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Account Director - Advertising Agency

Ready to trade your pajama pants for real pants and your Zoom background for real human connection? We’re working with a Kansas City advertising agency to find an Account Director for their Overland Park location. This is the perfect opportunity for professionals who appreciate working alongside colleagues and clients face-to-face.

As the primary point of contact for clients, you’ll deliver outstanding service and creative solutions while leading and inspiring the account team. You’ll be involved in everything from developing high-level strategies to executing detailed work, all to drive meaningful results for both the agency and its clients.

If you’re a local candidate looking for an engaging, in-person role where your ideas and teamwork really matter, we’d love to hear from you!

Responsibilities:

• Actively lead the development and formulation of strategic marketing communication plans for client and/or brands, including creative strategy outlines and client briefs
• Formulate and present high‐level strategic insight and perspective for internal and external teams to succeed while delivering on tactical initiatives and elements
• Execute and manage marketing projects and ensure consistency across functional areas
• Build and identify additional growth opportunities by fostering and expanding existing and new client relationships
• Ensure client requests are handled in an effective, timely, and efficient manner
• Proactively communicate critical client and industry news to the client and the agency team
• Support the agency within the Kansas City Metro advertising community and overall industry through networking opportunities and professional development
• Ensure compliance with agency policies and procedure
• Develop/implement client plan/budgets and development of client workflow forecasts
• Ability to travel as needed or required
• Unusual work hours are occasionally necessary to meet agency and client timelines and deliverables
• Success is measured by the quality of the end deliverable, which is a sum of 1) client satisfaction, 2) delivery on an acceptable timeline, and 3) within an acceptable budget
• The account director has the added measurable, along with the agency leadership team, of delivery of agency revenue and effectiveness goals

Skills/Qualifications:

• 8+ years of relevant experience within the advertising/marketing industry
• Bachelor’s degree in marketing or related field
• Proactive, forward-thinking to anticipate obstacles and identify solutions
• Key industry experience (animal health,human health, financial services)
• Business acumen (financial, marketing, and strategic)skills necessary to effectively interface both internally and with clients
• Ability to effectively present information in one‐on‐one and group situations to customers, clients, and agency team members
• Ability to manage multiple accounts and deadlines simultaneously
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills (verbal, written, and listening) necessary to provide advertising direction within and outside the agency
• Strong attention to detail and organizational skills
• Proactive, forward-thinking to anticipate obstacles and identify solutions
• Be well-versed and an expert in client business, products, and goals to define objectives and strategies for success
• Be a catalyst in developing and maintaining strong relationships between clients, agency, and industry contacts

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