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Account Director
Branding & Design Agency
New York, office based 3 days per week.
Up to $150k + benefits
The Agency
BeFound are working with award-winning global design agency based in New York. They are currently in a period of growth and looking for a talented, experienced Account Director to join its account team working across branded content, dentity, strategy, packaging and design.
The Role
Reporting to the Head of Client Services
We are looking for an experienced Account Director to join the account team within our highly successful design agency, responsible for providing strategic direction primarily on brand communications for blue chip clients.
This work will cover diverse categories like FMCG, Retail, Leisure, Tech and the exciting variety of new business. This candidate will work closely with the Head of Client Services for each piece of business and creative teams to deliver effective and innovative campaigns. They will be comfortable leading the strategic thinking to solve client problems whilst working in an agency that believes in collaboration.
GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES
- Acting as account director on key pieces of business
- Working within client trio alongside strategists and creative to lead and develop best in class, effective creative campaigns
- Actively participating in new business pitches
- Developing strong client relationships at a senior level
- Staying at the forefront of the emerging discipline of connected commerce on and offline
If you would like to be the Account Director in a fast growing, successful team then this is the role for you.
Interested? Please apply today!
Requirements
EXPERIENCE AND CREDENTIALS
- 9+ years experience within branding / design.
- Familiar and comfortable with the disciplines and channels that the agency operates in. This should include a deep understanding of the identity, strategy, packaging and design space.
- Good communicator and relationship builder, both internally and with clients.
- Collaborative approach we value planners who thrive in teams
- Someone who can work well in a non-hierarchical environment
- Someone who is happy to roll up their sleeves and get involved
- Gravitas and ability to provide a well thought through point of view to clients
- Working across several accounts / projects simultaneously
- Proven track record in new business leading the planning input on
- Be familiar and comfortable in working in multi-agency teams.
- Has an understanding of the shopper and retail context
Benefits
By sharing your personal information and recruitment information, you agree to BeFound retaining and processing your personal details for the purposes of providing you with recruitment services. We will use the personal information to consider your application for the relevant role and only share with third parties for recruitment purposes where appropriate.
We will not request any information that is not required for our business needs. Your privacy is important to us and your information will be processed and secured in accordance with legislative requirements.
As a recruitment agency, BeFound embraces diversity and inclusion and have a business responsibility to represent everyone in our network in a fair manner. We actively endeavour to widen our candidate pool and ensure that all decisions about the recruitment and selection of candidates are impartial and based on merit and abilities to perform the relevant duties as required for the positions we recruit for.
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