Vice President of Account Services, Marketing Studio

Introduction

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The Vice President (VP) of Account Services is a senior leadership role within The Marketing Studio, Gallagher’s global in‑house agency. This role provides oversight and strategic direction for the Account Services functional team, including Account Directors, Campaign Strategists, and Project Managers.

The VP acts as a guardian of strategic integrity, advocating for Growth and Product Marketing initiatives and campaigns that align with Gallagher’s larger marketing goals to focus on revenue‑generating work. Beyond high‑level team leadership, this role serves as the primary champion for the Account and Campaign Strategy teams and their relationship with marketing leadership, ensuring their expertise is leveraged to steer the studio toward high‑impact projects that drive measurable business growth.

• Executive Oversight: Lead, mentor, and inspire a team of Account Directors, Campaign Strategists, and Project Managers, providing the professional development and roadmap necessary for them to excel as strategic partners to the Growth and Product Marketing teams.
• Functional Integration: Foster a high‑performing culture where Account Management (focused on stakeholder advocacy and project delivery) and Campaign Strategy (focused on analytical, goal‑driven campaign execution) operate in synchronization to deliver world‑class outputs.
• Talent Strategy: Collaborate with senior leadership to identify and advocate for Account Services staffing needs and divisional alignment shifts, ensuring the team is structured to support evolving global business demands.

• Marketing Liaison: Act as a senior strategic partner to Growth and Product Marketing Leadership, ensuring proactive line of sight into larger planning initiatives and advocating on behalf of the Marketing Studio to prioritize and support revenue‑generating work.
• Organizational Goal Synchronization: Ensure that campaigns and projects executed by the Marketing Studio directly support Gallagher’s larger corporate initiatives, brand visibility, and revenue‑driving goals.
• Enterprise Advocacy: Serve as the primary executive point of contact for internal stakeholders, ensuring their long‑term marketing challenges and competitive landscapes are deeply understood and addressed by the account team.

• Guardian of Strategy: Act as champion for the Account and Campaign Strategy teams, protecting the integrity of strategic, data‑driven recommendations while balancing the need to meet the day‑to‑day requirements of marketing teams.
• Constructive Push‑Back: Lead the team in effectively challenging misaligned requests from marketers; using expert insights and collaborative communication to steer partners toward solutions that are more effective, on‑brand, and strategically sound.
• Resource & Quality Stewardship: Advocate for the studio’s expertise and bandwidth by defining solutions that meet business needs without exhausting resources or compromising the quality of the output.
• Brand Integrity Governance: Maintain an unyielding standard for Gallagher’s brand integrity, ensuring that individual marketing team goals never supersede the core brand standards and strategic quality of the organization.