Account Director - Spirits & Experiential

New York City, NY (Hybrid)

Salary Not AvailableSenior Level8+ years expFull time

Posted 3 months ago

Job Summary

Own and lead the national experiential program and client relationships, delivering strategic guidance, team development, program execution, and performance optimization for key partners.

  • Own client relationships and lead senior communications to ensure alignment and satisfaction
  • Develop and manage programs, budgets, and metrics to drive growth and profitability
  • Coach cross-functional teams and recruit external resources to support large-scale initiatives

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Serve as the primary agency lead and senior point of contact for client partners, building trusted relationships
  • Provide proactive, insight-driven recommendations that support client business objectives and identify opportunities for growth
  • Lead, mentor, and develop direct reports across multiple levels, fostering professional growth and high performance
  • Provide guidance, coaching and support to team members while promoting collaboration and accountability across agency teams
  • Develop key program materials, including decks, playbooks, training manuals, presentations and operational guides
  • Lead, grow and manage national KAM program and trade advocacy initiatives
  • Identify, recruit, onboard and manage external resources, staffing teams and vendors to execute programs successfully
  • Develop, manage, and maintain oversight of program budgets, revenue, profitability, and overall account financial performance
  • Lead client communications through regular status meetings, IAT, presentations, and reporting, ensuring alignment, transparency and overall client satisfaction
  • Develop and manage workback schedules and communication plans to ensure program milestones and deliverables remain on track

Requirements

  • 8+ years of experience in experiential marketing and management, understanding how to bring creative vision to life working with production teams
  • Experience developing Brand experience platforms, writing, presenting and selling in concepts
  • Proven track record of client leadership and account growth
  • Experience in an agency environment; must be process-oriented and highly organized
  • Excellent people manager, motivator and mentor with ability to recruit and retain high functioning employees
  • Experience managing, tracking and reconciling large-scale, complex program budgets
  • Must have Bev/Alch experience
  • Must have experience managing cross functional teams
  • Excellent written and persuasive presentation skills
  • Ability to mulit-task with attention to detail, follow through and consistently meet deadlines
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POPLIFE

POPLIFE is a Brand Experience Agency - we bring together clients, creators and communities. If we said it started with a party we wouldn’t be lying! Back in 1999, POPLIFE created a weekly event series to connect with our friends - the artists, musicians and cultural innovators in our community. Fast forward to today, that little party evolved into a full-fledged, badass agency, built on bold thinking and cultural insight, that allows us to fuse brand objectives with creative authenticity, delivering impactful experiences that live beyond the moment. We are proudly independently owned with offices in Miami & NYC, and activation teams across the country.

Founded in 1999
Miami, Florida, USA
59 employees (14 in marketing)

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
13 (22% of company)
Median Tenure
8.9 years

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
446
Traffic Source Mix
Search
41%
Direct
41%
Referral
7.7%
Social
9%
Paid
0.8%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~59
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Account Director - Spirits & Experiential

POPLIFE · New York City, NY · Hybrid