Account Director
Sensis, Washington, DC, United States
Account Director
Reporting To: Executive Vice President
We are looking for an agency veteran, experienced in accounts services to work in close partnership with our clients on a day-to-day basis in the development and execution of fully integrated marketing solutions. Our new account director will have the innate ability to develop strong client relationships and will be considered a company leader. They will have a high level of professional knowledge and skill and manages a large account or a few smaller ones with little supervision from more senior staff members. As an emerging senior leader, our account director will serve as a counselor to both clients and staff members and must provide superior client service with confidence, independence and sound judgment.
Role & Responsibilities
- Builds and maintains strong partnerships with client and extended teams to manage multiple projects from start to finish.
- Experienced working with Government clients and leading project teams.
- Engages in meaningful discussions with clients and partners to formulate action plans.
- Champions the agency perspective convincingly with Clients. Is persuasive and articulate when communicating work and ideas.
- Inquisitive about client requests and translates them into insightful recommendations and solutions.
- Maintains strategic and creative integrity throughout execution.
- Integrated consumer experience.
- Contributes to strategic thinking and can effectively manage multiple projects.
- Detail-oriented with excellent organizational skills.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills and developing confident presentation skills.
- Strong understanding of the social media landscape, best practices, and analytics tools is preferred.
Qualifications
- Demonstrated account leadership, initiative and willingness to assume greater responsibility
- Must have college degree
- 7+ years of agency experience
- Government client experience preferred
Please submit resume, cover letter, portfolio if required and answer all questions in our online interface for consideration.
About Sensis
Sensis is a cross-cultural marketing agency driving behavior change. Moving beyond cultural boxes, we create useful, digitally relevant content to drive consumer action. Ads don't work. Content does. Because people experience content. To change behavior, you need to engage people first—through useful, digitally relevant means. These are the tools we use to build engagement, spark motivation and drive action among the cultures our clients look to influence. Along with our integrated advertising services, Sensis offerings include specialty practices SensisHealth, SensisChallenges and SensisCMO. In addition to a competitive compensation package, we offer a generous amount of paid time off (PTO), paid holidays, health/dental/vision insurance, a 401(k) plan, along with other benefits.