Account Director

Responsibilities

• Growth and retention across a varied portfolio of new and existing retained clients and project work, across multiple industries, sectors and markets.
• Directing and overseeing internal teams, task flows and client delivery, including SOWs, timelines, and internal reporting, ensuring work is delivered on time and within budget, without ever compromising on quality or creativity.
• Advising clients, offering strategic counsel, and continuing to nurture client relationships.
• Ability to support clients through crises and issues, taking a leading, advisory role with a solutions-focus.
• Strong presentation and storytelling abilities, with confidence translating complex ideas into clear, engaging client recommendations.
• Activity analysis, measurement, and KPI tracking to ensure goals and objectives are met and expectations are exceeded.
• When required, confidence in pivoting the strategy or approach, based on data and insights.
• Bringing strategic planning and creative thinking to life on social media and PR accounts, leading by example and encouraging best practice.
• Supporting Client Leads with detailed business processes and administration including resourcing, scoping, finances, billing, and contracts.
• Line managing Account Managers/ Senior Account Executives, helping to develop their learning and understanding of client and Battenhall business ways of working.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in a fast-paced creative, digital, social media, or PR agency.
• Experience working across multiple industries and sectors, with a great client network.
• Deep understanding of social-first communications, platform behavior, creator ecosystems, internet culture, and evolving digital audience expectations.
• Experience collaborating across international teams and navigating fast-moving, multi-market client environments.
• Confident in your abilities, regularly sharing insight around your specialist skills and delivering talks / keynote sessions both internally and externally.
• Outstanding ability to scope, sell-in and execute large-scale social media, PR, design, and paid media strategies and campaigns.
• Strong team and project management skills, including the ability to manage complex multi-market projects, teams and budgets.
• Approachable, with the ability to build strong relationships with clients and motivate internal teams.

Preferred

• Experience working across multiple industries and sectors, with a great client network, would be highly valued.

Benefits

• competitive salary and benefits including unlimited holiday, a well-being allowance and hybrid working.