Senior Account Director

2 months ago

Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom Sky Full time
Want to do the best work of your life? Make your mark at Europe's leading entertainment brand. Our people make Sky a truly exciting and inclusive place to work - a place where you can be yourself and let your skills shine.
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Our Account Management team at Sky Creative manage projects and campaigns for the UK and European markets across multiple business verticals. We're looking for a Senior Account Director with proven large scale integrated shoot experience to lead some of the biggest projects, partnering with senior partners and leading teams to plan and deliver industry leading creative ad campaigns.
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What you'll do:
  • End to end leadership on briefs as well as having oversight of the status of projects which are being ran by the team.
  • Deputise for the Head of Business, assisting with the running of the team and retained scope of work plus improving and implementing processes.
  • Support the Account Directors and Account Managers in their day-to-day roles as an escalation point as well as a sounding board, to help them navigate the more complex issues within their projects.
  • Be a key influencer and partner with internal and external teams to lead projects and deliver campaigns through Sky's integrated outputs.
  • Distil complex creative and business challenges into simple narratives and sell them in at Head of Department level and above that help achieve business goals.
  • Present in a confident manner, manage feedback effectively and negotiate in a pragmatic way when required, while driving for clear and consolidated feedback.
What you'll bring:
  • Proven account management experience in leading high-profile, large-scale integrated campaigns and projects.
  • Passion and enthusiasm for the power of creativity to help solve business problems with an ability to input strategically on briefs and influence the creative development.
  • Leadership qualities; setting an example for the team and supporting their professional development.
  • Good commercial understanding and proven experience running projects and accounts to budget and time.
  • Ability to forward plan and think big picture as well as being able to support with the detail; a thorough understanding of what's involved in creative development and delivery - managing internal teams to support and deliver on time and to the required standard.
  • The ability to maintain a high-level, customer-focused, strategic outlook but get into the detail when an issue requires it.
Team Overview
Sky Creative is Sky's European Brand and Creative hub providing Brand Strategy, Brand Design, Advertising, Promotions, Broadcast Creative and Digital Design for multiple stakeholders across our European Markets.
From rebranding Sky Sports to designing key art and creating large-scale ATL campaigns for Sky's commissions and original productions, we are uniquely placed to offer our people a huge range of exciting and diverse opportunities.
We believe that an in-house agency is the best of both worlds. A great portfolio of work with unrivalled proximity to our clients, programme makers and commissioners alike. We are passionate about what we do and share first-hand in the success of the brands, shows and content we help create, promote and market.
We're committed to delivering brilliant creative, made by people that love what they do.
The Rewards:
There's a reason people can't stop talking about #LifeAtSky. Our great range of rewards really are something special, here are just a few:
  • Sky Q, for the TV you love all in one place
  • A generous pension package
  • Private healthcare
  • Discounted mobile and broadband
  • Access a wide range of exclusive Sky VIP rewards and experiences
How you'll work:
We know the world has changed, and we want to offer our employees the chance to collaborate at our unique office spaces, whilst enjoying the convenience of working from home.
We've adopted a hybrid working approach to give more flexibility on where and how we work. You'll find out more about what this means for this role during the recruitment process.
Your office base:
Osterley:
Our Osterley Campus is a 10-minute walk from Syon Lane train station. Or you can hop on one of our free shuttle buses that run to and from Osterley, Gunnersbury, Ealing Broadway and South Ealing tube stations. There's also plenty of bike shelters and showers.
On campus, you'll find 13 subsidised restaurants, cafes, and a Waitrose. You can keep in shape at our subsidised gym, catch the latest shows and movies at our cinema, get your car washed and even get pampered at our beauty salon.
Inclusion:
We take pride in our approach to diversity and inclusion: we've been recognised by The Times and Stonewall for this, and we've committed £30million to support the fight against racial injustice. We've also set ambitious targets for increasing ethnic diversity and representation throughout our organisation.
At Sky we don't just look at your CV. We're more focused on who you are and your potential. We also know that everyone has a life outside work, so we're happy to discuss flexible working.
And we'll do everything we can to support you during your application. If you need us to make any adjustments to our recruitment process, speak to our recruitment team who will be happy to support you.
Why wait?
Apply now to build an amazing career and be part of a brilliant team. We can't wait to hear from you.
To find out more about working with us, search #LifeAtSky on social media. A job you love to talk about.
Just so you know: if your application is successful, we'll ask you to complete a criminal record check. And depending on the role you have applied for and the nature of any convictions you may have, we might have to withdraw the offer.

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