Account Director - London

🔒 Confidential Employer
Posted 3 April 2025
LOCATION
London
TYPE
Full-time
LEVEL
Mid-Senior level
CATEGORY
Communications
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FULL DESCRIPTION

Summary

Account Director role in London, focusing on client management, digital strategy, business development, and team leadership within a communications agency. Key responsibilities include client relations, digital campaign oversight, and contributing to new business efforts.

Key Responsibilities/Duties:

  • Focuses on adding value through evaluation of activities
  • Aims for best practice to meet client contract terms
  • Regularly measures client satisfaction and takes action
  • Provide first stage crisis management -identifies when to seek senior help
  • Owns day to day client management – planning and execution of plan with on message themes to follow
  • Client daily point of contact for planning future activities
  • Advanced presentation skills
  • Understands principles of business development
  • Expert in industry sector
  • Positions Peregrine as strategic partner
  • Proactively builds relationships with key opinion leaders
  • Create website content
  • Support when requited on media and/or messaging training
  • Provides support on script writing and film project management as required.

Core Requirements/Qualifications/Skills:

  • Incorporate digital strategy in client planners
  • Confidently sell in digital services
  • Have a solid understanding of SEO, SEM, LinkedIn campaigns, Google Ads, and PPC
  • Complete campaign reporting
  • Understand how Hubspot works
  • Know who you can target on Linked In campaigns

Comms skills

Focuses on adding value through evaluation of activities

Aims for best practice to meet client contract terms

Regularly measures client satisfaction and takes action

Provide first stage crisis management -identifies when to seek senior help

Owns day to day client management – planning and execution of plan with on message themes to follow

Client daily point of contact for planning future activities

Advanced presentation skills

Understands principles of business development

Expert in industry sector

Positions Peregrine as strategic partner

Proactively builds relationships with key opinion leaders

Create website content

Support when requited on media and/or messaging training

Provides support on script writing and film project management as required.

Digital skills

Incorporate digital strategy in client planners

Confidently sell in digital services

Have a solid understanding of SEO, SEM, LinkedIn campaigns, Google Ads, and PPC

Complete campaign reporting

Understand how Hubspot works

Know who you can target on Linked In campaigns

Administrative/agency operations

Ensure business objectives are met by managing team

Ensure client accounts remain profitable

Ambassador for company at internal and external events

Welcomes accountability

Record hours and expenses, promptly, accurately

Time management on multiple accounts, using Monday.com

Client services

The account lynchpin between NY/UK/Design/Digital

Seen as the trusted advisor to client

Provide client coaching in advance of media interviews

In-depth knowledge of economic issues

Manage client satisfaction – review and action

In-depth understanding of client’s business and market

Anticipates potential problems – finds solutions and communicates to client

Prepare ahead of meetings

Account management and strategic thinking

Responsible and accountable for financial aspects on accounts – compile billability stats for senior team to review

Think creatively – generates profitability

Identifies client objectives

Provide high level counsel to client

Business development

Spearhead new business efforts with support from Associate Director/Director

Develop and deliver powerful presentations

Convert new business into revenue

Instil strong new business ethic in team

People management

Understands fundamentals of leadership and motivations and applies to team

Conduct reviews – develop and retain staff

Mentors line reports – provide guidance on content and client management

Conduct resource and capacity planning

Conduct interviews

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