Account Director

Nashville, TN (On-site)

Salary Not AvailableSenior Level6+ years expFull time

Posted 4 months ago

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Job Summary

Drive on-site, senior account leadership to manage the live client website and coordinate cross-functional delivery.

  • Must-have: 6–8+ years of agency-side leadership in digital marketing or digital operations.
  • Standout: Proven ability to lead on-site with cross-functional teams, translating client needs into actionable plans.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Manage the live client website as the operational hub, overseeing ongoing maintenance, landing page updates, model year changeovers, vehicle specification changes, and seasonal campaigns
  • Incorporate new vehicle launches, sales initiatives, and promotional campaigns into the site with speed and precision; ensure all updates are strategically aligned and properly implemented
  • Work on-site at the client office as the senior, visible face of the agency; build trust, facilitate decisions, solve problems collaboratively, and maintain relationship health
  • Guide Creative, Development, Project Management, and Marketing teams to deliver all work on brief, on budget, and on schedule; traffic updates, manage QA, and ensure seamless execution
  • Shape the roadmap for site evolution during this transition period; identify optimization opportunities and recommend strategic improvements based on performance and client priorities
  • Partner with client stakeholders, media partners, and internal teams to ensure all site initiatives drive measurable outcomes and support broader marketing goals
  • Work through challenges with clients using consultative, solution-oriented approaches; translate client needs into clear briefs and actionable plans
  • Own accountability for timelines, quality, and successful delivery; serve as the point person who ensures nothing falls through the cracks

Requirements

  • 6–8+ years of agency-side account leadership in digital marketing or digital operations; director-level presence with proven ability to step in and lead immediately (senior account managers with site/digital experience ready to grow are welcome to apply)
  • Demonstrated success managing live websites, overseeing maintenance workflows, coordinating updates, and balancing ongoing operations with strategic initiatives
  • Proven ability to work effectively with Development, Creative, Project Management, and technical teams; comfort coordinating timelines and ensuring smooth execution across disciplines
  • Track record of building trust with sophisticated clients in on-site, embedded environments; ability to influence through collaboration, clarity, and consultative problem-solving
  • Calm, collaborative leadership style with composer under pressure
  • Ability to translate business goals into website strategy, connect campaign initiatives to outcomes, identify opportunities for optimization and growth
  • Experience scoping, planning, and executing multiple initiatives simultaneously; comfort with timelines, resource planning, and ensuring quality delivery
  • Excellent storytelling and presentation skills, especially with senior stakeholders, with the ability to distill complexity into clear narratives and recommendations
  • Agile mindset and are comfortable with an evolving scope and the reality that priorities can shift; you thrive in environments where flexibility and adaptability are valued
  • Bonus if you have automotive background

Preferred

  • Bonus if you have automotive background

Benefits

  • Global maternity and parental leave
  • Competitive benefits packages
  • Vacation, compassionate leave, and sick days
  • Access to online services for families and new parents
  • Summer Fridays (off at 3:00 PM local time every Friday)
  • Diversity and Inclusion Board with 12 affinity groups
  • Internal learning and development programs
  • Enterprise-wide employee discounts
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Critical Mass is a team of 1,900 inspired folks based in 13 offices around the world, providing full-service digital capabilities for the greatest brands on Earth. Our secret sauce is our uncompromising design standards, our relentless focus on customers, and an ability to put powerful new technologies to work for our clients. We work with the best—Apple, Nike, Mars Wrigley, Nissan, Diageo, Airbnb, BMW, BNY Mellon, Johnson & Johnson, and many more—brands who strive for connected digital ecosystems and unparalleled experiences. We help them get there by gaining deep insight into their consumers and orchestrating data, AI, design, media, and tech stacks around human stories.We’re a global agency founded in Canada, but digital is our home. If you know us, then you know we’re a special, quirky place that attracts big talent and tiny egos. (We actually give out a “so f-n nice” award—lots of them). But just because we’re friendly doesn’t mean we’re not a force to be reckoned with. We’re driven. Relentless. And we live our values. We’re Critical Mass, but our friends call us CM. Please call us CM!

Founded in 1996
Calgary, Alberta, CAN
1.8K employees (728 in marketing)
43% recommend to a friend
44% CEO approval

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
30.3K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
46.7%
Direct
41.5%
Referral
6.8%
Social
3.9%
Paid
1%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~1.8K

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
347 (19% of company)
Median Career Experience
10 years
Median Tenure
4.8 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
6

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