teams, while handling reporting and hourly reconciliations.Relationships: Build strong, impenetrable relationships with the clients, while taking sincere interest in their business issues, industry, and competitors. Work towards in-depth understanding of the clients business issues and use the insights to help clients articulate their needs (For example: in the form of briefs/internal briefings). Command the room/communicate effectively and credibly in senior client executive meetings. Promoting the expansion of business with existing clients.Leadership: Lead, mentor and inspire the account managers and executives reporting to you - guiding their development and career path through the agency by providing inspiring team training and thoughtful input on their career roadmaps. Recruit talent that raises the bar on creativity and quality. Allocates resources effectively, balancing client needs with profitability.Delivery: Co-ordinate with suppliers and agency departments to meet deadlines, implement best-practices, while being aligned with client expectations. Meet with client at-least once a month to align on overall strategy, present work done & insights/research that can help the brand achieve digital marketing success. Lead the creation of social media content and reporting for your portfolio, to ensure that nothing leaves the agency without your assurance, the work is outstanding and will exceed client expectations. Provides astute input on first round of creative on campaigns and helps sell creative work on major campaigns. Own the financial health of account(s), including growth, profitability and delivery of forecasts, while understanding contractual relationships, and monitoring contract compliance.What youll need / HIGHLIGHTS: Social Specialism. A genuine interest, opinion & demonstrable experience with leading socially-led creative/media campaigns. High standards. As the person who calls the shots on the work that leaves the agency, this....matters. From consistency of fonts on a deck to never missing a deadline. You set the standard. Creativity. Especially with problem solving. This is a highly autonomous role & were looking for resourceful, solutions-oriented colleagues who are unafraid to lead. Curiosity. To learn, stay up-to-date & get hand-on with emerging social technologies, cultural trends & communities.

Keyskills :
Curiosity Creativity

About Company

Etihad Airways is the second flag carrier airline of the United Arab Emirates. Its head office is in Khalifa City, Abu Dhabi, near Abu Dhabi International Airport. Etihad commenced operations in November 2003. It is the second-largest airline in the UAE after Emirates. The name Etihad is Arabic for 'United'.