Account Director

Colle Mc Voy

Colle McVoy is a full-service creative agency that builds enduring relationships between forward-thinking brands and people. We believe these times of rapid change are filled with opportunities, so we constantly strive to push the boundaries of creativity, pressure test best practices and create new brand futures. To thrive, we need Intrepid Thinkers - people who are fearless and adventurous, relentlessly pushing past conventional boundaries into interesting new spaces.

We nurture a creatively driven, award-winning culture, rife with opportunities for people to grow, advance, evolve and develop new skillsets. At CM, everyone is empowered to create their own career path and where people can be the inspired, energized, authentic individuals they are. As a Certified B Corporation, we believe a better future means we have a responsibility to use our expertise as a force for good to benefit all people, communities and the planet.

We welcome applicants seeking meaningful careers that never stop evolving and who share our values of passion, partnership, integrity and courage.

Job Overview

Account Director

The ideal applicant will blur left-brain, analytical and data-centric understanding with a passion for creativity, culture, and consumer behavior. Working closely with all agency disciplines-including brand strategy, media and data science, public relations, creative, design, project management, and technology-you will help set a vision and a course of action to ensure Colle McVoy continues to build innovative, award-winning brand experiences that connect with today's elusive consumer.

As an Account Director, you will successfully build relationships and inspire clients and team members to create work that transforms behaviors, people and even entire communities. Your positive energy and innovative thinking should be contagious and your leadership second to none. Candidates should bring a strong track record of growing and leading successful teams coupled with a passion for chasing 'what's next' in the ever-evolving marketing communications landscape, while managing integrated teams. You

are responsible for the overall performance of the agency's partnership and performance to drive growth for our clients' profitably.

Responsibilities

* Lead and inspire cross-functional, integrated agency teams

* Foster and grow strong agency/client relationships and manage expectations while delivering work that is strategically sound, creatively driven, on time, on budget, flawlessly executed and delivers business results

* Familiar with clients' businesses, competition and marketing objectives in order to clearly define business problems and apply insights across channels

* Collaborator to great work and master of knowing how to sell it

* Nurture teamwork and mentorship work environment for account management team to ensure depth of client/industry knowledge and agency process

* Persuasive and effective communicator; skilled at negotiation and conflict resolution

* Develop organic growth opportunities

* Drive client growth and profitability and responsible for agency resource allocation and profitability on accounts

* Demonstrated ability to work within regulated industries or categories with a technical or scientific foundation is a plus

Required Skills

* Resourceful with strong management skills and demonstrated team-leadership

* Experience with building and leading integrated teams and excels at internal and external relationships

* Visionary, strategic, curious with strong business acumen and attention to detail

* Deep understanding of tech, data, services, brand, multi-faceted retail and trade components

* Demonstrates initiative, takes actions to drive results

* Effective listener and communicator (written, oral and presentation)

* Ability to inspire others to drive change

* Directly managed integrated teams

Qualifications

* Bachelor's degree or equivalent industry experience

* 8 to 10 years of agency or relevant experience (multi-faceted, multi-million gross income accounts)

* CPG experience is a plus

* Experience in animal health, healthcare, or similarly complex categories is a plus

* Proficient in Microsoft Word,…