Account Director- Media, Planning and Buying.

We have a current opportunity for a Account Director- Media, Planning and Buying on a permanent basis.

About the Role:

• Maintain client and agency relationships at a mid-senior level, delivering media recommendations/projects to clients. Someone client's value.
• Represent the company in a professional manner to clients, media owners and suppliers and prospects.
• Deliver best in class touchpoint strategies and planning responses using data-driven planning recommendations - geared towards delivering growth for the client's business.
• Champions the use of planning tools, inspiring creativity and innovative solutions to deliver growth for clients.
• Collaborate and effectively work with activation teams to create holistic media recommendations
• Clearly define the tasks for media, tech and content investment, develop channel roles and investment priorities based around tasks.
• Bring new thinking, approaches and creativity powered by insights and data.
• Understand brand and business performance best practice and able to talk around relevant KPIs
• Prioritise the workload of the team. Ensures all client requirements are surpassed and executes all client requests in a timely and professional manner.
• Exhibit sound financial awareness, including budget control and the impact on profitability.
• Lead a team and keep people motivated and engaged.
• Participate in new business projects and pitches

About you:

You will have the ability to lead small to medium sized campaigns independently, whilst managing other specialist teams to ensure true integration and collaboration

• An experienced manager, proactive and willing to develop and implement innovative media solutions; Confident in their approach and ready to present and support recommendations to a variety of stakeholders
• Thorough media knowledge across online and offline channels; Sound understanding of planning principles
• Leadership, communication, and organisation skills
• Experience in line-management preferred: setting objectives, management, motivation, and development
• Ability to manage and prioritise multiple work streams
• Strong attention to detail, delivering quality work
• A pro-active attitude to learn new things and positively about taking on new challenges

Apply now for a role of a Account Director- Media, Planning and Buying

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