Account Director - Digital Media Agency

Our client is looking for their next Account Director to join them in Dubai office. It is a leading Digital Media agency with a very strong presence in the UAE now expanding to the GCC countries.

The Account Director will take care of largescale global & regional accounts and nurture client relationships while growing existing accounts in the GCC region.

Responsibilities:

• This role will work closely with the Business Director and is responsible for the overall coordination execution and control of production projects
• Responsible for daytoday activities with production hubs ensuring successful completion of projects
• Their proximity to the global leads enables a strong accountability for ensuring consistency with project commitments and goal
• This role demands a forwardthinking strategic leader who will oversee a large multidisciplinary team serving both regional and global clients
• Will also play a key role in identifying new growth opportunities both within existing brands and agency new business efforts
• Also will act as point of escalation for the creative marketing team and reconcile production differences with client concerns
• In doing so the candidate will foster strong partnerships with other projects leads while overseeing projects timelines and planning
• The account director will represent production in the eyes of the client while educating clients and team members
• Will take responsibility for all production relationships and processes globally ensuring consistency with existing commitments and goals
• Will actively cooperate with selected stakeholders from the clientside Agency account managers and the production teams to ensure all agreed work is delivered to the client in high quality and within agreed timelines
• More than just delivering the expected production materials he must ensure all production runs effectively and efficiently
• Additionally this person will help to identify daytoday hurdles and address specific production needs and optimizations while providing support to largescale production

Qualifications:

• 710 years experience in account management including 35 years of supervisory/team lead experience
• Digital fluency with an understanding of the complex fragmented media/advertising landscape and ability to bring together cohesive programs that drive results for the clients
• Extensive video production development and the capability to lead mid to largescale production
• Recent experience in nontraditional experiential creative and production
• Curiosity to learn business and categorical knowledge that can help drive and direct creative solutions that enable positive business outcomes for the clients.
• An appreciation for how great work gets done and a commitment to ensuring creative excellence
• Strong communication and presentation skills.