Account Director

  • Full-time

Company Description

We design unmistakable visual identities and packaging for the world's greatest brands. We constantly strive to deliver not only world-class strategic design, but also world-class project management. Our studios in San Francisco, London, and New York work together through a unique collaborative process, during which strategy and design become clearer, simpler and richer in meaning.

Awards

We have won most of the world's top brand identity and packaging design awards including the first ever Cannes Grand Prix for Design, and we are the only design company to have our work inducted into the CLIO Awards Hall of Fame. We even won a Grammy for our design work for the rock band Metallica. The awards attract the best talent to our studios and also to our clients' companies.

Clients

We work with many of the world's leading brands including: Amazon, Burger King, Coca-Cola, Elemis, Kraft Foods, Levi's, Miller, Oreo, Reese's, American Red Cross, SKYY Vodka, Samsung, Sprite, Tassimo, Toblerone, Tuborg, The Glenlivet, Waitrose and Visa. But we also work with entrepreneurial brands like popchips, Liz Earle and OpenTable. We apply the learning from the big brands to help start-ups make it big, and infuse the work we do for global giants with the entrepreneurial spirit.

Job Description

Overview

We're looking for someone who obsesses over the details as much as the big picture too. If you are a challenge-untangler and relationship-builder at heart, someone who brings clarity and instills confidence, weaves compelling narratives, has a passion for creativity and an unbridled curiosity about life itself… then this could be the role for you.

Key Responsibilities

  • Collaborating with Design Directors, Creative Directors and their teams to create best-in-class designs from strategy to realization; fostering a sense of teamwork in the service of our design process
  • Forging partnerships with day-to-day clients as well as C-Suite
  • Analyzing client feedback and writing/overseeing briefs for the internal team
  • Providing competitive landscape/category point of view
  • Assessing project resource needs against workstream budgets and creative tasks
  • Crafting proposals and working with the creative team to deliver creative excellence on budget
  • Presenting with confidence, advocating for the creative work in client discussions
  • Mentoring and coaching junior account team members

Reporting Structure

Reports to: Group Account Director

Ideal Candidate Experience 

Experience leading top-tier Consumer Electronics brands with 8+ years of experience working in an advertising or design agency.

Qualifications

Requirements

8+ years of experience working in an advertising or design agency.

Strong collaboration and organizational skills are critical. Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Must be a wizard Acrobat, Keynote, Excel, PPT and Word for MAC, and Google docs.

Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Compensation Range: $91,000.00 - $154,000.00 annually. This is the pay range the Company believes it will pay for this position at the time of this posting. Consistent with applicable law, compensation will be determined based on the skills, qualifications, and experience of the applicant along with the requirements of the position, and the Company reserves the right to modify this pay range at any time. For this role, the Company will offer medical coverage, dental, vision, disability, 401k, and paid time off. The Company anticipates the application deadline for this job posting will be 05/03/2024.

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