Nimaroh Creative (Acquired by Idea Peddler) · 3 months ago
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Austin, TX
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level
7+ years expNimaroh Creative, now part of Idea Peddler, is looking for a seasoned Account Director to join their growing team. This role involves leading key accounts, developing strategies, and cultivating strong client relationships while guiding a team to deliver exceptional marketing and communication solutions.
Marketing & Advertising
Responsibilities
Be the leader and guide on nearly every call or meeting you own or join. You drive the conversation forward in a way that feels friendly and approachable. You have a gravitas and experience that clients and colleagues alike turn to you to know what the next right thing is; and you’re clear in your communication back to them what that is, who’s responsible for it and when it will be done
Be the client’s go-to. You develop rapport, trust, and lasting relationships that they value and know they can lean on to help achieve their goals
Be the stalwart of the functional teams to create cross-functional magic. They can rely on you to brief them thoroughly, shape ideas collaboratively, and ultimately sell-in the work they’re producing; not because you must, but because you’ve briefed them so well you know it’s exactly what the client actually wants and needs
Understand, internalize and operationalize all client projects at any given time. Be up to date on the status, any roadblocks and bring a creative problem-solve hat to finding solutions in advance of client meetings, as well as alongside them
Create visually compelling, direct and aesthetically appealing decks that keep clients updated on things like campaign process, ideation direction, and overall relationship progress
Keep a regular tempo of the client’s needs and work deliverables, moving adeptly and easily from one week to the next to continue the cadence of team movement and deliverables towards the larger brand goals
Understand where to find interesting fodder and stimuli for campaign concepting and ideation; your stimuli is unique and fresh in an effort to advance campaigns towards perpetual pursuit of improved work product
Guide and oversee the creative and functional teams’ projects/product delivery to ensure no “last minute surprises” on presentation day
Lead the development of award submissions in collaboration with and support from the PR team. Think with results in mind from the brief to ensure you have at least 50% of your clients’ work ready for award submission annually
Develop jr. talent that reports to you. Help them read the tea leaves the way you do and give them opportunities to take calculated risks with low-risk environments to build confidence and experience
Manage budget across all non-media teams to ensure that projects remain in scope and that any additional resources that are required are done so in a cost-effective manner
Coordinate with the finance team to ensure proper monthly billing and project billing for everything from one-offs to retainers and all the sub-costs in between
Light travel is required, up to 15-30% of the time
Qualification
Required
7+ years of experience leading client engagements specific to full-service advertising (from creative to media, pr and social)
Experience in advertising across industries and functions (media, creative, pr and social)
Organized, thorough, accountable
Strategic thinker and creative problem solver
Self-driven, motivated and has a strong vision for personal growth
Proactive for self, clients and team momentum
Comfortable using cloud-based collaboration tools for day-to-day team and client organization and project management
Ability to juggle a variety of clients and accounts at any given time
Light travel is required, up to 15-30% of the time
Preferred
A collaborative consensus builder
Fun, easy to work with and get along with
Kind-hearted and fun-loving; this is advertising, not a competitive sport
Benefits
Health, vision and dental benefits
401k matching
Generous paid time off
Tech kit
Health club stipend
Cell phone credit
Catered weekly meal
Recurring educational opportunities
Company
Nimaroh Creative (Acquired by Idea Peddler)
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2-10 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Early StageCompany data provided by crunchbase