Associate Director, Client Partner

USA (Remote)

$108K/yr – $130K/yrManager7+ years expFull time

Posted 9 days ago

Job Summary

Owns client relationships, leads day-to-day account operations, and orchestrates cross‑channel strategy and delivery across multiple campaigns.

  • Own and nurture client partnerships while aligning multi-discipline teams
  • Drive strategy, execution, and executive-ready deliverables for client growth
  • Capture opportunities for upsell and new business pitches

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Responsible for developing and maintaining a strong rapport with their client - being the trusted advisor to the client and key face of the account team. Responsible for leading communications and day-to-day team operations to deliver effective strategy towards client goals.
  • Maintain a strong understanding of the holistic business for each client in their portfolio - with insights on their competitors, overarching business goals, engagements with other agency partners, performance priorities, etc.
  • Responsible for orchestrating multi-discipline collaboration of activation, data, planning and tech teams for flawless execution of full-funnel, cross-channel campaign strategy and activation. Serves as the day-to-day account leader responsible for managing client expectations and effectively setting the account team up for shared success.
  • Define channel mix and budget allocations by channel
  • Possess a deep proficiency in Search, Social, with a core understanding of Programmatic, Data Sciences & Analytics, Creative, SEO/CRO and have a strategic perspective on how/when to utilize various channels and how they work together to help meet client business goals.
  • Hold recurring check-ins with client senior points of contact to proactively solicit feedback and discuss larger client business initiatives. Relay information from clients to account & activation leads and build strategies accordingly or develop action plans to continue driving business growth.
  • Responsible for all major deliverables and presentations for their client portfolio ( QBRs, annual review, in-person strategy meetings, tactical presentations, etc) to ensure activation teams across the board (media and growth) are delivering high-quality, innovative strategy - with a consistent story line to push their clients business and goals forward. Assist Director, Client Partner in creation of any executive level presentations as needed.
  • Always looks ‘10 steps ahead’ when it comes to flagging risk, opportunity, and future needs for client stability and success
  • Ensure successful onboarding of all new clients within their portfolio - overseeing initial overarching strategy, account management/collaboration process is set up for success, and client interactions and performance are off to a healthy start
  • Ensure new team members are properly onboarded to each account, not just with day-to-day knowledge & skills development, but by providing a full deep dive into each clients’ business and priorities.

Requirements

  • 7+ years of experience in client-facing roles with cross-channel, digital media planning and activation contexts, with a minimum 3 years of experience directly leading client relationships and managing accounts at an agency; or equivalent experience on client side.
  • Natural, proven leadership instincts that your team will want to follow, and your clients will implicitly trust. Able to understand clients' visible and invisible needs.
  • Able to clearly and concisely articulate a persuasive point of view, both written and verbal, presenting to project stakeholders.
  • The ability to provide feedback and strategic guidance to all paid media channels (search, social, shopping, display, mobile, native and video)
  • Preferably hands-on experience with, if not deep understanding of, Google Search, Bing Search, Meta Ads, YouTube, Google Display Network, TikTok, Snapchat, Pinterest, LinkedIn, and major DSPs

Benefits

  • Healthcare, Dental, and Vision coverage
  • 401K plan, plus matching
  • PTO
  • Paid Company Holidays
  • Parental Leave
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DEPT® is a Growth Invention company built to help the world’s most ambitious brands grow faster. Operating at the intersection of technology and marketing, our 4,000+ specialists deliver growth invention across Brand & Media, Experience, Commerce, CRM, and Technology & Data. We’re 50|50 tech and marketing, partner-led, and first to move. Clients include Google, Lufthansa, Coach, eBay, and OpenAI. Certified B Corp and Climate Neutral since 2021.

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