Group Account Director

THE OPPORTUNITY
 
Group Director Client Engagement 
 
In this role you will:

• Foster, strengthen and grow client relationships.
• Partner with the Leadership team to find new ways to maintain and inspire the agency’s creative soul and reputation for class-leading output.
• Partner closely with Strategy and Media teams to fully understand our consumer targets to develop relevant marketing communication and media plans.
• Drive and understand data at a level which evokes and contributes to innovative thinking on ways to go to market more effectively and efficiently.  
• Build effective teams by creating strong morale and spirit; fostering open dialogue for sharing new ideas; creating a culture where the team ‘owns’ and is responsible for their work
• Negotiate skillfully (using data and experiences) with both internal and external groups; settle differences with minimum noise; win concessions without damaging relationships; be both direct and forceful as well as diplomatic; gain trust quickly.
• Manage the client fees and scope of work process skillfully, balancing investment with bottom-line delivery and by pushing everyone to think and act entrepreneurially.
• Be based at our New York, NY office location.
• Expected to travel, mostly to Detroit for client and intra-agency connectivity.

You are/have…

• Experience at a senior level within the advertising and/or marketing industries, across all/modern touchpoints
• Premium/luxury brand knowledge and/or experience
• Passionate about world-class, award-winning creative work – and a transformative “spark plug” to drive projects, briefs, teams and work to get there
• Just as passionate about “winning” in the marketplace – a desire to follow campaign performance, optimize, learn, grow and try new things to help give our work and our clients an edge
• Open minded, engaged and always seeking to understand the situation 
• A deeply curious person with an appetite for understanding business and industry drivers, competitor activity, brand intel, consumer insights and emerging consumer trends.
• Fluency in data, tech, digital and social arenas that are so critical to the success of our clients
• Strong facilitation skills and ability to lead our multi-disciplinary team towards a common (and transformational) goal in an agile manner
• A nuanced and agile approach to running the business; you know how to get things done both through formal channels and the informal network; you understand the nature of operating within a big agency group i.e., the origin and reasoning behind key policies, practices and procedures
• Really insightful. Understanding how people tick and why they do what they do. Discovering and sharing fresh perspectives that have the power to change perceptions.
• Emotional intelligence that helps you lean into the culture of the agency and bring people along with you
• Leadership skills to continuously inspire your colleagues
• Financial and operational understanding, and accountability
• Global awareness (all the better, if you are a global citizen)

 
DISCLAIMER

The above information on this description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification.  It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees assigned to the job.

As an Equal Opportunity Employer, Hudson Rouge (an operating unit of GTB Agency, LLC.). does not discriminate against applicants or employees because of age, race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, genetics, pregnancy-related status, veteran status, physical or mental disability where the individual is otherwise qualified, national or ethnic origin, or on any other basis where protected by local, state, or federal law.