Blue 449 (www.blue449.com), the Open Source Media Agency is one of the six brands of Publicis Media. Its open source philosophy means operating at the intersection of media, ideas, data and technology to deliver inventive, collective progress for their clients. Its Blue Collective, like-minded individuals and organizations from across the globe, provide additional expertise and inspiration as do the global practices of Publicis Media. Led by Andras Vigh, Global Brand President, Blue 449 operates in 20 markets, 29 offices and has a talent pool of over 1300 employees.

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Because none of us is as good as all of us

We are looking for an Account Director to join our team and responsible of delivering an impeccable service of award-winning strategies and communications ideas which demonstrably achieve commercial return for our clients.

Key Responsibilities

•    Key point of contact for the client and the agency.

•    Client leadership role - manage key senior relationships.

•    Deliver the strategy across the brands and the annual strategies for each.

•    Quality control of the agencies output – response to briefs, content projects, practices execution, etc.

•    Ensure ideas are high quality, inspirational, game changing and help our clients deliver their brands ambitions in the ever changing media marketplace.

•    Manage cross departmental forecasting, budgeting, finance controls.

•    Ensure excellent relationships with other agency partners and with key media owners.

•    Run both the traditional and digital campaign activities (branding and performance).

We look for candidates with these skills

•    University degree related to marketing, advertising…

•    Experience: 6-8 aprox. years working as Account Director.

•    Knowledge of the digital environment and the communication.

•    Knowledge of the tools/ sources of the advertising market.

•    Language: high level of English (B2 minimum).

Potential candidates need to show evidence of the following:

•    Leadership and people management.

•    Client orientation.

•    Planning and organization skills. Numeracy.

•    Communication and interpersonal skills.

•    Strong strategy skills.

•    Curiosity. Full of energy for the things.

•    The ability to use initiative.

•    Challenging. Open to new ideas and change.

•    Steadfastly pushes self and others for results. Teamwork.

•    The ability to work under pressure.

TRUST
Trust is the cornerstone upon which we build our relationships. We hold ourselves to the highest standards of how a partner should behave. We treat our people and our clients with respect, transparency and honesty.

TALENT
This is first and foremost a people business. We are committed to ensuring Publicis Media a destination for the best talent in our industry. We value people as individuals, growing ourselves as we grow our client’s business.

TRANSFORMATION
True transformation comes when we stop managing change, and instead initiate change. We believe in our purpose to be the admired force for business transformation. We believe that focusing on performance and results has the power to transform client business.