Account Director

Los Angeles, CA (Remote)

$125K/yr - $171K/yr (Est.)Senior LevelFull time

Posted 4 weeks ago

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Job Summary

Own and lead client projects end to end, nurture relationships, and grow accounts while acting as a strategic extension of the global team with minimal onboarding.

  • Account ownership: Lead briefing to delivery and escalate only when needed.
  • Growth & partnerships: Grow existing accounts and spot new commercial opportunities.
  • Collaboration: Work with UK specialists as needed and maintain a plug-in, autonomous operating model.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Own and lead client projects from briefing through to delivery.
  • Build long-term, trusted relationships with clients.
  • Grow existing accounts while identifying new commercial opportunities.
  • Work independently whilst collaborating with our UK-based specialists when additional support is required.
  • Become a true extension of our global team—a "plug in and go" individual who requires minimal onboarding and is ready to make an immediate impact.

Requirements

  • Experience in one or more of the following: Agency background working with major streaming platforms and/or movie studios.
  • Experience delivering influencer campaigns, experiential events and social-first marketing.
  • Strong relationships across the entertainment industry, with an existing network of trusted freelancers and production partners.
  • Comfortable operating at senior client level, acting as a strategic partner rather than simply an account manager.
  • Commercially minded, with the ability to spot opportunities for account growth and new business development.
  • Location: Los Angeles ideally based near Culver City/Studio area.

Preferred

  • bringing an established network, industry credibility, and the confidence to operate autonomously while collaborating closely with our UK team.

Benefits

  • Medical, dental and vision insurance
  • 401(k)
  • 23 days annual leave
  • 5 paid sick days
  • Working abroad policy
  • Fully remote working with access to Spaces co-working offices
  • Opportunity to work with globally recognised entertainment and media brands in a fast-growing international agency.
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Substance Global

Founded in 2003, Substance is an award-winning digital marketing agency. We partner with leading brands and talent alike who seek to challenge the status quo. Together, we are a group of strategists, copywriters, account managers, project managers, paid & organic social media specialists, publicists, video editors, designers, animators and creative technicians.Headquartered in London with offices in Los Angeles and Buenos Aires, our clients include top brands ranging from entertainment, sports and healthcare, including Walt Disney Studios, Netflix, Paramount Pictures, Universal Pictures, Pokémon, SEGA, Xbox, NBC Sports and Amgen. We have developed outstanding campaigns with some of our most recent including Top Gun: Maverick, Indy500, Gotham Knights, Wicked West End, Spider-Man: No Way Home and Pokémon: Super Pet Contest. For more information, please visit us at www.substanceglobal.com

Founded in 2003
London, England, GBR
83 employees (41 in marketing)

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
1.4K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
34.3%
Direct
42.9%
Referral
16.3%
Social
5%
Paid
1.1%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~83

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
22 (27% of company)
Median Career Experience
30 years
Median Tenure
4.3 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
3