Group Account Director

at  Leo Burnett

COMPANY DESCRIPTION:

We believe that creativity is the most powerful asset in business today.
Our ability to create fresh, original, disruptive, transformative ideas comes from a deep understanding of human behaviour. It’s what we bring to every business problem.
We call it HumanKind™ thinking. It’s not about customers or consumers; we start with people and their behaviour. And we use all our intelligence, design thinking, digital innovation, and customer experience capabilities to shape that thinking into behaviour and business-changing solutions.
Because what’s good for people, is good for business https://www.leoburnett.com.au/

JOB DESCRIPTION:

Leo Burnett is one of Australia’s leading creative agencies. As part of a global network, we have an unusual mix of boutique creativity with a strong multinational backing. Based in Pyrmont, our full-service offering includes brand, digital, direct, social, shopper and retail marketing.
Your role as Group Account Director is one of leadership and example, as you take a senior management position within the agency by inspiring your team to provide commercial and creative solutions for our clients. You are responsible for leading client relationships and strategic business recommendations across a portfolio of accounts. And you will manage profitability on your assigned clients within the agency as well as proactively seeking to build new business opportunities through cross selling and new client acquisition.

• Maintaining the overall client relationships and understanding their business (and competitors) inside out
• Leading strategic recommendations and direction for your clients
• Evaluating creative work and providing constructive feedback to the teams
• Leading client meetings and presenting work in collaboration with the wider team.
• Managing the client’s budgets effectively, supporting agency revenue and growth.
• Actively seeking to grow existing business and mining for new business opportunities.
• Ensuring the timely development and execution of all plans, campaigns and projects for your clients
• Continually pushing for the best work and elevating the level of craft produced by the teams.
• Leading the team on new business prospects/opportunitiesCreating a team environment in which the agency’s best talent want to work.