Account Director

Overview

We are currently seeking a full-time Account Director to join our team. The ideal candidate is a leader with the tenacity, resourcefulness, business sense, pro-active curiosity, and cool-headedness to behave like the CEO of their account, brand or project.

Responsibilities

• A business partner to the clients, using their deep knowledge and understanding of the clients' business to create the best conditions for the right work to thrive, leading to the success and growth of both our partners and our agency.
• Able to manage internal teams (direct reports, colleagues, and seniors) with poise, clarity and integrity, building followership across the board, navigating the BBH process effortlessly, and are able to lean on the internal expertise available (across offices) to deliver outstanding creative solutions to a range of business problems.
• Fluent in all phases of the creative process from strategy, through creative to production and bring their expertise to bear at each stage, foreseeing issues before they arise and heading them off. Taking pressure off the team by tackling the difficult conversations and know when to escalate for support is also part of their role.
• Keenly aware of the value BBH brings to the table, which allows the agency to price our skills well and talk about BBH value convincingly.
• A natural entrepreneur with a hunter attitude, actively searching for new business opportunities within the marketing community, always on the hunt for growth while keeping their eyes out for client needs, and quickly translating these needs into a solution to grow the agency business.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of relatable experience in client service
• Entrepreneurial spirit with experience contributing to new business efforts and driving organic growth
• Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional teams and run multiple projects at once with minimal oversight
• A solid understanding of business and marketing strategy
• Extremely detail-oriented and organized
• Strong oral and written communication skills
• Strong interpersonal skills
• A passion for creativity

Additional Information

Our Publicis Groupe motto “Viva La Différence” means we’re better together, and we believe that our differences make us stronger. It means we honor and celebrate all identities, across all facets of intersectionality, and it underpins all that we do as an organization. We are focused on fostering belonging and creating equitable & inclusive experiences for all talent. Publicis Groupe provides robust and inclusive benefit programs and policies to support the evolving and diverse needs of our talent and enable every person to grow and thrive. Our benefits package includes medical coverage, dental, vision, disability, 401K, as well as parental and family care leave, family forming assistance, tuition reimbursement, and flexible time off.