Account Director | Publicis London | 12-Month FTC (Maternity Cover)
We're hiring an Account Director to join the team at Publicis London on a 12-month maternity cover contract, working with a leading global brand on exciting, high-profile campaigns.
This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced Account Director with a truly integrated agency background, a strategic mindset and a passion for delivering brilliant creative work. You'll play a key role in leading the client relationship, bringing together creative, strategy and production teams to deliver impactful campaigns across multiple channels.
We're looking for someone who can combine big-picture thinking with strong leadership and commercial expertise, building trusted client partnerships while ensuring exceptional work is delivered from brief through to execution.
What you’ll be doing:
- Leading the delivery of fully integrated campaigns across multiple channels, from initial brief through to final execution
- Building and maintaining strong, trusted client relationships, acting as a senior strategic partner
- Providing strategic direction and proactively identifying opportunities to grow the account and add value for the client
- Leading senior client meetings, presentations and strategic discussions
- Bringing together creative, strategy, production and other specialist teams to deliver cohesive, effective campaigns
- Overseeing project delivery, budgets, resource planning and timelines to ensure work is delivered to a high standard
- Inspiring, supporting and developing the wider account team
- Balancing creative ambition with commercial awareness to deliver work that meets both client and agency objectives
Skills we’re looking for:
- Proven experience working at Account Director level within an agency environment
- Strong, truly integrated agency experience, with a track record of delivering campaigns across multiple channels
- Excellent senior client relationship management and stakeholder engagement skills
- A strategic thinker who can confidently challenge briefs, shape ideas and identify opportunities
- Strong leadership skills, with experience guiding and developing account teams
- Excellent project management, organisational and financial management skills
- A collaborative, proactive approach and the confidence to bring people together around ambitious ideas
- Someone who thrives in a fast-paced agency environment and is passionate about delivering outstanding creative work
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