Account Director

New York City, NY (Hybrid)

$110K/yr – $130K/yrSenior Level5+ years expFull time

Posted 3 days ago

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Act as the client's primary strategic point of contact, identifying needs and proactively recommending solutions
  • Maintain a working understanding of the client's sales goals and priorities, translating them into marketing recommendations
  • Bring informed Broadway/live entertainment industry context — competitive shows, market trends, audience behavior — to client conversations
  • Serve as the primary liaison with the client's external creative agency partner, ensuring alignment and smooth handoffs
  • Build detailed budget breakdowns and deliver biweekly pacing reports, ensuring media invoices are paid before media runs
  • Direct media strategy in partnership with internal media resources, tying recommendations back to client sales goals
  • Manage and develop two Account Executives, including regular one-on-ones and growth planning
  • Provide quality oversight of production and project execution

Requirements

  • 5+ years of account management experience in advertising, marketing, or a related agency environment, including both digital and traditional media
  • Experience managing client relationships for entertainment or live experience-based brands (Broadway experience a plus)
  • Demonstrated ability to translate client business/sales goals into marketing strategy
  • Experience managing and developing direct reports
  • Strong budget management skills, including pacing reports and media billing processes
  • Experience coordinating with external partner agencies or vendors
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • Ability to manage multiple priorities autonomously in a fast-paced environment
  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent professional experience

Benefits

  • Health care plan (medical, dental, and vision)
  • Retirement plan with employer match
  • Life and disability insurance
  • Generous paid time off package that includes vacation, sick, "life happens" days, birthdays, summer Fridays and public holidays
  • Paid family leave
  • Cold brew coffee, snacks and fresh fruit
  • Wellness resources
  • Special access to New York City's arts and entertainment scene
  • We have been honored for our commitment to our team with workplace awards from Crain's, Best Companies Group, Cynopsis, Digiday, and Fortune.
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Situation

Situation is an award-winning agency built for live entertainment brands and championing the power of shared experiences around the world.With 20+ years of award-winning work, Situation is designed to meet the challenges and opportunities facing the live events industry today. We offer full marketing and creative services for experience-based brands: live entertainment, attractions, theater, sports, arts and culture institutions, and more.Are you looking for a partner to support your end-to-end consumer experience? Whether we’re full-service or full-specialist, our preferred way of working is the one that sets our clients up to win.Want to join our team of experience champions? We are always on the hunt for new team members who share our core values: innovation, collaboration, and commitment. We’re dedicated to providing equal employment opportunities and creating a diverse staff, reflective of the experiences we champion and audiences we build.Situation is part of Situation Group, a global collective that supports life-changing impact—partnering with brand experiences that promote understanding, connection, community, and growth.

Founded in 2001
New York, New York, USA
107 employees (56 in marketing)

Salaries

Posted range

$110K/yr – $130K/yr

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Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
42 (39% of company)
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
1

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
3.2K
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$9.1K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
28.6%
Direct
46.7%
Referral
5.8%
Social
17.3%
Paid
1.5%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~107
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Account Director

Situation · New York City, NY · Hybrid