Responsibilities

• Serve as the senior strategic partner to our adidas clients, setting the direction for brand and business growth across all adidas initiatives.
• Translate adidas objectives into actionable strategies that align with Archrival’s creative and cultural expertise.
• Partner with executive leadership to shape account strategy, innovation, and resourcing priorities.
• Identify and pursue new opportunities within the adidas relationships and adjacent categories.
• Oversee the adidas account portfolios, ensuring profitability, retention, and expansion.
• Push creative thinking and cultural relevance, inspiring clients to take calculated risks that lead to standout work.
• Challenge briefs and strategies to ensure every output ladders up to brand and agency goals.
• Elevate strategic planning through insights, market foresight, and trend analysis that drive results.
• Ensure financial health across accounts, tracking budgets, forecasts, and profitability while maximizing impact.
• Set clear performance metrics, evaluate success, and report outcomes to leadership and clients.

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience in account, brand, or client leadership roles within advertising, brand, or creative agencies.
• Demonstrated success overseeing multiple accounts or complex programs with multimillion dollar budgets.
• Exceptional communicator with a commanding executive presence and proven ability to influence senior stakeholders.
• A trusted team member, known for building client confidence.
• Strategic thinker who is able to see both the big picture and the tactical path to get there.
• Financial fluency with experience in forecasting, negotiation, and driving profitable growth.
• Willingness to travel and engage in client meetings, presentations, and events as needed.

Preferred

• Understanding of youth culture and passion for continuous learning
• Desire to go against the grain and take on challenges that may have never been done before
• Team first, remain humble and never leave another Archrivaler hanging
• Driven to excellence, committed to grinding out great work mixed with a playful point-of-view
• Contribute to a community of belonging, our collective differences to make Archrival f’n awesome
• Deep understanding of consumer culture, youth marketing, and brand experience preferred.