Account Director Contract to Perm
Posted Today by Very Media
Negotiable
Undetermined
Remote
United Kingdom
Summary: The Account Director role at Very Media involves leading media planning and buying across various channels in a fully remote environment. The position requires a proactive individual with at least three years of experience in media planning and buying, who can manage client campaigns from inception to completion. The successful candidate will be responsible for developing strategies, negotiating media buys, executing campaigns, and optimizing performance while fostering strong client relationships. Part-time hours may be considered for the right candidate.
Key Responsibilities:
- Develop media strategies and plans that meet client goals, budgets, and audience insights.
- Secure media across channels at the best rates and placements, using strong negotiation and commercial instincts.
- Lead campaign launches, ensuring timelines, budgets, and objectives are met.
- Monitor live campaigns, optimize for performance, and prepare clear client reports with actionable insights.
- Build strong client relationships and lead internal teams to deliver high-quality outcomes with minimal supervision.
- Keep up with media trends, audience behaviour, and competitive activity, and bring fresh ideas to the table.
- Identify opportunities to improve processes, increase efficiency, and grow client accounts through proactive strategy and initiative.
Key Skills:
- At least 3 years experience in media planning and buying at a UK agency.
- Strong understanding of both traditional and digital media landscapes.
- Highly driven self-starter with strong commercial instincts and a proven track record of delivering results.
- Confident negotiator who consistently secures the best value for clients.
- Highly organised and detail-oriented, able to manage multiple campaigns and deadlines with minimal supervision.
- Excellent communicator and presenter, able to clearly articulate strategy and performance to clients.
- Ambitious and proactive, taking ownership of work and constantly looking for ways to improve performance and drive growth.
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: undetermined
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: remote
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: Other
Job Title: Account Director (or Senior Account Manager, dependent on experience)
Location & Employment Type: Remote. Contract to Perm. Part time hours considered for the right candidate
About Very Media
Very Media is a fast-growing, independent media agency delivering best-in-class media planning and buying for clients ranging from start-ups to global brands. We thrive on creativity, results, and helping our clients succeed. As we continue to grow, we’re looking for a highly ambitious, driven self-starter to join our fully remote team and take ownership of client campaigns from start to finish.
The Role
You’ll lead media planning and buying across a variety of channels — TV, radio, OOH, digital, paid content, and trade — while collaborating closely with our programmatic experts. This role is ideal for someone who is proactive, takes initiative, and thrives in a fast-paced remote environment. You’ll be trusted to own campaigns end-to-end, drive performance, and continuously seek improvements without needing direction. Part time hours are possible for the right candidate.
Key Responsibilities
- Plan: Develop media strategies and plans that meet client goals, budgets, and audience insights. Proactively challenge the brief to drive better outcomes.
- Negotiate & Buy: Secure media across channels at the best rates and placements, using strong negotiation and commercial instincts.
- Execute Campaigns: Lead campaign launches, ensuring timelines, budgets, and objectives are met.
- Optimize & Report: Monitor live campaigns, optimize for performance, and prepare clear client reports with actionable insights to proactively recommend improvements.
- Collaborate: Build strong client relationships and lead internal teams to deliver high-quality outcomes with minimal supervision.
- Stay Informed: Keep up with media trends, audience behaviour, and competitive activity, and bring fresh ideas to the table.
- Drive Growth: Identify opportunities to improve processes, increase efficiency, and grow client accounts through proactive strategy and initiative.
Who You Are
At least 3 years experience in media planning and buying at a UK agency, with exposure to multiple media types. Strong understanding of both traditional and digital media landscapes. A highly driven self-starter with strong commercial instincts and a proven track record of delivering results. Confident negotiator who consistently secures the best value for clients. Highly organised and detail-oriented, able to manage multiple campaigns and deadlines with minimal supervision. Excellent communicator and presenter, able to clearly articulate strategy and performance to clients. Ambitious and proactive — you take ownership of your work and constantly look for ways to improve performance and drive growth.
Why Join Us
Fully remote, flexible work setup
Exposure to diverse media campaigns across global clients
Collaborative, supportive team culture that rewards initiative and ambition