Drive Cheil Dallas Account Director responsibilities by owning integrated campaigns, client relationships, and team leadership to grow billings and deliver breakthrough work.

• Own and supervise assigned lines of business and client relationships across integrated campaigns.
• Encourage a positive, professional environment that supports teammates, clients, and the work.
• Exude confidence in leading lines of business and integrated teams, including mastery of the tactical elements of the discipline at mid- and junior levels to help coach talent and roll sleeves up when duty calls.

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Responsibilities

• Command complete ownership and accountability for assigned lines of business and relationships with clients and agency team at all levels.
• Encourage a positive, professional environment that supports teammates, clients, and the work.
• Exude confidence in leading lines of business and integrated teams, including mastery of the tactical elements of the discipline at mid- and junior levels to help coach talent and roll sleeves up when duty calls.
• Coaching and mentorship of junior team.
• Identify opportunities and grow billings within assigned lines of business.
• Spot challenges in the distance, and know when to bring in agency leadership to troubleshoot.
• Demonstrate a deep understanding of relevant categories and emerging media that may inform the work.
• Have a can-do attitude, bringing a sense of calm and optimism to the client and team.
• Build strong relationships with senior clients, having the ability to have tough conversations.
• Seek opportunities to deliver break-through work.
• Provide supervision to integrated teams internally to ensure every net new idea sold and every adaptation agreed to becomes a great execution out in the world.
• Provide ongoing guidance to the internal team to ensure production processes and needs (budgets, timely approvals) are clear; pave the way for easy approvals and decisions that lead to the best possible output.
• Ensure successful financial operations across assigned lines of business adhering to the Scope of Work, ensuring profitability of accounts.
• Identifies opportunities to grow the business beyond the current Scope of Work.
• Report projections and track billing holistically on an ongoing basis.
• Build trusted relationships with agency leadership, identify opportunities to impact agency culture and operations and ensure learnings are shared with the internal team.
• Be a north star to cross-functional teams within the agency, serving as a trusted advisor to talk through challenges, pressure-test ideas, and help push the work forward.
• Assist with new business pitches
• Stay informed, share industry and cultural trends and technological advances that help inform our output.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in marketing, management, strategic communications, or similar preferred.
• 10+ years integrated advertising agency experience preferred.
• 5+ years supervisory experience and 2+ years leading client business.
• Proven experience leading large-scale, multi-channel integrated marketing campaigns encompassing digital, social media, content production, innovation, media buying, influencer marketing, strategic partnerships, experiential activations, and more.
• A great communicator (written and oral) and excellent presenter that fully commands a room.
• A great listener, able to turn information into action.
• Organized and detail-oriented.
• Well-versed in Microsoft Office Suite
• Must be able to work in a hybrid office environment. Currently 2 days a week: Tuesdays and Thursdays in-office and Monday, Wednesday, and Friday options for remote.