Senior Account Director

2 weeks ago

London, UK, United Kingdom Aquent Full time

Job Title: Senior Account Director (TV)

Client Location: West London (3 days onsite per week)

Starting: July 2024

Salary/Pay Rate: up to £400 per day (Umbrella)

Hours: Full-time

Duration: 4-month initial booking


Aquent is working with our entertainment client to find a talented and experienced Senior Account Director to join their talent pool and work on some of their most exciting campaigns. In this role, you will have oversight of day-to-day operational issues and the campaign AD team.


There is a 4-month initial booking scheduled to start ASAP. You will also be onboarded onto our client’s talent pool for 12 months. Our client operates on a hybrid model where you will be required to work from their West London campus 3 days a week, on Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays. Wednesdays and Fridays can be worked remotely from home. The role offers a rate of up to £400 per day which will have to be through an FSCA Umbrella company from our PSL.


Day-to-day responsibilities :

  • Deputise for the Head of Business, assisting with the running of the team and retained scope of work
  • Improving and implementing processes
  • Support the Account Directors in their day-to-day roles as an escalation point as well as a sounding board on the project
  • Run a vertical, leading team meetings, both internal and external & managing up to the Head of Business on priorities & updates
  • End-to-end leadership on the most high-profile and business-critical Tier 1 briefs and oversight of the status of projects the Account Directors are running
  • Partner with the ECDs/Creative Director to lead a project team including creative, production and strategy to deliver advertising campaigns across the brand's content, channels, platforms, products and services
  • Ensure clear client briefs are received on time and crafted for the creative and production teams to work from
  • Accountable for contact reports and project updates, to be cascaded to both internal and external teams as part of owning and driving the plan forward
  • Ownership of annual plans and laydowns and working with the Resource Management Team and Production teams to forward-plan activity and ensure shifting plans for work are managed, recognised and escalated as necessary
  • Accountable for the overall fiscal control and rigour of projects. Collaborate with production to ensure budgeting, tracking and reporting are efficient and accurate
  • Support the Head of Business in preparing for monthly finance reports to the business
  • Anticipate risks and issues, proactively recommend solutions at all stages of the strategic/creative/production development process
  • Manage the relationship with Marketing, media agency and other hub partners to enable the best, joined-up creative output across all briefs within the parameters we set


Minimum requirements:

  • Deep knowledge and understanding of Branding and Advertising Integrated creative and the process of planning through to delivery
  • Balance the demands of operational detail with simplicity of communication
  • Able to present to and influence senior leaders across the organisation
  • Ability to lead large scale multi-million £ campaigns, through the line
  • Substantial Account Management experience in leading large, complex fully integrated campaigns – in fast-paced busy environments
  • Experience leading teams within agency environments – both direct and indirect
  • Financial accountability - running projects and accounts to budget and time
  • Ability to build and maintain relationships at a very senior level
  • Distil complex creative and business ideas into simple narratives and sell them in at HoD level and above that help achieve business goals
  • Ability to input strategically on briefs and add value during the creative development process
  • Experience working across a breadth of creative disciplines and an understanding of how to get different creative functions to collaborate for a better output


We’d love you to apply for this Freelance Senior Account Director role, so please submit your CV today


*This role is open for a limited time. Next steps will be shared with shortlisted candidates ASAP. Due to the high volume of applicants, we may be unable to reply to each applicant individually. If you have not received a response within 48 hours of your application, please assume that you have not been selected for progression to the next stage of the hiring process


Client Description

Our Client is a giant media and entertainment company, with over 24 million customers in Europe. They’re keen on keeping people connected, and their upcoming media investments are expected to bring billions of pounds and over 2000 jobs to the UK creative sector. Beyond business, they’re taking big strides in diversity and sustainability with ambitious public goals in both - including 20% BAME representation by 2025, and carbon neutrality by 2030.


Aquent is dedicated to improving inclusivity & is proudly an equal opportunities employer. We encourage applications from under-represented groups & are committed to providing support to applicants with disabilities. We aim to provide reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, to those with a medical condition, disability or neurodivergence.

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