Job Information
Publicis Groupe Vice President, Account Director in New York, New York
Company Description
Saatchi & Saatchi has grown from a start-up advertising agency in London in 1970 to a global creative communications company headquartered in New York with 114 offices in 67 countries and over 6000 employees.
Saatchi & Saatchi is part of the Publicis Groupe, the world’s third largest communications group. We are a full-service, integrated communications network and we work with 6 of the top 10 and over half of the top 50 global advertisers.
We’re in the business of getting people to fall in love with our clients’ products and services. We have an unshakeable spirit and unbeatable attitude from day one at Saatchi & Saatchi that Nothing is Impossible.
Job Description
The Oral Care team is looking to hire a highly-strategic Account Director to play an important role in fostering the global business. You’ll be joining a nimble, strategic account team and partner closely with clients on unique marketing challenges, exciting innovations, global campaigns, award-winning work, and the evolution and growth of the business and brand.
The Account Director is responsible for providing leadership to the Account Management service team, including defining marketing objectives and creating the strategic plan for using holistic communications to achieve the brand’s objectives. The Director plans and directs the implementation of all client projects so that they run smoothly and flawlessly. Ensures all timelines, budgets and client expectations are met or exceeded. Manages client’s budget to deliver the greatest value for the client’s dollars. Builds trust and acts as an advisor for internal and external clients.
Skills
Senior leader who can lead strategic, creative, and marketing recommendations with senior Clients
Thinker + Doer (responsible for leading brand strategy, inspiring big ideas, and executing with excellence)
Autonomously leads initiatives, can both turnkey and high-value productions, and manage a cross-agency team
Strategically-savvy (experience writing strategic concepts, writing briefs, attending consumer research)
Cross-channel, go-to-market planning (could include comms planning, content strategies, and channel strategies)
Fluent with a variety of creative formats and channels – traditional, digital, social, experiential, etc.
Comfortable digging into data to inform strategic recos and performance assessments
Superb written and verbal presentation skills with the ability to presents ideas with clarity and persuasive impact
Experience working with large, siloed Client organizations (and managing multiple client POCs)
Experience working on CPG business is preferred / DTC experience is a plus
Proactive, solution-oriented, strategic thinker who is passionate about ideas, brands, the agency and our client’s business
Ability to manage with optimism and calm in the context of a complex, fluid business
Responsibilities
Leads portion of our global team, acting as a primary Client contact, overseeing all aspects of key projects
Communicates with client regularly to set project expectations, negotiate deliverables and obtain updates on the client’s business – and proactively addressing Client and Agency problems
Works closely with internal teams, external teams and global agency partners, providing business and consumer insight, to help deliver seamless, breakthrough, on-strategy, and on-time work.
Manages go-to-market plan and calendar, overseeing multiple workstreams across channels
Makes suggestions for broadening the range of strategies and tactics employed on a given project or brand
Gains support and ownership of all key stakeholders to execute project plans on time and budget
Maintains quality assurance across everything we do and develops ideas for continuous improvement
Manages project scope & defines project resource requirements
Guides, advises, assists and inspires all team members with the explicit goal of developing the next generation of account management talent at the agency
Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in Advertising or related field
Approximately 7-9 years of advertising/marketing experience with at least 3 years of managerial experience
Hybrid / remote work environment friendly
Additional Information
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
Compensation Range: $115,500.00 - $194,500.00 annually. This is the pay range the Company believes it will pay for this position at the time of this posting. Consistent with applicable law, compensation will be determined based on the skills, qualifications, and experience of the applicant along with the requirements of the position, and the Company reserves the right to modify this pay range at any time. For this role, the Company will offer medical coverage, dental, vision, disability, 401k, and paid time off.