Account Director

Key Responsibilities

• Leverage your digital expertise to navigate clients’ requirements and objectives to create breakthrough digital experiences across a variety of channels including web, search, social, and video, defying conventions, and creativity.
• Provide ongoing mentorship to junior and intermediate digital team members
• Develop and collaborate to build strong relationships with client and agency stakeholders across various disciplines, business areas and regions, developing a strong integrated product.
• Provide thought leadership to client and agency stakeholders surrounding industry trends, media landscape changes, and general POVs on platforms and technology.
• Manage the workload, workflow, engagement, and professional development of direct reports
• Contribute to new business development activities and pitches
• Define standards, guidelines, and processes that enable agile delivery through automation
• Supports the media buying teams throughout the campaign activation process to maintain performance and resolve issues
• Defines reporting standards for clients demonstrating the strategy and rationale executed to deliver on campaign goals
• Instils a high-performance, data-driven, continuous improvement culture within a shared service organization
• Develop and maintain up-to-date knowledge of digital media technologies and their applications in the media and advertising industry

Qualification & Requirements

• 8+ years of experience in Media
• 5+ years of experience in Paid Search and Paid Social channels
• 3+ years of experience managing a team of direct reports
• Extensive experience in driving measurable outcomes for lead generation and ecommerce businesses
• Mastery in interpreting data and research to develop meaningful insights
• Experienced storyteller and presenter, accomplished in developing and delivering strategic presentations with the ability to think on one’s feet
• Post-secondary Degree or Diploma in Media, Advertising, Business Administration, Marketing, or related field.
• Strong analytical skills with expert knowledge of Google Ads and Google Analytics
• Ability to organize ideas and present back information logically and sequentially.
• A sense of curiosity, and desire to innovate/test new approaches

Benefits

Dentsu Aegis Network (DAN) offers a wide range of health & welfare programs through our Flexible Benefits Program as well as voluntary benefit plans through our Lifestyle Benefits Program. All programs are designed to meet the diverse needs of our employees.