Account Director - fashion & beauty

The Account Director is the senior person on an account and oversees the creative, strategic and operational direction in order to deliver excellence. The Account Director is responsible for gaining a clear understanding of the existing client needs, developing and implementing relationships and strategies to increase the company’s service offerings to the client. (* denotes an “essential function”) • Oversee one or more account teams • Manage the team to ensure the delivery of BAU operational excellence • Manage the day to day client relationship • Identify opportunities to develop the account • Ensure the achievement of budgeted profit • Provide leadership for an individual or team • Directly responsible for account P&L. Build and expand client pricing schedules to align with client support requirements • *Seek opportunities to expand service offerings • *Conduct budget review meetings with the client as needed • Ensure regular communication with clients and manage client expectations • Be the senior point of contact for the client. • 5+ years of experience in Account Management • 4-7 years sales background or project management background • Minimum 3 years experience in marketing production service delivery or a sourcing role • Strong subject matter expertise in Creative Production or Sourcing • Working knowledge of campaign management and content production across all media channels • Understanding production and versioning of TVC elements, digital and social exection, print (including direct mail, literature), Press and Out of Home (OOH) • Experience with leveraging Project Management, Workflow and Digital Asset Management technology • Experience with the billing cycle from invoice generation to accounts receivables • Experience in more than 1 more media type • Demonstrate ownership and management of one or more P&Ls • Superior customer service skills • Excellent written and verbal communication skills • Ability to multitask, prioritize workload and must be extremely detail oriented • Polished presentation skills • Highly organized • Motivate and lead a team