Sr. Business Director

We are an award-winning independent creative solutions company that aspires to be the most culturally-influential company in the world. We help ambitious brands harness the power of culture to solve their biggest challenges. As a unique mix of experts in culture, technology, and storytelling, we are united by a passion to grow brands in ways that advertising alone can never do.

We are an entrepreneurial business – not a traditional “ad agency.” That means we value resourcefulness and tenacity just as much as we value creativity and intelligence. We’re unapologetically ambitious!

We are looking for a Sr. Business Director to join Translation and lead one of our most visible and consequential client partnerships. The Sr. Business Director is a senior client and business leader responsible for the success, growth, and health of a significant, complex account. This person has already demonstrated success at the Business Director level and brings greater executive influence, commercial judgment, and organizational leadership.

They will serve as a strategic advisor to senior clients, lead integrated teams, and remain close to the work while actively shaping and pushing clients forward in culture.

We are looking for a Sr. Business Director to join Translation and lead one of our most visible and consequential client partnerships. The Sr. Business Director is a senior client and business leader responsible for the success, growth, and health of a significant, complex account. This person has already demonstrated success at the Business Director level and brings greater executive influence, commercial judgment, and organizational leadership.

They will serve as a strategic advisor to senior clients, lead integrated teams, and remain close to the work while actively shaping and pushing clients forward in culture.

As a Business Director, you will serve as a strategic leader and trusted client partner, deeply invested in understanding your clients’ business challenges and uncovering opportunities to solve them through innovative, culturally attuned creative solutions. You’ll cultivate strong, proactive client relationships, guide cross-functional teams, and drive initiatives that deliver measurable business impact. With Program Management leading operational excellence, you will focus on shaping strategic agendas, fostering growth, and ensuring our work drives tangible results for both the client and agency.

As a Business Director, you will serve as a strategic leader and trusted client partner, deeply invested in understanding your clients’ business challenges and uncovering opportunities to solve them through innovative, culturally attuned creative solutions. You’ll cultivate strong, proactive client relationships, guide cross-functional teams, and drive initiatives that deliver measurable business impact. With Program Management leading operational excellence, you will focus on shaping strategic agendas, fostering growth, and ensuring our work drives tangible results for both the client and agency.

• Own the overall health, performance, growth, and senior client relationships for a flagship national account.
• Serve as a trusted strategic advisor to Director-level stakeholders, shaping agendas, influencing decisions, and constructively challenging clients with a clear point of view.
• Translate complex business, consumer, category, and cultural dynamics into clear strategic direction and stronger creative work.
• Lead integrated teams across Business Leadership, Strategy, Context, Creative, Program Management, Production, Analytics, and Partner Agencies, creating clarity around objectives, priorities, roles, and decisions.
• Ensure work meets Translation’s standards for strategic rigor, creative…