Senior Account Director

2 weeks ago


Cirencester Gloucestershire, United Kingdom HH Global Full time

Purpose of the Job

The role of the Senior Account Director is to support the Regional Account Director by leading a high performing team to ensure exceptional client service, growing and developing a portfolio of client accounts and increase profitability.

  • Key member of the Commercial Team, helping to formulate and deliver the growth strategy for client portfolio.
  • Strategically own, have responsibility for, manage and lead the client relationship.
  • Manage a portfolio of clients with a total revenue of >£3M.
  • Demonstrate strong commercial knowledge, ownership of the revenue and forecast for your clients.
  • Proactively seek out opportunities for organic client growth.
  • Play a leading role in RFI/RFP and Pitch responses, being able to develop and present these responses to win new business.
  • Line management responsibility be able to coach and mentor colleagues for eight+ direct reports.
  • Strong on the development of creative briefs, tenders and strategic development of projects
  • Be an inspirational leader, mentor and team manager to deliver the highest standards of client service

Key Responsibilities

  • Overall responsibility for achieving client account financial revenue targets
  • Responsible for the client forecast and attaining revenue targets.
  • Vigilantly seeks to optimise the agency services and internal resources.
  • Responsibility for Account Development Plans.
  • Regarded by the client and team as go to person able to provide support and counsel
  • Ensure the client is confident in the proactive management of the account (ensure 360 client feedback is sought)
  • Proactively manages relationships with clients and seeks opportunities to strengthen/build new relationships.
  • Seeks opportunities to showcase agency work among current and prospective clients.
  • Seeks opportunities to grow business within current accounts and into new accounts connected with that client.
  • Expert presentation skills and provides senior representation and strategic support to clients.
  • Ensure accounts are managed profitably, reconciling agency hours and costs appropriately
  • Ability to identify opportunities and actively convert these into briefs and revenue for the agency.
  • Lead strategic or planning meetings. Drive project management and ensure strategic alignment throughout.
  • Ensure projects and brands stay true to strategic goals
  • Initial understanding of project purpose and the project objectives
  • Defining the project scope of work, overseeing the project quotation for internal and external services
  • Identify key milestones related to project delivery and control
  • Accountable for the planning, execution and control of client projects
  • Keep brands strategy in focus through project life cycle
  • As a senior member of the team, play a proactive part in developing sector strategy, marketing and the wider Agency processes
  • Lead and motivate those working with and for you, including line management and support your teams’ development
  • Be excellent at managing relationships across the organisation
  • Ensure your team is clear as to the financial goals for the year and the plans for achieving them
  • Always project HH Global positively within the organisation and ensure team members do the same

Knowledge, Skills + Experience:

  • Agency experience at a senior client account management level
  • Proven leadership, people management & motivation skills (both internally and externally) and a proven track record of building lasting relationships with clients
  • Experience of working within a data-driven marketing or creative agency
  • Pitch and RFI experience and be able to confidently and enthusiastically represent our business to new clients.
  • Demonstrable experience of people management skills (both internally and externally) and a proven track record of building lasting relationships with clients
  • Great presentation skills and ability to drive pitch success
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
  • Ability to work under pressure and meet/exceed timelines
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