Group Account Director

at  ELMWOOD BRAND CONSULTING PTE LTD

COMPANY PROFILE

Elmwood Design Consultancy is a leading global design agency renowned for creating impactful and innovative brand experiences. With a rich history of design excellence, we are committed to pushing the boundaries of creativity and design to deliver outstanding results for our clients.
As an agency, our goal is to be an invaluable agency partner to our clients and help them grow their brands based on evidence based marketing principles. With access to MSQ’s broader capability set, particularly in digital and tech, we bring greater insight and channel specific expertise to meet the needs of today’s leading brands.
As a Group Account Director , you are dedicated to building long lasting relationships, strategic and profitable client relationships. You have insights, can ‘talk the talk’ with clients, show commercial leadership and define what is right for Elmwood through effective strategies. Clients need you in the room to have a quality conversation, and you’re comfortable negotiating. You’re a leader in a fast-paced environment who takes control, spending a fair amount of time directing those around you. You are self-motivated with an entrepreneurial mindset to embrace company spirit of growth and progress.
To be a truly great Group Account Director at Elmwood your focus will be on:
Relationships : You understand what great client service looks, delivering it everyday through leadership of your team. You immerse yourself into the client’s business. You develop a profitable industry network around you.
Creativity : You are a reservoir of knowledge, and constantly come up with new and interesting ways to delight your clients. You use the talent around you to provide strategic delivery.
Effectiveness : You resource projects well, ensuring you hit all financial and custodial targets. You have grown great client relationships and can now leverage these to unearth new opportunities.

DESIRED SKILLS AND EXPERTISE

• Prior experience in CPG is a must
• Strong written and presentation skills especially in English
• Strategic thinker and do-er
• An amazing networker, talking the talk and delighting clients
• Deep packaging experience- 2D graphics and 3D structural design
• Ability to manage multiple projects and project team across disciplines simultaneously
• Plenty of curiosity, rigour, initiative and passion to excel
• Attention to detail and accuracy
• Problem solver
• Excellent prioritisation and negotiation skills
• Team-player
• Strong sense of responsibility and commitment
• Fully proficient in MS Office (Word, Excel and Powerpoint) and Keynote application
• Minimum an undergraduate degree, ideally in Business, Marketing or Communications

• Strategic Account Management
• Long term and day to day hands- on project management of one large account and/or multiple accounts
• Lead 4-5 key clients (brands) relationships
• Strong strategic development and recommendations on branding and project related initiatives (actual projects/briefs) and pitches
• Support in research, planning and new business activities
• Drive new business and farming, strategic planning and brand consulting related projectsObserve regular industry trends and best practices to fulfill your role as the client’s brand guardian