Responsibilities

• Serves as the business lead for multiple assigned business verticals.
• Proactively seeks out opportunities to partner with agency leadership, expand the business portfolio, and actively contribute to building the positive culture of Cheil.
• Believes their job is to imagine the future of the client’s business and of Cheil as an agency always three steps ahead.
• Provide strategic leadership and road-map for the business that integrates all disciplines, including strategy, creative, media, production and analytics.
• Command complete ownership and accountability for assigned lines of business and relationships with clients and agency team at all levels.
• Encourage a positive, professional environment that supports the clients, management, teammates and the work.
• Sets a standard of excellence through coaching and mentorship that develops strong, motivated internal teams.
• Identify opportunities and grow billings within assigned lines of business.
• Spot challenges in the distance and know when to bring in agency leadership and offer solutions to help them troubleshoot.
• Positively lead and foster a spirit of healthy debate and dialog in service of the work.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in advertising, marketing, strategic communication or a related field.
• 15+ years integrated advertising agency experience or combination of agency and in-house preferred.
• 10+ years supervisory experience and 5+ years as the leader of client business.
• Be a north star to cross-functional teams within the agency, serving as a trusted advisor to talk through challenges, pressure-test ideas, and help push the work forward.
• A proven track record of solid client partnership, exemplary team leadership, and world-class output.
• A great communicator (written and oral) and an excellent presenter that fully commands a room.
• Experience managing complex integrated campaigns from strategy through execution including CRM, retail signage, experiential, influencer/high-profile talent projects, 3rd party research and production.
• Passionate about cutting edge technology (including AI) and has a track record of testing new solutions for client deliverables and internal needs.
• A great listener, able to turn information into action.
• Organized and detailed.