Account Director

Bristol, UK (Hybrid)

Salary Not AvailableSenior LevelFull time

Posted 6 months ago

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Job Summary

Drive strategic client leadership across media, data and creative to shape integrated roadmaps, narratives and commercial outcomes; own cross-functional collaboration, forecasting discipline, and multi-year value delivery.

  • Strategic storytelling and narrative integration across channels to influence business outcomes.
  • Client leadership and consultancy-grade engagement, with on-site sessions, workshops and deep relationship building.
  • Commercial stewardship: forecasting accuracy, revenue growth, and expansion opportunities across portfolios.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Lead the development and deployment of Effectiveness Roadmaps, RISE strategies, Annual Plans and Business Reviews, ensuring alignment with client priorities and OP’s consultancy vision.
  • Own the creation and delivery of strategic narratives that integrate media, data and creative into a unified story that drives business outcomes.
  • Proactively identify strategic opportunities and risks; bring clear, structured recommendations to influence long-term direction.
  • Lead client meetings with confidence, clarity and consultancy authority, setting the tone for cross-discipline collaboration and strategic integration.
  • Brief and partner with the Client Delivery Centre of Excellence to ensure output quality, alignment and operational excellence.
  • Shape how cross-functional teams collaborate and maintain standards across portfolios.
  • Leads a high-performing client team by setting strategic direction, ensuring clarity of roles and expectations, and creating the conditions for integrated excellence.
  • Own commercial performance for your client portfolio - including revenue, margin, forecasting and contract management.
  • Identify and convert upsell, cross-sell and expansion opportunities based on strategic needs and growth levers.
  • Maintain ≥95% forecasting accuracy and ensure all scopes and commercials are aligned to roadmaps and strategic plans.

Requirements

  • App experience - ASO and ASA
  • Proven experience in a client-facing strategic or consultancy environment.
  • Advanced strategic and analytical capability; able to turn insight into integrated recommendations.
  • Demonstrated relationship-building and influencing skills across seniority levels.
  • Strong commercial grounding (forecasting, budgeting, fees, value creation).
  • Excellent communication and narrative-building skills; confident presenting to senior stakeholders.
  • A high standard of professional excellence and personal accountability.

Preferred

  • Experience working across media, creative and data disciplines.
  • Exposure to growth strategy, marketing transformation or commercial modelling.
  • Experience leading integrated planning or cross-functional projects.
  • Experience preparing or presenting to C-suite audiences.
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Open Partners

Open Partners was founded in 2017 to be The Agency of Next. Designed to be constantly focussed on the future, we think ahead for our clients, quickly pivoting them to new areas of opportunity as they arise. Delivering marketing transformations for over 50 clients, Open Partners’ integrated Media, Data and Creative capabilities drive more accountable and effective returns for international performance advertisers. We strive to always be smarter, faster, and better - all the while upholding the very highest standards of commercial and operational integrity.

Founded in 2017
Manchester, England, GBR
152 employees (37 in marketing)

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
4.2K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
50.5%
Direct
38.5%
Referral
7.9%
Social
1.9%
Paid
1%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~152

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
33 (22% of company)
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
2

Funding

Last Raise
$12.6M
Series C, 7 years ago

Funding History

  • May 2019
    Series C • $12.6M
  • Aug 2018
    Series B