Senior Account Director [210172]

Aquent is partnering with a prominent global media and entertainment organization that is shaping the future of content delivery and consumer engagement. This organization is renowned for its innovative approach and commitment to delivering exceptional experiences across various platforms. They are seeking visionary talent to join their dynamic team and drive impactful creative and operational excellence. Are you a seasoned leader ready to drive the operational and creative success of a key business vertical within a dynamic media landscape? This pivotal role places you at the forefront of delivering best-in-class advertising campaigns, shaping strategic marketing initiatives, and fostering collaborative excellence. You’ll be the linchpin, ensuring seamless execution and impactful creative output that resonates across diverse channels and platforms, directly contributing to the growth and success of a major brand. Your leadership will directly influence the quality and effectiveness of creative output, making a tangible difference in how the organization connects with its audience. This is a 2 weeks rolling booking, offering up to £466 per day (via Umbrella) – 40hrs/week (PAYE). The shorlisted candidates will be contacted ASAP. Due to the high volume of applicants, we may be unable to reply to each applicant individually.

Responsibilities

• Deputize for the Head of Business, assisting with team management and retained scope of work.
• Improve and implement operational processes to enhance efficiency and output.
• Support Account Directors as an escalation point and sounding board for project guidance.
• Lead a business vertical, managing internal and external team meetings, and reporting priorities and updates to senior leadership.
• Provide end-to-end leadership on the most high-profile and business-critical briefs, overseeing the status of projects managed by Account Directors.
• Partner with creative and production leadership to guide project teams including creative, production, and strategy, delivering advertising campaigns across content, channels, platforms, products, and services.
• Ensure clear client briefs are received on time and are optimized for creative and production teams.
• Accountable for contact reports and project updates, ensuring timely communication to internal and external teams to drive project plans forward.
• Own annual plans and marketing laydowns, collaborating with Resource Management and Production teams for forward planning, managing shifting priorities, and escalating as necessary.
• Accountable for the overall fiscal control and rigor of projects, collaborating with production to ensure efficient and accurate budgeting, tracking, and reporting.
• Support the Head of Business in preparing for monthly finance reports.
• Anticipate risks and issues, proactively recommending solutions at all stages of the strategic, creative, and production development process.
• Manage relationships with marketing teams, media agencies, and other partners to ensure integrated and high-quality creative output across all briefs.

Must-Have Qualifications

• Deep knowledge and understanding of through-the-line (TTL) branding and advertising creative, from planning through to delivery.
• Ability to balance operational detail with clear and simple communication.
• Proven ability to present to and influence senior leaders across an organization.
• Experience leading large-scale, multi-million campaigns across all channels.
• Account Management experience leading large, complex, fully integrated campaigns in fast-paced environments.
• Experience leading teams within agency environments, both directly and indirectly.
• Financial accountability, including running projects and accounts to budget and time.
• Ability to build and maintain relationships at a very senior level.
• Adept at distilling complex creative and business ideas into simple narratives and effectively selling them in at a senior leadership level to 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 understanding how to foster collaboration for superior output.

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.