Vice President, Group Account Director

Company Description

Martin Retail Group is a leading force in local retail marketing, specializing in strategic, turn-key solutions for global automotive brands. Since our founding in 1977, we've grown to 400+ team members across the United States, representing thousands of dealerships and placing over $1B of media annually – all focused on helping our clients sell more cars and trucks. We pride ourselves on being more than a traditional  ad agency , delivering targeted results.

We're also backed by the incredible resources of Publicis Groupe, offering unparalleled world-class technology and capabilities. If you're looking to make a significant impact in a dynamic, specialized field, explore a career with us.

The VP, Group Account Director will serve as a senior client partner for Chevrolet Retail, leading relationships with key Sales and Marketing stakeholders and helping connect national priorities to field, LMA and dealer execution. This role is responsible for driving strategic alignment, elevating the quality of retail execution and communications, and strengthening long-term partnership value between Chevrolet and Martin Retail Group, with oversight of Chevrolet Tier 2 media, partnering closely with the media team to ensure strategic alignment and integrated, flawless execution across markets and channels.

The ideal candidate brings a balance of strategic thinking, executive presence and operational excellence, with the ability to anticipate client needs, navigate a complex stakeholder environment and translate business priorities into clear, actionable plans that drive measurable impact.

• Serve as a senior strategic partner and primary point of contact for Chevrolet Retail client leadership, including Sales, Marketing, Sales Operations and executive stakeholders.
• Lead ongoing client engagement through structured working sessions and executive-level interactions, ensuring alignment, clarity and forward momentum.
• Actively build and strengthen trusted relationships across the Chevrolet client organization, field organization and broader retail ecosystem.
• Provide strategic POV and guidance on retail performance, market dynamics and growth opportunities through collaboration with MRG field, media, analytics and communications teams.
• Partner with Media leadership to align Chevrolet Tier 2 media strategy with retail priorities, marketplace needs and measurable business outcomes.
• Anticipate emerging client needs, business issues and opportunities, proactively mobilizing agency resources and bringing forward clear recommendations.
• Support executive and dealer communications, ensuring clarity, alignment and consistency in how strategies and priorities are conveyed.
• Lead high-impact client discussions, bringing clear recommendations and driving alignment on key decisions.
• Translate client priorities into actionable direction for internal teams, ensuring alignment from strategy through execution.
• Partner with the Analytics team on the performance narrative connecting media and retail activity to business outcomes.
• Connect Chevrolet national priorities and Tier 1 activity with Tier 2 Zone and LMA media and field execution, ensuring strategies are fully integrated across tiers and actionable in local markets.
• Provide senior oversight and guidance for the team’s Chevrolet leadership communications and operating cadences, ensuring business priorities are translated into clear narratives, decisions and actions for client, agency and field stakeholders.
• Ensure dealer needs and Martin Retail Group value creation remain at the core of all strategies and solutions.

• Lead cross-functional coordination across Account, Media, Analytics, Field,…