Account Director

ESMOS Recruitment is seeking an experienced Account Director on behalf of a leading events company based in Riyadh, KSA
.

The successful candidate will lead key client accounts, drive account growth, and oversee the successful delivery of events, exhibitions, and experiential projects. This is a senior client-facing role requiring strong commercial awareness, relationship management, and project delivery experience.

• Manage and develop key client relationships, acting as a senior point of contact.
• Lead accounts from initial brief through planning, delivery, and post-event review.
• Identify opportunities for account growth and additional revenue.
• Oversee project budgets, profitability, forecasting, and commercial performance.
• Collaborate with creative, production, operations, and technical teams to ensure successful delivery.
• Ensure projects are delivered on time, within budget, and to agreed client expectations.
• Lead and support pitches, proposals, tenders, and new business opportunities.
• Manage project scope, client expectations, and commercial or operational risks.
• Provide leadership and guidance to account and project teams.

• Proven experience as an Account Director, Senior Account Manager, Client Services Director
  , or in a similar senior client-facing role.
• Strong background in the events, exhibitions, experiential, or related agency sector
  .
• Demonstrated experience managing major client accounts and complex projects.
• Strong commercial understanding, including budgets, profitability, forecasting, and account growth.
• Excellent client management, communication, presentation, and negotiation skills.
• Experience working with multidisciplinary creative, production, and operational teams.
• Strong leadership, organisational, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to manage multiple projects and priorities in a fast-paced environment.