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AbelsonTaylor Group · 3 days ago

Account Director

Chicago, IL

Full-time

Hybrid

Director/Executive

$140K/yr - $165K/yr

10+ years exp

AbelsonTaylor Group is a company dedicated to health, wellness, and pharma products. They are seeking an Account Director who will be responsible for developing and executing strategic plans for brands, managing client relationships, and leading an account management team.

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Responsibilities

Provide Agency Leadership and Account Management: Ensure brand strategy, messaging, and tactics support brand position and overall objectives

Drive the Agency Team Forward: Ensure clear direction and flawless execution

Delegate Effectively: Foster team skills growth while providing valuable input and direction

Client Communications: Maintain open and frequent client contact: Ensure goals are met and exceed client expectations

Provide Oversight of Multi-channel and Integrated Programs: Optimize work with department leads

Elevate Creative Work: Provide insightful input to creative briefs and outputs

Set Expectations: Direct meetings and presentations to ensure agency objectives are met

Display understanding of competitive and market dynamics: Provide business and brand impact perspective

Identify Brand Building Opportunities: Initiate conversations to grow agency business

Develop Strategic Motivators: Creating slide decks that transform data and strategy into compelling stories that inspire and motivate

Monitor and Discuss Financial Health: Ensure efficient staffing for planned work

Lead and Motivate the Account Management Team: Demonstrate a commitment to employee development, including career pathing for direct reports

Guide Team Members: Help mentor team members as they grow their skills – provide training, mentorship, and leadership as needed

Hire, coach, and develop team members: Assign projects to balance workloads and challenge team members' skills, ensuring projects showcase the agency's capabilities

Provide Regular Feedback: Offer both formal and informal feedback to direct reports to help grow their creative sensibilities and progress in their craft

Perform Team Evaluations: Participate in performance reviews and provide coaching to create growth plans for direct reports as needed

Infuse Psychological Safety into Teams: Facilitating participation, inclusion, and diversity of perspectives on your team and throughout the agency

Qualification

Account ManagementStrategic PlanningClient Relationship BuildingMarketing/Advertising KnowledgeTeam LeadershipDiversityInclusionCritical ThinkingPresentation SkillsMentorshipCollaboration