Account Director, Integrated Marketing

Job Description

Account Director, Integrated Marketing

Finn Partners is a dynamic and fast-growing global integrated communications and marketing firm. We currently have an opening for an Account Director. The Account Director is the primary consultant to the client and directs the internal team on all aspects related to the client relationship. The Account Director handles multiple projects in a fast-paced environment and has a close eye on both the macro and micro view of accounts. The Account Director also acts as a resource and support for other junior team members and may cultivate their growth as they progress. The Account Director is responsible for setting a vision for how the account should run successfully and is measured on their ability to proactively develop and deploy the processes, resources and tools needed to reach a successful outcome. The AD should understand complex business and marketing challenges and guide the client through these challenges and help them to set and achieve their marketing objectives. Prior health care industry experience preferred.

Responsibilities
• Builds a consultative relationship with the client, acting as the account's main advisor
• Oversees day-to-day details of ongoing projects and ensures quality control of creative work
• Serves as the internal point of contact for project details
• Ability to navigate and adapt to different work styles and work in gray areas
• Manages client expectations about budgets, schedules and project scope
• Collaborates with strategist to develop brand and campaign strategies
• Manages ongoing alignment with strategy
• Participates in meetings with all functional areas, from creative to PR
• Cultivates positive client relationship and looks for opportunities to grow existing business; takes opportunities to visit clients in-person
• Develops opportunities to cross sell and upsell services within existing accounts
• Works closely with Traffic Manager and internal teams to help ensure projects meet deadlines
• Tracks and maintains project budgets; manages account billing
• Works closely with the team to ensure that projects meet deadlines
• Anticipates and resolves problems associated with projects to ensure client satisfaction
• Coordinates and supports some new business pitches and direction

Requirements:
• Bachelor's degree
• At least eight-plus years of relevant professional experience with at least 3-5 years agency experience in an account leadership role
• A deep understanding of marketing and an omni-channel approach to strategy development and execution
• Preferred prior health care industry experience
• At least 3 years managing teams and dotted line reports
• Deep understanding of all Integrated Marketing product and service offerings and ability to oversee the team, strategy and execution
• G Suite (sheets, docs, slides), Microsoft Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel), Adobe Creative Suite (InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator) and Acrobat experience a plus
• Extensive experience with timelines and budgets
• A sense of empathy; a player-coach mentality in supporting internal teams and junior staff members
• Excellent public speaker
• Creative, diplomatic, cool under pressure with excellent communication, management, organizational and interpersonal skills
• Must be a solutions-oriented problem solver and strategic thinker
• Must be a team player and be able to manage junior staff members directly and indirectly
• Must thrive on managing multiple complex projects

To Apply:

Please upload your resume, upload your cover letter detailing your recruitment prior work experience, and indicate your desired salary in $US Dollars. While we appreciate the interest of all candidates, we will only respond to those with whom we have a greater interest.

About Finn Partners:

Finn Partners was launched in 2011 to realize Peter Finn's vision to create a leading communications agency dedicated to shaping a bold new future in which innovation and partnership are strong drivers of the brand. Finn Partners specializes in the full spectrum of communications services, including digital and social media. Practice areas include arts, consumer lifestyle & sports, corporate social responsibility, education, health, manufacturing, technology, travel, and public affairs.

We are entrepreneurial-minded, global, and focused on integrated programs that bring to life the world-changing technologies, products, and services of our client partners.
Our company culture celebrates delighting our clients with innovative and creative campaigns and programs, and we provide opportunities for our employees to conduct career-meaningful work in a creative, fast-paced, collaborative, and fun environment. We work hard and play nice.

Headquartered in New York City, the agency has 1,000+ employees, with offices in 24 cities around the world: Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Denver, Detroit, Dublin, Hong Kong, Honolulu, Fort Lauderdale, Frankfurt, Jerusalem, London, Los Angeles, Munich, Nashville, Paris, Portland, San Francisco, Seattle, Shanghai, Singapore, Tamuning (Guam), Vancouver (Wash.) and Washington DC

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-g3yo04-18-222-37-169-42 in your application.