Group Director, Client Partnership (Media)

USA (Remote)

$180K/yr – $215K/yrDirector/Executive12+ years expFull time

Posted 3 months ago

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Job Summary

Drive strategic client partnerships and revenue growth as the primary DEPT client partner, owning senior-level relationships, scope and financials, and cross-sell opportunities.

  • Must-have: 12+ years in agency client-service roles with large, multi-service retainers.
  • Strong client revenue management, scope governance, and cross-sell capability across complex campaigns.
  • Proven ability to lead senior-level conversations, negotiate contracts, and align projects with business strategy.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • ABILITY TO work in partnership with senior clients to develop annual strategies.
  • Ability to establish themselves as true business partners, thought leaders and innovators at DEPT.
  • Responsible for holding recurring meetings with senior leadership on the client side focused on pushing their business forward, macro goals, industry trends/updates, and new opportunities to drive growth.
  • Responsible for being the primary relationship holder for the client within DEPT®
  • Responsible for ensuring client satisfaction by regularly communicating with senior decision-makers
  • Responsible for high client retention and growth
  • Ability to be a point of escalation on their accounts and effectively solve issues that arise, whether internally or with clients
  • Ability to reach out to clients directly when service issues arise
  • Ability to lead new business pitches and proposals alongside leadership and growth team
  • Ability to forecast, reconcile, and monitor client revenue and profitability

Requirements

  • 12+ years of experience in roles servicing clients in an agency environment
  • Experience managing large clients, AOR,s and agency teams
  • Experience managing complex campaigns and retainers
  • Experience in leading a high-volume, multi-service retainer(s) for brands/clients
  • Experience working on a global brand
  • Confident with both brand and conversion/direct-response campaigns
  • Experience leading, motivating, and coaching teams of 10+ people
  • Experience inspiring, and able to create a proactive and energized team culture
  • Must have strong delegation skills with the ability to coordinate activities between multiple projects without directly managing them
  • Ability to communicate complex messages to a variety of audiences

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.

Founded in 2016
Amsterdam, North Holland, NLD
4.5K employees (1,449 in marketing)
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85% CEO approval

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Traffic Source Mix
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50.1%
Referral
7.4%
Social
1.8%
Paid
0.6%

Headcount Trend

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850 (19% of company)
Median Career Experience
8 years
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