Account Director

Account Director

Join to apply for the Account Director role at Nimaroh Creative (Acquired by Idea Peddler). Idea Peddler is looking for a seasoned account director to join our growing team.

• Collaborative consensus builder
• 7+ years of experience leading client engagements in full-service advertising (creative, media, PR, social)
• Organized, thorough, accountable
• Strategic thinker and creative problem solver
• Self-driven, motivated, strong vision for personal growth; proactive for self, clients and team momentum
• Fun, easy to work with and get along with; appreciates that advertising is not a true emergency
• Comfortable using cloud-based collaboration tools for day‑to‑day organization and project management
• Kind‑hearted and fun‑loving

• Lead key accounts with support from a senior account coordinator and senior team leadership
• Immerse yourself in clients’ businesses and strategize in their best interests; use core planning principles as guiding light while infusing fresh and innovative thinking
• Lead and create annual and campaign strategies; resource and advisor to clients across marketing, media and communications
• Be the leader and guide on nearly every call or meeting you own or join; drive conversation forward in a friendly, approachable manner; clear communication on what next right thing is, who responsible, when done
• Be the client’s go‑to; develop rapport, trust and lasting relationships that they value and can lean on to achieve their goals
• Be the stalwart of the functional teams to create cross‑functional magic; brief them thoroughly, shape ideas collaboratively and ultimately sell‑in the work they’re producing
• Understand, internalize and operationalize all client projects at any given time; keep up‑to‑date on status, roadblocks and bring a creative problem‑solve hat to finding solutions in advance of client meetings
• Create visually compelling, direct and aesthetically appealing decks that keep clients updated on campaign process, ideation direction and overall relationship progress
• Keep a regular tempo of the client’s needs and work deliverables; move adeptly and easily from one week to the next to continue the cadence of team movement and deliverables towards larger brand goals
• Understand where to find interesting fodder and stimuli for campaign concepting and ideation; stimulus is unique and fresh in an effort to advance campaigns toward perpetual pursuit of improved work product
• Guide and oversee the creative and functional teams’ projects/product delivery to ensure no “last minute surprises” on presentation day
• Lead development of award submissions in collaboration with and support from the PR team; think with results in mind from the brief to ensure at least 50% of clients’ work ready for award submission annually
• Develop junior talent that reports to you; help them read the tea leaves the way you do and give them opportunities to take calculated risks with low‑risk environments to build confidence and experience
• Manage budget across all non‑media teams to keep projects in scope and any additional resources required done cost‑effectively
• Coordinate with finance to ensure proper monthly billing and project billing for everything from one‑offs to retainers and all sub‑costs in between
• Light travel is required, up to 15‑30% of the time

• 95%+ NPS from clients’ quarterly business ratings
• 5% account churn on your clients/projects
• 90% project/client renewal rate
• Easily cross‑sell services to clients who are in need
• Award‑worthy work comes from your accounts
• Trusted team leader from all cross‑functional teams in the agency
• Less than 5% of “elevated” problems to the COO or CEO come from your accounts
• Drive adoption and use of cloud‑based collaboration and project management tools
• Ability to juggle a variety of clients and accounts at any given time
• Low to no errors or mistakes, from spelling/grammatical to financial
• A joy to work with, bringing a positive attitude and solutions to almost every situation

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