Account Director

Are you proactive by nature and a self-starter looking to drive results? Do you thrive in a fast-paced, creative environment? Are your problem-solving skills unrivaled? Augustine just might be the place for you! We’re looking for a motivated leader who can grow client relationships, drive projects forward and impact results for the agency’s accounts.

We are actively recruiting for an experienced Account Director to support our continued expansion and grow with us. The Account Director is responsible for planning, coordinating, and directing consumer promotion and retail programs for assigned accounts by performing the following duties personally or by coordinating with their account team.

Job Overview

The Account Director is seasoned enough to provide thought leadership and act as the face of the Agency to the senior-level marketing teams during conceptual development, design, execution, and analysis of programs. They are also expected to focus on the financial health of the client, organic business development, and driving results that are aligned with client initiatives and goals. In addition, Account Directors are expected to manage, mentor, and inspire growth within their account team.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Demonstrate strategic planning for assigned accounts.
• Confers with client, utilizing product knowledge and consumer/market research to determine consumer-focused marketing goals and budgets.
• Leads planning and reporting process which includes preparation of client proposals, annual consumer promotion, and marketing plans.
• Uses consumer market data/information to inform, develop, evaluate, adjust and redirect campaigns or programs as needed.
• Coordinates activities with client services team in order to carry out approved program or campaign serves a financial relationship owner for client and agency teams to ensure programs and delivered within budget and time limitations.
• Builds and nurtures productive business relationships and effective cross-functional communications with client marketing team, agency teams, and third-party partners as required.
• Effectively presents, pitches, and defends all agency work/proposal to clients.
• Keeps agency and team apprised of clients’ brands/products/services/marketing developments.
• Identifies and participates in the identification and development of new business opportunities for the agency within existing and extended client bases.
• Manages the recruiting, hiring, training, and development of direct reports.
• Other duties may be assigned.

Qualifications / Skills

• Bachelor’s degree
• 7-10 years of experience in the role of leader/manager in an agency environment
• CPG, Shopper or Retail and Hispanic consumer shopper experience is preferred
• Bilingual English/Spanish is preferred
• Demonstrated ability to grow accounts and build client relationships
• Strong presentation skills
• 3+ years of supervisory experience
• Excellent presentation and team-building skills and a high-level customer service orientation
• Ability to be flexible and adaptable according to changes in project scope/deliverables or business environment
• Track record of building and maintaining customer/client relationships
• Ability to complete multiple duties with accuracy shifting from one to another with frequent interruptions and competing deadlines
• Ability to exercise discretion and independent judgment with respect to matters of significance to both agency and clients

Location / Hours / Travel

This is a full-time position. We are a hybrid team. Person for this role is expected to be in client office 2 days a week, with a possible additional day in Augustine office for internal team collaboration and face time.

Perks and Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance
• 401K
• Paid holidays
• Paid vacation, plus additional paid week for winter break
• Summer Fridays
• Employee Assistance Programs (EAPs)
• Referral incentive programs (client and employee)

About Us

We are proactive, insight-driven, cross-category Visioneers with a passion for affecting consumer behavior.

For more than 25 years, Augustine has been creating visionary ideas that fuel growth and deliver ROI for our clients. The Visioneers at Augustine Agency work with our clients to take their goals and needs and craft them into a unique Vision. Next, we deliver strategy-driven creative that disrupts, changes behavior and drives unparalleled results.

At Augustine Agency, we also provide an environment that trains talent to become Visioneers and inspire them to do the brightest work of their career.

Our case study results, happy clients and long-term relationships speak for themselves. Let us tackle your biggest challenges and accomplish your Vision.

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We are an Equal Opportunity Employer