Account Director (Temporary)

New York, USA (On-site)

$46/hr – $74/hrSenior Level7+ years expTemporary

Posted 4 months ago

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Job Summary

Drive high-level agency strategy and client success across multiple accounts with cross-functional leadership and data-informed decision making.

  • Must-have: extensive client-management and cross-functional leadership experience in an agency setting
  • Standout: strong presentation skills and proven ability to turn insights into strategy
  • Standout: budgeting and forecasting experience with multi-client programs

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • You’ll spearhead the strategy and development for integrated projects and ensure ever-improving service across multiple clients. Day to day, your role includes:
  • Partnering with clients to develop their goals and marketing strategies, adding strategic value, and ensuring that they get the best results from the whole agency team
  • Displaying powerful presentation skills that invite participation and effect desired outcomes
  • Ensuring work is client-ready by paying astute attention to detail
  • Leading cross-capability teams to deliver creative thinking and powerful ideas that meet client objectives
  • Using analysis to drive decisions (as opposed to taking orders) in a way that yields sustained, measurable results
  • Serving as the voice of the client internally and the voice of the agency externally – and acting as the trusted voice of the customer by bringing insights into creative strategy and marketing program development
  • Fostering an environment of partnership with other capabilities (e.g., Brand Strategy, Integrated Production)
  • Acting as mentor and trusted advisor to team members
  • Keeping sustainable, long-term client relationships by mitigating risk and ensuring account profitability
  • Partnering with Senior Leadership to set goals and plan for future fiscal year(s), and working closely with Delivery Management and Client Finance on forecasting, billing, and reconciling fee and PT budgets

Requirements

  • An unwavering passion for marketing, and an unstoppable drive to bring the best work to life
  • Four years of college education and seven to nine years of experience – including five years at a creative agency (both client side and digital agency experience desirable); MBA degree preferred
  • Strong experience managing client relationships, managing a marketing team, and developing marketing strategy
  • Superior analytical skills and strategic thinking – you’re strong on both IQ and EQ, as adept at reading data as you are at reading clients
  • Effective time-management, impeccable organization, and the flexibility to adapt quickly to changes
  • Proven project management and performance management skills – you’re known for your ability to coach and develop talent, inspire and drive change, and bring varied groups together to collaborate effectively
  • Superb communication and presentation skills – you’re articulate, straightforward, and engaging
  • Demonstrated budget management and resource planning experience
  • Familiarity with prompt-based interaction and commonly used generative AI tools (e.g., ChatGPT, Google Gemini, DALL·E, Midjourney) is a plus, especially for tasks like ideation, research, or content generation.

Preferred

  • MBA degree preferred
  • Familiarity with prompt-based interaction and commonly used generative AI tools is a plus

Benefits

  • our benefits package includes medical coverage, dental, vision, disability, 401K, as well as parental and family care leave, family forming assistance, tuition reimbursement, and flexible time off.
  • Publicis Groupe provides robust and inclusive benefit programs and policies to support the evolving and diverse needs of our talent and enable every person to grow and thrive.
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Digitas North America

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Digitas is the Networked Experience Agency, built on the vision that we create magnetic experiences that earn the right for brands to exist in human networks. Today, and tomorrow. We deliver Networked Experiences by leveraging comprehensive data, technology, creative, media and strategy capabilities. Digitas delivers ambitious outcomes via unique solutions that include Creative Experiences, Integrated Media, Addressable Relationships, Social Marketing and Total Commerce. Celebrated by AdAge as Data and Insights Agency of the Year, U.S Campaign’s Brand Experience Agency of the Year, Media Network of the Year and celebrated by Forrester and Gartner, Digitas serves the world’s leading brands through a global network comprised of more than 5,500 employees across over 65 offices in 43 countries.

Founded in 1980
Boston, Massachusetts, US
2.8K employees (892 in marketing)
74% recommend to a friend
82% CEO approval

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67.2K
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42.7%
Referral
6.8%
Social
6.2%
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Current headcount: ~2.9K

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
673 (23% of company)
Median Career Experience
11 years
Median Tenure
3.9 years
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