Ecommerce Account Director

🔒 Confidential Employer
Posted 8 May 2026
LOCATION
London
TYPE
Contract
LEVEL
Director
CATEGORY
Sales & Marketing
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SKILLS

Criteo Citrus Ads Campaign Management Client Relationship Management E-commerce Strategy Performance Reporting Digital Marketing Retail Media

FULL DESCRIPTION

Ecommerce Account Director

Location: London (Hybrid, 2-3 days per week in Central London)
Salary: Up to £400 per day + IR35 TBC
Type: Contract (3 months)
Posted: 06/05/2026

About the Role

I'm working with a leading global agency that is looking to hire an Ecommerce Account Director on a 3 month contract. This is a hybrid role, requiring 2 to 3 days per week in the office, and would suit an experienced ecommerce and retail media specialist who can step in quickly, lead client accounts and deliver high quality campaign work from day one.

Responsibilities

  • Managing ecommerce and retail media campaigns across Criteo and Citrus.
  • Acting as the main campaign activation point of contact for clients.
  • Overseeing campaign set up, trafficking, optimisation, reporting and day to day delivery.
  • Ensuring projects are delivered to brief, schedule and budget.
  • Providing strategic and tactical input to improve campaign performance and effectiveness.
  • Working closely with internal teams and clients to deliver best in class ecommerce advertising solutions.
  • Supporting and overseeing junior team members where required, ensuring work is delivered to a high standard.
  • Maintaining strong QA processes and excellent attention to detail across all campaign activity.

Skills & Experience Required

  • Established senior experience within an ecommerce, retail media or commerce media environment.
  • Proven hands on experience with [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal], which is essential, and Citrus Ads.
  • Strong understanding of ecommerce campaign set up, management, optimisation and reporting across media owner and technology vendor platforms.
  • Excellent understanding of the strategic and tactical application of ecommerce and digital marketing.
  • Agency background, with experience managing multiple clients and fast paced campaign delivery.
  • Confident client facing experience, with the ability to manage stakeholders effectively.
  • Proactive, inquisitive and comfortable challenging existing ways of working with ideas for improvement.
  • Understanding of key UK retailers and quick commerce partners, including Sainsbury's, Tesco, ASDA, Morrisons, Ocado, Deliveroo and Uber Eats.
  • Able to start immediately or within 3 weeks.
  • Experience with Amazon, Skai, Pacvue or Amazon Marketing Cloud would be a bonus.
  • Experience across food delivery or ecommerce verticals would also be beneficial.

The Offer

  • Hybrid working, with 2 to 3 days per week in Central London.
  • 3 month contract, with potential to extend.
  • Opportunity to work with a leading global agency on exciting ecommerce and retail media campaigns.

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