BedBuzz is seeking an experienced, senior client services candidate for our rapidly expanding integrated marketing communications agency; 

Account Director:

To work and be in charge of growing the client portfolio revenue and developing skills and expertise within the team.  

She/he works with a few, large, clients, mainly with substantial PR & Event budgets. She/he has strong relationships with Senior Managers on the client side and also often has contact with other of the client’s external parties such as Media Agencies, Advertisement Agencies and Interactive Agencies.

The Account Director manages a team consisting of Account Supervisor and several Account Executives.

Personal attributes

• Strong leadership skills
• Strong social and interpersonal skills
• Selling and Negotiation skills
• Strategic & Analytic
• Consultancy approach to service delivery
• Thorough knowledge of how major advertisers generate results on the web (background from media agency, marketing department, advertiser, competitors or similar)
• Experience of performance based marketing (search, affiliate, cpa/media)
• Comprehensive understanding and experience of all pricing metrics
• Demonstrate profitable growth of client accounts though wide-ranging account management skills
• Ability to set budgets, expectations and deliver results
• Strong English both written & spoken

Responsibilities

The job will require you to

• Grow the client portfolio revenues to reach goals
• Grow the top clients to exceed client growth expectations
• Coach and lead your team
• Thoroughly understand the fundamentals of the client’s business
• Manage and influence senior-level client contacts and maintain positive working relationships
• Advise on all aspects of the online marketing mix and their deployment to achieve a clients business objectives
• Recommend TradeDoubler products and services to your clients as appropriate
• Thoroughly understand the fundamentals of performance-based marketing
• Have a profound knowledge about on and offline marketing and branding theories

Please email Creative Director Tim Swainson directly at tim@bed-buzz.com

Thank you