Responsibilities

• The Account Director is responsible for leading a portfolio of accounts and managing a cross-functional account team (pod).
• This role owns the overall health, growth, and performance of multiple accounts and is accountable for delivering consistent revenue expansion across the portfolio.
• The Account Director moves beyond individual account management into portfolio-level leadership, ensuring that all accounts are growing, relationships are expanding, and the team is aligned to deliver both execution excellence and strategic impact.
• This role is also responsible for coaching and developing Account Managers and Account Executives, ensuring consistent performance across all accounts.
• This is a player/coach role, both hands on in terms of client interaction and involvement in internal execution.
• Owns a portfolio of 9–12 accounts
• Leads a team pod structure, typically of 2-5 account service team members
• Sets the strategic direction across all accounts within the portfolio
• Ensures alignment between client business objectives, marketing strategy plus execution and delivery
• Leads and oversees integrated marketing efforts across brand and positioning, demand generation, campaign strategy plus content and creative execution

Requirements

• Typically, 9–12+ years’ experience in a B2B marketing, advertising, or agency environment
• Has managed 50–100+ cumulative client relationships, including complex and multi-stakeholder accounts
• Has led 30–80+ marketing strategies, programs, or account plans across multiple industries or verticals
• Has managed/mentored 8-10 direct reports during their career in marketing
• Demonstrates strong expertise in integrated marketing strategy, account portfolio management, multi-account leadership, and marketing performance and optimization
• Proven ability to manage multiple accounts simultaneously at scale, build and maintain senior-level client relationships, and identify and close significant growth opportunities
• Experience leading cross-functional teams and managing pods
• Demonstrated ability to manage large budgets, complex scopes, and multiple timelines across accounts
• Strong leadership and communication skills, including ability to influence senior stakeholders, present strategic recommendations, and lead high-impact discussions

Preferred

• Brand strategy
• Brand positioning
• Messaging architecture
• Value proposition development
• Strategic marketing planning
• Go-to-market strategy
• Market segmentation
• Customer acquisition strategy
• Demand generation strategy
• Revenue marketing

Benefits

• Elevation pays for 95% of employee’s life, health and long-term disability insurance.
• Elevation offers vision, dental and a variety of other benefits that an employee can purchase.
• The kitchen area is full of free snacks and beverages.