Account Director 1

USA (Remote)

$90K/yr – $100K/yrSenior Level7+ years expFull time

Posted 3 months ago

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Job Summary

Lead client accounts and team delivery for a senior marketing services role, guiding strategy, budgets, and client growth.

  • Own the client accounts, strategy, and delivery to hit annual targets.
  • Must-have: 7+ years in a sales-based capacity.
  • Standout: Leadership of multi-person teams with budget and client growth impact.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • To provide superior service to the business by:
  • Developing communication and promotional strategies for the brand/s under your remit.
  • Providing excellent leadership and guidance to junior team members.
  • Continually building and maintaining strong and effective relationships with the client/s.
  • Preparing the yearly business plan in conjunction with more senior member/s of the team.
  • Continuous monitoring of progress, analysis and review of results to facilitate change/improvement.
  • Taking responsibility and controlling the financial procedures, ensuring all members of the team are fully aware of targets.
  • Proactively working to generate additional briefs from existing clients through a full understanding of the client’s business base, needs and SGSCO’s offering.
  • Demonstrating insight and understanding of the marketing mix; including ATL, digital, design, experiential, promotional marketing and PR.
  • Taking responsibility for quality control within the team ensuring client’s expectations is met or exceeded at all times.
  • Developing and maintaining strong relationships with key clients as well as ensuring strong internal communication are maintained at all times.
  • Owning the sell-in process of SGSCO’s full offering to the client.
  • Managing the recruitment of new staff and overseeing the development of new team members.
  • Striving for continual personal development of the team through guidance, assistance and empowerment.
  • Being financially responsible to Senior Management for the profitability of the account, including marketing income as well as gross margin.
  • Always making sure job bags are maintained properly and billing clients in a timely manner.
  • Providing costings for clients when required, managing WIP and being involved in fee negotiations.
  • Completing all forecasts when required and preparing and developing the client’s business plan.
  • Demonstrating an understanding of SGSCO’s vision and values by regularly presenting credentials and introducing new potential clients to SGSCO’s unique selling points.
  • Other responsibilities as assigned.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Business, Marketing or other related field.
  • 7+ years of experience in a Sales based capacity.
  • Experience in pre-press, packaging or other related industry preferred

Preferred

  • Strong leadership, project management and inspirational skills
  • Excellent communication skills with the ability to influence at a senior level
  • Strategic insight
  • A proven track record of working with high profile clients
  • Good listening, negotiation and influencing skills
  • Great ability to motivate people and promote team building
  • Tenacity, passion and drive
  • Strong presentation skills

Benefits

  • Group benefits currently include a selection of health care plans with prescription drug coverage, dental plan, vision plan, basic and supplemental life insurance, a flexible spending account for medical and dependent care expenses or a health savings account based on plan selection, short/long term disability and 401(k) Savings Plan.
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SGS & Co

SGS & Co, part of the Propelis Group, is a global brand impact group delivering speed and quality through innovation and insights to drive impact for our world class clients. We combine deep expertise in design, graphic services, production, technology and process optimization with unmatched marketplace understanding, dynamic ideas and client first customer service. We bring the world’s best brands to life and set them up for success in a modern world. SGS & Co shifts brands to impact through the strength of our people. Our team of nearly 5,000 employees across 30+ countries works collaboratively to exceed client expectations today and anticipate how we’ll need to pivot together to win tomorrow. We take pride in our commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion along with our ambition to lead the industry to a more sustainable future to drive positive impact for our clients, our people, and our planet.

Founded in 1946
Louisville, Kentucky, USA
3.4K employees (888 in marketing)

Traffic Signals

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69.5K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
23.9%
Direct
59.8%
Referral
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Social
1.9%
Paid
0.4%

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Current headcount: ~3.4K

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