Group Account Director

Minneapolis, MN (Hybrid)

$100K/yr – $230K/yrSenior Level10+ years expFull time

Posted 2 hrs ago

Job Summary

Own client leadership on strategy, service delivery, and financials while guiding cross-functional teams through business development, creative development, and strategic planning for commerce-driven programs.

  • Lead strategy, service delivery, and profitability across client engagements
  • Direct creative development and cross-team planning to meet marketing goals
  • Identify growth opportunities and align resources with client objectives

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Manage activity workflow and align expectations within account team
  • Manage the creative process and brief the creative team either personally or through close oversight of Account team, reviewing concept and comp materials
  • Proactively identify opportunities for practice evolution
  • Work with team in the development of concepts and supporting tactics
  • Function as primary liaison to middle and senior clients on behalf of the agency regarding strategy, service-related, legal and policy issues
  • Support/provide strategic leadership to clients/client leads/agency and help in identifying growth opportunities and action plans for client’s marketing communications goals
  • Provide support to client lead to effectively manage high level global client
  • Manage internal client income projection and identify sources of incremental growth
  • Manage resources to ensure client profitability
  • Oversee tracking of financial forecasting/tracking and reporting and flag any potential projected income variance to Senior Management

Requirements

  • 10+ years experience minimum in commerce/shopper marketing, agency experience required
  • A proven track record of strategic leadership in Commerce , digital, in-store visibility, and shopper marketing both in agency and CPG brand management
  • Experience with Retail Media Networks, Target (Roundel) required

Benefits

  • Passionate, driven people | We champion a culture of people that do extraordinary work.
  • Consciously cultivated culture | We aim to embody the behaviors to build an inclusive community that is in it together, bringing both positivity and active listening into the workplace as we simultaneously strive to empower creative bravery.
  • Competitive benefits | What we offer full time hires ranges from the full spectrum of group health coverage options (medical, dental, vision) to a generous 401k match (100% dollar-for-dollar match, up to 5% of salary contribution), and a variety of paid time off offerings that reflect our investment in all aspects of your overall life balance and wellness.
  • Growth-minded opportunities | We aim to nurture a culture of real-time feedback, growth-oriented mindset, and plenty of training opportunities through VML and WPP, so you can continue to grow personally and professionally.
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VML is a global powerhouse born from the unification of Wunderman Thompson and VMLY&R — two of the world's most powerful and accomplished creative agencies with complementary capabilities and geographic strengths. We have an industry-unique opportunity to provide our client partners with a fully integrated offering across brand experience, customer experience and commerce practices — powered by deep data and technology experience. For more information, visit www.vml.com.

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Group Account Director

VML · Minneapolis, MN · Hybrid