Account Director

New York, USA (Hybrid)

$100K/yr – $150K/yrSenior Level10+ years expFull time

Posted 4 months ago

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Job Summary

Drive senior client relationships and strategic direction as an Account Director to deliver integrated campaigns and profitable client partnerships.

  • Own senior client relationships and cross-functional team leadership across accounts.
  • Must-have: 8–10 years of account management experience in a creative agency with integrated campaigns.
  • Standout: Track record of growing revenue and leading cross-functional, culture-driven work.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Serve as the senior client lead across multiple integrated accounts, building trusted advisory relationships up to VP level
  • Drive the strategic direction of client work, ensuring creative output is grounded in business objectives, audience insight, and cultural relevance
  • Lead annual and quarterly planning processes, translating client briefs into clear, actionable scopes of work
  • Own account P&Ls: forecasting revenue, managing margins, and identifying organic growth opportunities
  • Champion the work internally, ensuring creative, strategy, talent, and production teams are set up to deliver exceptional output
  • Oversee the day-to-day account team (Account Managers, Coordinators), mentoring and developing junior talent
  • Navigates complex stakeholder environments with multiple client contacts and approval layers
  • Proactively bring ideas to clients: new platforms, formats, cultural moments, and talent partnership opportunities
  • Contribute to new business efforts including pitches, credentials, and chemistry meetings

Requirements

  • 8-10 years of account management experience in a creative agency environment, with significant exposure to integrated/360 campaigns
  • Demonstrated success managing multi-channel accounts spanning brand, digital, social, content, talent, and experiential
  • Strong strategic instincts with the ability to connect creative work to measurable business outcomes
  • Proven commercial skills: experience owning account financials, growing revenue, and managing profitability
  • Excellent presentation and storytelling skills, comfortable in senior client-facing situations
  • Ability to work cross-functionally with creative directors, strategists, producers, and talent teams
  • Track record of building long-term client partnerships (1+ year tenure on key accounts)
  • Adept at managing competing priorities across multiple accounts without sacrificing quality
  • Deep interest in culture, music, entertainment, and the evolving media landscape

Preferred

  • Experience in spirits, beverage, lifestyle, or entertainment verticals
  • Familiarity with talent and influencer partnership strategy and execution
  • New business pitch experience with a strong win record
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Brand New: A Collective

We are an integrated marketing collective led by the leadership of our female co-founders, Kellie Pean and Alyssa Convertini. We deliver cultural strategy, integrated marketing solutions, and thoughtful programming with brands and talent who desire to elevate their cultural equity. We are an enlightened think-tank that translates ideas into actionable, memorable and exciting experiences, which come to life in live events as well as digital and social content. Our ability to trust the convergence of culture and intellect informs our ability to produce honest, innovative, and creative programming.Brand New is comprised of a series of sub-divisions to best service its partners. This includes:oBrand New ThinkingoBrand New ExperienceoBrand New StudiosoBrand New Management

Founded in 2018
New York, New York, USA
9 employees (4 in marketing)

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
1.7K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
18.6%
Direct
61.7%
Referral
5%
Social
13.5%
Paid
1.1%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~9

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
1 (11% of company)