Client Services Director (DTC) - REMOTE

Chicago, IL (Remote)

Salary Not AvailableDirector/ExecutiveFull time

Posted 2 months ago

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Job Summary

Drive enterprise DTC strategy as Client Services Director (DTC), leading a portfolio of ecommerce accounts and shaping forecasting, growth, and client leadership.

  • Own full-funnel DTC strategy across paid media, creative, and customer experience.
  • Must-have: 10+ years in DTC/performance marketing and enterprise client leadership.
  • Standout: Directly lead at least one enterprise account and govern portfolio performance.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • The Client Services Director (DTC) is a player–coach role responsible for leading enterprise-level client strategy across a portfolio of e-commerce accounts while managing a team of 360 Account Managers.
  • This role serves as the senior strategic lead across key accounts, owning full-funnel DTC strategy across paid media, owned/earned, creative, and customer experience.
  • You will translate business goals and performance insights into integrated growth strategies that drive measurable outcomes.
  • This role will also directly own and lead at least one enterprise-level account, serving as the primary strategic lead on a complex, high-impact client relationship.
  • A core responsibility of this role is ensuring rigor in forecasting, scenario planning, and incrementality measurement across the portfolio, working closely with Account Managers and the data team to ensure these inputs are consistently structured and applied to investment decisions.
  • You will guide clients toward more sophisticated, insight-driven decision making-shifting conversations from platform performance to business impact and incremental growth.
  • In addition, you will build senior client relationships, support escalations, and identify growth opportunities.
  • This role will play a key part in shaping the agency's DTC operating model-defining how strategy, buying, analytics, and client services connect, and raising the standard for planning, forecasting, performance evaluation, and insight-driven client communication.
  • Success in this role requires deep performance marketing expertise, strong commercial thinking, creative problem solving, and leadership across clients and teams.
  • Portfolio Operating Model & Governance.

Requirements

  • 10+ years in DTC, performance marketing, or omni-channel roles
  • 5+ years managing enterprise client relationships and complex scopes
  • 5+ years of leadership experience
  • Deep expertise in full-funnel media strategy (paid media + lifecycle + retention)
  • Strong platform knowledge (Meta, Google, TikTok, Pinterest, programmatic)
  • Strong forecasting, scenario planning, and budget modeling experience
  • Extensive DTC ecommerce experience required, with a strong preference for beauty, skincare, or personal care categories
  • Experience with incrementality testing (geo tests, lift studies, MMM)
  • Strong understanding of attribution limitations and measurement frameworks
  • Strong commercial and business acumen in DTC models
  • Strong executive communication and presentation skills
  • High attention to detail and structured thinking
  • Ability to lead cross-functional teams in a fast-paced environment
  • Agency experience required
  • Bachelor's degree preferred

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