We're thrilled to be working with this well established St. Louis Agency again. This will be the third search for them, in the past year. This agency's leadership is more committed to their employees success, well being and professional success than most employers. They are a great client and I love working with them!
Overview:
We’re conducting a retained search for our well-established agency in St. Louis. Our client is poised for growth and in need of a strategic account services leader to help achieve that growth. The Strategic Account Director is an up-and-coming strategic business and marketing leader, an over-achiever who’s been successful and is looking for that career opportunity to start leading an entire Account Service team. Operating as the strategic north star for a given client or campaign, the Account Director has an intimate understanding of both agency and client goals and knows how to bridge them for mutual success.
This role will need to see the big picture, be able to get things done, with attention to detail, and ultimately wants to build for the future. This is not an opportunity for remote work but is hybrid.
Primary Responsibilities:
• Strategically build client relationships and effectively negotiate & drive scopes of work
• Responsible for overall client satisfaction always hunting for solutions and innovative ideas
• Help lead cross-functional teams inclusive of strategy, creative, technology and production to deliver integrated solutions and identify new business opportunities
• Build strong, collaborative, and trusted relationships with creative and strategic partners
• Effectively manage teams – coaching and inspiring the growth and development of junior staff providing consistent feedback, training, and growth opportunities.
Experience:
The ideal candidate will have at least seven years of experience in marketing or advertising in an account service role. An MBA would be helpful. This individual must be experienced with successfully developing and managing strategic plans, while counseling Clients and mentoring the account teams. You’ll supervise the implementation of integrated campaigns using a variety of marketing tools, including research, brand development, advertising, paid and social media and direct mail.
Compensation:
Our client offers a casual and flexible work environment, a $90-$100K base salary with quarterly bonus, along with full benefits (medical, dental, vision, disability & Life insurance, maternity, paternity and bereavement leave), one day/week working from home, three weeks of PTO beyond Holidays and an additional 36 days off, to use as you please, a 401K (with match), and the chance to work with talented, smart and collaborative colleagues. Our client encourages, supports and respects, diversity and continuous professional growth for their team.
About Our Client:
Our client is a well-established agency that’s been experiencing consistent growth over the past 15+ years. The agency has created an inclusive and collaborative and respectful culture for the benefit of their employees and clients. Management is interested in hiring the very best, respecting, retaining and helping them grow into long term, satisfying and successful careers. It’s about being around the kind of people you like being around and genuinely liking the clients you’re working with. There’s no BS! The place isn’t ego driven and everyone (even a rookie) has a voice. They have long-term, loyal clients because everyone has fun while doing superior work that gets noticed and succeeds. EOE
If you’d like to know more, let’s talk. Please start the process with sending your resume to [email protected], with a note detailing your interest in and specific qualifications for the position, as you imagine it.