Group Account Director

Nashville, TN (On-site)

$135K/yr – $160K/yrSenior LevelFull time

Posted 2 months ago

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Job Summary

Own and grow high-impact client partnerships by shaping the strategy across integrated marketing programs, guiding cross-functional teams, and delivering financially healthy, high-quality work that aligns with client goals.

  • Executive relationship ownership and primary accountability for agency–client partnerships
  • Strategic direction and growth across multi-channel marketing initiatives
  • Lead cross-functional teams to deliver impactful, strategic campaigns that meet client objectives

Job Description

Own and grow key client partnerships by setting strategic direction across integrated marketing initiatives, guiding cross-functional teams, and delivering high-impact, financially healthy campaigns that meet client objectives.

  • Executive-level relationship ownership and primary accountability for agency–client partnerships
  • Strategic direction and growth across integrated marketing initiatives
  • Cross-functional leadership to deliver high-quality, strategic work
  • Campaign leadership across digital, interactive, paid, earned, and creative initiatives
  • Navigate complex client challenges with actionable solutions and strategic planning
  • Fundamentals: account planning, client presentations, and high-level business recommendations
  • Oversee account financials, scopes, budgets, and profitability
  • Foster cross-team alignment and accountability across agency departments
  • Lead, mentor, and develop account management teams
  • Operate with ownership and strategic perspective through obstacles
  • Typical 10+ years of experience in advertising/marketing with agency background
  • Experience supporting automotive, restaurant/QSR, building products, and/or CPG categories preferred
  • Deep integrated marketing experience across digital, interactive, earned, paid, and creative
  • Proven ability to build and maintain executive-level client relationships
  • Strong strategic thinking and problem-solving for complex business challenges
  • Experience leading large-scale client accounts and cross-functional teams
  • Strong financial acumen with account profitability, budgets, scopes
  • Excellent communication, presentation, and leadership skills
  • Ability to lead with confidence and a solutions mindset
  • Comfortable in a fast-paced, collaborative agency environment with multiple priorities
  • Experience supporting clients in automotive, restaurant/QSR, building products, and/or CPG categories is strongly preferred
  • Competitive salary and comprehensive health benefits, ESOP ownership, and strong PTO

GS&F

3.0 Glassdoor

We are a national agency based in Nashville, TN. We specialize in working with challenger brands that punch above their weight. We are fully-integrated, fiercely employee-owned, audience-first extremists who know how to make you famous.Because we own this joint, we alone are responsible for everything we make. That means we win together, we lose together, and we fight the fight together. As an ESOP, each of us has skin in the game, we are what we make, and that drives us to make what’s better.

Founded in 1978
Nashville, Tennessee, USA
105 employees (47 in marketing)
41% recommend to a friend
55% CEO approval

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
2K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
22.8%
Direct
55.8%
Referral
5.2%
Social
14.8%
Paid
1.3%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~105

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
31 (30% of company)
Median Career Experience
40 years
Median Tenure
41.5 years