Account Director: Brand Development and Experience Agency
Location: New York, NY
Our client is a highly innovative brand development and experience studio with offices in New York and San Francisco. They develop original design solutions for an impressive array of leading technology, beauty, luxury, consumer and lifestyle brands. Their service offering includes strategy + innovation, product design, experience design, branding and packaging.
The agency seeks a dynamic and confident Account Director to build strong partnerships with clients, from initial new business efforts through execution. The Account Director will represent and balance the voices of both client and agency throughout projects as well as help to identify ways to grow the business, creating a positive dynamic between teams and helping to deliver our services on-time and on budget.
Responsibilities:
-Organize, attend and lead new business meetings
-Create clear and compelling Scopes of Work
-Negotiate scope, timeline, pricing and secure PO’s in partnership with clients
-Resource project teams
-Prepare internal project briefs and lead kickoffs to help onboard teams
-Contribute to the design process by having a point of view on the brand vision, strategic direction, and business objectives
-Collaborate across disciplines to track overall project health
-Manage the client’s overall expectations, and understand the full context of client business needs and goals
-Help identify organic growth opportunities with existing clients and initiate long-term planning with internal teams to bring these opportunities to fruition
Requirements:
-6-8 years of account management experience in brand, design and/or innovation working across branding, digital, product, environment and marketing projects
-Strong business acumen
-Solution-oriented with a positive attitude
-Self-motivated by an extremely collaborative and fast-moving environment
-Passionate about design, brands and trends
-Excellent communication, organization and time management skills
-Energetic self-starter who isn’t afraid to jump in and roll up their sleeves
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Send your resume to jodi@trurecruitment.com.