Senior Account Director in London

23red is a purpose-driven creative agency. We develop brands and campaigns that change behaviour for the better and have a positive impact on people's lives. Whether it's tackling climate change, fighting inequality or driving blood donations, we take pride in developing brands and campaigns that make a real difference to society.

We are experts in crafting creative campaigns that cut through and engage, delivering them through paid, owned and earned channels, frequently working through the trusted voices of media, partners, or influencers. Our people are motivated by the impact of our work, and we have clear values, each underpinned by a set of behaviours: Collaborative, Curious, Creative, Clever and Caring.

START DATE: ASAP

PURPOSE OF THE ROLE:

Working closely with the Business Director, you will represent the face of 23red working closely with our clients. You will be fully responsible for fostering trust and building agency credibility with your stakeholders. Overseeing the overall development and implementation of key strategic solutions for your clients, you will be comfortable with leading a truly consultative agency approach that challenges a brief and inspires your clients.

As a senior member of the team, you will also have exceptional positivity and demonstrate an inspiring, nurturing, and engaging approach to people across the project team. Partnerships experience is essential for this role, and you would also ideally have experience in delivering large scale integrated accounts. You'll need to be able to think strategically and creatively about how you can partner a brand and an organisation together to reach an audience and amplify campaign messages. You'll need to be able to present confidently with potential partners and sell-in a cause and purpose that you want them to get behind. If you have experience in purpose driven work, government work or sustainability, this would be an added bonus.

WHAT WILL YOU BE DOING?

• Skilled in forging partnerships, you will amplify campaign messages by identifying and building productive partnerships with like-minded organisations.
• A natural client manager, you will be confident with leading from the front and pulling together project teams which could consist of experts from creative, PR and social media.
• You will deliver large scale integrated accounts including paid and partnerships.
• In line with the overall delivery, you will also demonstrate exceptional project management skills to develop creative campaigns with and for partners.
• A polished presenter you will be confident with writing and presenting engaging and thought-provoking brief responses to clients.
• An adept people manager, you will be comfortable with driving the output of the project team in an inspiring way to foster the best client servicing, strategic output and creative briefs and ideas.
• Commercially astute, you will always have an eye on the bigger picture and be comfortable scoping out relevant client targets and deliverables to ensure objectives are met.
• You will take financial responsibility for your client accounts, pulling together scopes of work and having oversight of the financial forecast of clients.

The right candidate will have:

• Proven track record of building partnerships to amplify campaign messages.
• Experience in delivering large scale integrated accounts including paid and partnerships.
• Communication skills - you will excel in all types of communication and at all levels with clients and internally.
• Management skills - you will listen actively and use your coaching skills to help develop more junior team members.
• Organisation skills - you’ll be adept at managing your time efficiently and prioritising work effectively.
• Research and analysis skills - you’ll be able to build evaluation and valuation into the core of your campaigns.
• Numeracy skills – you’ll understand how an agency makes money and will be able to apply that understanding to the management of day to day accounts.
• IT skills - you’ll be adept at using MS Office programmes (Word, PowerPoint and Excel) and Paprika.

DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION

We are committed at 23red to creating a team that represents the rich diversity of society and we strive to create a working environment that ensures everyone can be heard and valued for their contributions. We welcome all applications, especially those from individuals who are underrepresented in our industry.