Account Director

About Ogilvy

Ogilvy was founded in 1948 by David Ogilvy. David created a culture that deeply respects and cares about its people and clients. Our mission is to inspire people and brands to make an impact and we are committed to attracting, growing, and retaining the best talent in the industry.

About the Role

Account Directors serve as team leaders, advisors and partners to the internal team and client. You have a keen ability to manage multi-disciplinary projects across the agency, partnering with both internal and external stakeholders. You have a natural curiosity and are motivated by driving excellent results. You provide leadership in the development of strategic plans that will grow client business and generate revenue. You supervise, train, and motivate account team members to ensure a pervasive high level of performance.

Expected to be onsite at client location in New Jersey three days per week.

What You'll Do

• Strategically build client relationships and effectively negotiate & drive scopes of work

• Responsible for overall client satisfaction always hunting for solutions and innovative ideas

• Help lead cross-functional teams inclusive of strategy, creative, technology and production to deliver integrated solutions and identify new business opportunities

• Build strong, collaborative, and trusted relationships with creative and strategic partners

• Effectively manage teams - coaching and inspiring the growth and development of junior staff providing consistent feedback, training, and growth opportunities

• Act as an open resource to the team, assessing ideas and encouraging people to push further

• Monitor and communicate POV on current marketing and industry issues

• Demonstrate responsibility and accountability for agency performance and flawless delivery

• Powerful communicator, able to engender trust across all levels

• Expected to be onsite at client location in New Jersey two to three days per week.

What You'll Need:

• 8+ years of agency experience including 3-5 experience managing a team

• Required skills/experience/familiarity in the digital marketing and campaign environment space

• Work will focus on planning/execution/optimization of integrated campaigns with a focus on landing pages, websites, SEO and email

• Experience leveraging data to develop insights to help inform the work

• Ability to possess and balance the big picture with the tactical details of daily activities and projects

• Strategic and consultative while also have strong attention to detail

• Strong communication and excellent interpersonal skills

• Understanding of the complex advertising landscape and how to bring together cohesive teams and programs to drive results

• Commitment to ensuring creative excellent and output

• Passionate about great work, your team and our business

• A good listener - someone who reads people and a room (and adapts their style accordingly)

• Diplomatic and empathetic leader

How We'll Support You:

Ogilvy celebrates its people. Fully. Enthusiastically. Unhesitatingly. We'll empower you with the tools you'll need to succeed. We'll give you the autonomy to seek out new paths and better ways of doing things. We'll support you with colleagues who are experts in their disciplines, drawn from across the Ogilvy network. And we'll provide opportunities for you to do work of which you'll be proud, with people you'll be proud to call your teammates.

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