Account Director

Award winning, full service Advertising Agency in Downtown Tampa is seeking an Account Director to join our innovative team. We are a group of kick ass entrepreneurial team members who collectively gather to develop strategies that drive action. Our diverse team is currently composed of 100+ individuals and we continue to grow. PPK is a creative force that pushes the limits and takes risks, encouraging out of the box thinking and doing the unexpected.

We’re not only creative, but we are doers who continuously motivate and inspire each other to accomplish a vision from start to finish. It’s our drive and ability to inspire and execute that has brought us the success and growth we are experiencing.

The Account Director is responsible for leading strategic business planning, creative strategy and execution, large-scale productions, marketing campaigns and agency financials. This role is able to develop meaningful and trustworthy relationships with all ranks on the client-side and agency-side. The Account Director possesses strong team supervision and development skills and orchestrates cross functional teams to achieve strong client results, participates in the hiring and personnel selection process, and is accountable for the performance and development of direct reports.

The AD is a marketing expert; fluent across integrated media, production, and an industry expert for each client’s business. The AD must work well with other department leadership to help the agency uncover objectives and deliver on clients’ business needs. This person crafts appropriate strategies and identifies tactics to help achieve client objectives and coordinates delivery of multiple products and services to each client.

The Account Director is the primary lead on written POVs and presentations, creating and interpreting basic analysis, and identifying opportunities for more advanced analysis. As the team leader, this role must manage processes effectively and profitably, and seek to make contributions beyond basic job requirements to help fuel agency and team growth (e.g. account growth, new business, thought leadership/industry perspectives, speaking engagements, recruiting).

The Account Director will be expected to represent the agency directly with the client by working effectively with technical directors, data analysts, front-end and back-end developers, social media strategists, media planners, digital media buyers, video editors and content developers, creative directors, art directors and copywriters. This role requires passion for the business and the service of advertising, and has a persistent focus on helping the agency create and execute award-winning work.

• Lead all aspects of the client business providing superior customer service while maximizing business opportunities.
• Lead and manage all strategic channel planning activities associated with the assigned account(s).
• Establish and grow a strong relationship with multiple senior clients stakeholders through a demonstration of industry knowledge and of the application to business challenges.
• Effectively lead multiple projects and initiatives simultaneously; troubleshoot and mitigate risks, as well as ensure effective communication around the plans.
• Schedule, organize and facilitate client campaign initiatives across all agency channels; hold regular internal meetings to effectively guide client conversations to ensure clarity and productivity.
• Develop and maintain excellent relations with internal teams to ensure successful execution of projects and budget management within a positive working environment.
• Demonstrate confidence, authority and level-headed decision-making.
• Manage proposal development, project management, financial projections and forecasting.
• Monitor results and analytics on campaigns and client business performance.
• Prepare and/or supervise thorough, accurate and timely client presentations, job starters, change orders, creative briefs, media plan requests (online and offline), buy authorizations and timelines.
• Lead your teams to obtain all required client approvals.
• Lead and plan large-scale productions, working closely with Agency…