Account Director

As an Account Director you'll be required to work in a fast-paced environment with confidence and enthusiasm, work across a portfolio of clients and with the Deputy and Head of Account Management.

As an Account Director you will report into the Deputy Head of Account Management and will be a line manager within the Account Management team.

Client Servicing

• Act as an account director with senior responsibility for a combination of musicals, plays and other live events/projects.
• Senior planning and strategy, working in collaboration with members of the other departments.
• Remain sufficiently informed and personally involved with the running of accounts, ensuring competent and creative planning, the highest quality of service and a strong client/agency relationship.
• Continual proactivity on campaigns; developing initiatives and ideas in collaboration with other members of the account team to provide clients with exciting, innovative and results-driven campaigns.
• Ultimate responsibility for campaign budgets, billing and delivering a profitable service.
• Promote the expansion of business with existing clients and generating new business leads within the industry.
• Ensure pitches are effectively planned and staffed with clear management of timelines and expectations, working collaboratively across the agency to deliver this.
• Provide account team leadership, ensuring effective communication with all members of the account team.

Operations

• Support the deputy and head of account management by undertaking some departmental meetings and initiatives.

Team Development

• Champion the development and career progression of your direct reports, holding regular one-to-ones, setting and monitoring objectives, identifying skills gaps and proposing training opportunities.
• Carry out bi-annual appraisals with your direct reports to ensure they are staying highly motivated and are feeling stretched in their role.
• Provide support and guidance to team members facing challenges, whether personal or professional.
• Foster a culture of trust and openness where team members feel comfortable discussing their concerns.
• Act as a mentor to line reports, providing guidance on best practices and career advice and supporting their professional growth.
• Foster a culture of continuous learning and self-improvement, encouraging team members to seek out new challenges and opportunities.
• Champion internal ways of working.

Behaviours and Skills

• Lead and inspire your team, clients and other external partners.
• Always being commercially and creatively minded.
• Negotiate effectively.
• Have a persuasive and confident approach to projects; taking charge when necessary, being decisive and building support for decisions.
• Delegate tasks effectively.
• Evaluate artwork and offer constructive feedback.
• Thrive in a fast-paced agency, working across a portfolio of clients.
• Knowledgeable and passionate about our clients and how Dewynters can contribute to their success.

Values and Behaviours

As a leader, you are expected to help bring our values to life by acting as a role model to team members. You will do this by:

Ambition

• Foster a culture of continuous learning and skill enhancement results.
• Showcase contributions in driving the business forward in line with overarching business strategy.
• Understand client's business plans and create strategies to support.
• Push, challenge and strive for growth.

Collaboration and Connection

• Promote a culture of collaborative work and leverage diverse skillsets and resources to their full potential.
• Strong communication skills to present and influence key stakeholders in the company and clients.

Kindness, Curiosity and Passion

• Ensure the agency is a respectful, positive and inclusive environment.

Benefits

• 25 days holiday rising to 30 days holiday.
• Flexible / Hybrid working.
• Company pension scheme.
• Private health insurance after 3 years.
• Summer Fridays.
• Medicash.
• Cognitive Behavioural Therapy.
• Ability to purchase additional annual leave.
• Bonus scheme.
• Enhanced Maternity and Paternity packages.
• Life Assurance.
• Season ticket Loan.
• Cycle2Work Scheme.
• Complimentary theatre/entertainment tickets.