Senior Account Director

Job Description:

The Senior Account Director is a leadership role in Account Management ensuring the successful delivery of digital transformation projects. They help nurture and expand client relationships by understanding client goals and aligning our teams and services to meet those objectives. The Sr Account Director balances client demands with internal demands associated with staffing and resource planning, financial management, and motivate their team to deliver the best results to our clients on a daily basis.

You will report to our Group Account Director and work closely with other VP, SVP, and EVP level executives.

Responsibilities:

• Nurture long-term client relationships that deliver mutual value

• Manage complex digital engagements and lead teams to create strategic solutions

• Contribute to the strategic direction of our client relationship by identifying client needs or pain points and the solutions that address them, bringing innovation to the forefront

• Use your experience to identify opportunities for growth and collaboration, being a trusted advisor to clients

• Develop stories through use of carefully narrated presentations to manage and align executive communications

• Provide leadership of strategic planning efforts, advisory/strategy consulting engagements, and “accountability” for the quality and growth of ongoing client work

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree

• Minimum 8 years experience in relevant digital experience disciplines

• Proven experience in client management roles, with experience driving client retention and business growth

• Experience managing, and developing a team of who are responsible for the day-to-day execution of client programs; Able to work collaboratively across cross functional teams and geographic locations

• Experience managing the financial aspects of a book of business including forecasting revenue, costs, profit margins, invoicing, reporting financials to company executives, etc.

Additional information:

The annual salary range for this position is $113,000 - $182,850 / year. Placement within the salary range is based on a variety of factors, including relevant experience, knowledge, skills, and other factors permitted by law.

Benefits available with this position include:

• Medical, vision, and dental insurance,

• Life insurance,

• Short-term and long-term disability insurance,

• 401k,

• Flexible paid time off,

• At least 15 paid holidays per year,

• Paid sick and safe leave, and

• Paid parental leave.

Dentsu also complies with applicable state and local laws regarding employee leave benefits, including, but not limited to providing time off pursuant to the Colorado Healthy Families and Workplaces Act, in accordance with its plans and policies. For further details regarding Dentsu benefits, please visit www.dentsubenefitsplus.com.

To begin the application process, please click on the "Apply" button at the top of this job posting. Applications will be reviewed on an ongoing basis, and qualified candidates will be contacted for next steps.

At dentsu, we believe great work happens when we’re connected. Our way of working combines flexibility with in-person collaboration to spark ideas and strengthen our teams. Employees who live within a commutable distance of one of our hub offices, currently located in Chicago, metro Detroit, Los Angeles, and New York City, are required and expected to work from the office three days per week (two days per week for employees based in Los Angeles). Dentsu may designate other Hub offices at any time. Those who live outside a commutable range may be designated as remote, depending on the role and business needs. Regardless of your work location, we expect our employees to be flexible to meet the needs of our Company and clients, which may include attendance in an office.

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Location:

New York

Brand:

Merkle

Time Type:

Full time

Contract Type:

Permanent

Dentsu is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees. We do this without regard to race, color, national origin, sex , sexual orientation, gender identity, age, pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, ancestry, physical or mental disability, marital status, political affiliat