Senior Account Director

London, UK (On-site)

Salary Not AvailableSenior Level8+ years expFull time

Posted 2 months ago

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Job Summary

Own senior client partnerships for complex digital platform programs, guiding strategy, stakeholder alignment, and multi-year modernization to deliver measurable business outcomes.

  • Strategic Roadmaps: align platform investments with business goals across Marketing, Product, Technology, and CX.
  • Executive Advisory: steer digital experience, AI-enabled solutions, and emerging tech with senior stakeholders.
  • Partnership Growth: nurture trusted relationships, expand agency scope, and lead large-scale platform initiatives.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Act as the senior client partner for complex digital platform engagements, including websites, mobile applications, e-commerce ecosystems, and customer experience initiatives.
  • Advise executive stakeholders on digital experience strategy, platform investment decisions, customer journey optimisation, and digital transformation opportunities.
  • Develop trusted relationships with senior client stakeholders across Marketing, Digital, Product, Technology, and Customer Experience functions.
  • Identify opportunities to expand agency partnerships through platform modernisation, digital product innovation, customer experience enhancement, and ongoing optimisation programs.
  • Shape strategic roadmaps and growth plans that align platform investments with broader business objectives and measurable outcomes.
  • Partner with Product, Technology, Experience Design, and Delivery leaders to ensure strategic alignment across programs and initiatives.
  • Provide executive-level guidance on emerging technologies, digital trends, AI-enabled solutions, and evolving customer expectations.
  • Lead commercial discussions relating to platform strategy, digital transformation programs, retained services, and long-term partnership growth.
  • Support new business opportunities involving digital platforms, customer experience transformation, and integrated technology solutions.
  • Serve as a senior escalation point and trusted advisor for complex platform and digital experience engagements.

Requirements

  • 8+ years of account management experience in digital advertising, marketing, or related agencies; proven track record managing high-value, high-volume interdisciplinary work.
  • Demonstrated ability to manage large-scale, multi-channel campaigns (e.g., digital, social, display, video, search) and deliver on client objectives.
  • Strong leadership and relationship-building skills; proven ability to influence, negotiate, and present to senior stakeholders.
  • Excellent organisational skills, budget literacy, and comfort with Excel/Google Sheets for forecasts, P&L, and reporting.
  • Strategic thinker with a data-driven mindset; able to turn insights into actionable recommendations.
  • Clear, confident communicator with excellence in written and verbal presentation; adept at facilitating workshops and senior client meetings.

Preferred

  • Experience with complex technical projects (websites and native applications)
  • Knowledge of performance marketing, media planning, and analytics platforms.
  • Background in proposal writing, RFP responses, and new business development.
  • Familiarity with project management tools (e.g., Asana, Monday, Jira) and CRM systems.
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Monks combines an extraordinary range of global marketing and technology services to accelerate business possibilities and redefine how brands and businesses interact with the world. It delivers unfettered content production, scaled experiences, enterprise-grade technology and data science fueled by AI to help the world’s trailblazing companies outmaneuver and outpace their competition.

Founded in 1985
London, England, GB
6.9K employees (2,903 in marketing)
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$101.9K
Traffic Source Mix
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42.3%
Referral
7.8%
Social
9.4%
Paid
0.7%

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Current headcount: ~6.6K

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1,551 (23% of company)
Median Career Experience
12 years
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3.9 years
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