Our client is seeking an Account Director to join their team on a permanent basis. The successful candidate will be responsible for developing strong, long standing client relationships at a senior level to foster loyalty, trust and repeat business. The ideal candidate is highly collaborative, a self-starter, with strong problem solving and a track record of account growth and retention.
Key responsibilities:
- Identify key areas of growth opportunity for your accounts including client development and retention planning
- Create and articulate strategic marketing proposals with passion in response to client challenges or identified opportunities
- Ensuring projects and programs are delivered on-time, to budget and to the highest standards
- Stay close to client performance to support leading strategic conversations without the need for specialist involvement
- Demonstrate strong commercial acumen, managing client financials and service levels
- Manage resource requirements and planning for your client's and the wider business
- Negotiate with client's and other teams to get timely and quality deliverables
Key skills and experience:
- Experience presenting to senior stakeholders at a strategic level
- Track record of account growth and retention
- Experience managing mid to large sized B2B client's
- Experience managing paid media projects
- Superb organisational skills (always with a plan of action and forward thinking goals)
- Validated leadership capability that inspires and effectiveness working collaboratively and cross functionally
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