Senior Director, Client Services | Brand Experience

Chicago, IL (Hybrid)

$155K/yr – $165K/yrSenior Level10+ years expFull time

Posted 19 hrs ago

Job Summary

Own and grow client partnerships by guiding senior-level strategy and delivering integrated experiential campaigns across teams.

  • Lead trusted senior client partnerships across business challenges and growth moments.
  • Drive portfolio growth, profitability, and forecasting with strong internal partnerships.
  • Cultivate high-performing teams by coaching client leaders and cross-functional partners.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Lead the room. Be a trusted senior partner to clients, from business challenges and growth conversations to the moments when things get complicated.
  • Grow the business. Know your clients deeply, identify opportunities and connect their needs to the full range of what Marks can do.
  • Build impeccable creative partnerships. Develop trusted, highly collaborative relationships with Creative, Strategy, Production and Project Management , creating the conditions for teams to do their best work together.
  • Bring great work to life. Lead integrated experiences across experiential, retail, branded environments, campaigns and content , ensuring the idea stays strong from strategy and concept through production and execution.
  • Own the business. Lead the growth, financial health, forecasting and profitability of your portfolio.
  • Build great teams. Coach and develop client leaders, create a strong team culture and put people in positions to do their best work.
  • Raise the bar. Challenge “the way we’ve always done it,” share what works and continually make the work and the way we deliver it better.

Requirements

  • You’ve spent 10+ years growing up on the agency side , with significant experience leading complex client relationships.
  • Experiential marketing is genuinely in your DNA. You understand what it takes to turn an idea into something people can actually experience.
  • You can connect experiential with retail, environmental design, campaigns, content and integrated marketing , rather than treating them as separate worlds.
  • You know extraordinary client work starts with extraordinary internal partnerships , and you have a track record of building strong, trusted relationships with Creative and Production teams.
  • You’ve led major national or global brands and can move easily from an executive client conversation to working alongside the team solving the problem.
  • You have real commercial instincts . Growth, margin, scope and profitability are part of how you think, not someone else’s job.
  • You’re an excellent people leader who knows leadership isn’t about having all the answers. It’s about building a team that can find them.
  • You’re curious, collaborative, direct and low-ego. You want to build something, not just inherit something.

Benefits

  • Group benefits currently include a selection of health care plans with prescription drug coverage, dental plan, vision plan, basic and supplemental life insurance, a flexible spending account for medical and dependent care expenses or a health savings account based on plan selection, short/long term disability and 401(k) Savings Plan.
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Equator Design

2.7 Glassdoor

Equator, a division of Marks and part of the Propelis Group, is a global packaging design agency, delivering strategy to shelf without compromise. We create powerful brands that get noticed and chosen.

Founded in 1997
Manchester, England, GBR
302 employees (143 in marketing)
38% recommend to a friend
37% CEO approval

Salaries

Posted range

$155K/yr – $165K/yr

Taken straight from the job posting.

Experiential Marketing median pay in the United States

$98K/yr

Most pay falls between $74K and $147K. Based on 422 salaries.

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Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
9 (3% of company)
Median Tenure
2.6 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
2

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
3.9K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
29.9%
Direct
27.2%
Referral
32.1%
Social
9.6%
Paid
1%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~302
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Senior Director, Client Services | Brand Experience

Equator Design · Chicago, IL · Hybrid