Account Director

Job Description:

Dentsu is an integrated growth and transformation partner to the world’s leading organizations. Founded in 1901 in Tokyo, Japan, and now present in over 145 countries and regions, it has a proven track record of nurturing and developing innovations, combining the talents of its global network of leadership brands to develop impactful and integrated growth solutions for clients. Dentsu delivers end-to-end experience transformation (EX) by integrating its services across Media, CXM and Creative, while its business transformation (BX) mindset pushes the boundaries of transformation and sustainable growth for brands, people and society.

iProspect is an important part of our world-class offering - a global digital-first end-to-end media agency. Its unmatched mix of media strategy and storytelling with digital expertise and audience knowledge defines the new territory of performance-driven brand building. By delivering human-centric solutions, iProspect accelerates growth for the world’s most iconic brands. The iProspect team works across a network of more than 8,000 media and performance specialists spread across 93 global markets.

We’re hiring for an Account Director to join the Global Team in London working for a leading Home Appliance client.

Purpose of the Role

As Account Director you’ll manage the core client team, in close collaboration with the Client Lead, leading the day-to-day operations across planning, activation and reporting, ensuring compliance with global processes and business priorities driving cross-region alignment. You’ll manage the client relationship and ensure collaboration and integration across internal specialist teams within dentsu to foster great relationships and support the local markets in delivering exceptional innovative, impactful, data-driven media activations that drive client’s business growth.

Key Responsibilities

• Work in partnership with 43 local market, clients and planning teams assisting them in delivering best in class, full funnel media comms planning and activations, ensuring strategic alignment with business objectives.
• Bring alignment within the team to ensure insights, learnings and best practices are shared and applied across regions/markets to avoid silos.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with internal teams, including strategy, eCommerce, media effectiveness and channel teams to deliver high quality, measurable and effective work.
• Work closely with main global partners to identify and continue to evolve JBP opportunities to ensure we are leveraging their offering and capabilities to drive our client’s business forward.
• Stay ahead of industry trends and best practices to continuously refine the client’s approach to media.
• Manage a Core Media Team on day-to-day governance with local teams.

Qualifications + Skills

• Strong knowledge of Digital Media channels such as Display, Search and Social and how they work together as well as experience working with specialist teams to deliver best in class media strategies and activations.
• Experience working on global clients involving network coordination, delivering great client satisfaction scores at global and local level, brilliant basics and a proactive approach to the future.
• Hands on experience in developing and executing full-funnel media strategies and comms planning.
• Proven ability to lead a team and support junior members in the career progression.
• Skilled at identifying opportunities that enhance client business performance and deliver measurable impact.
• The ability to speak French is preferable in this role due to the location of the client.

What we offer

This is a permanent role. The team is based in our London office on a hybrid basis with two days per week on site. This role also requires regular travel to France for client and wider team collaboration. As well as a competitive salary, you’ll enjoy a benefits package that you can tailor to your needs.

Inclusion and Diversity

At Dentsu, we embrace diversity and inclusion, valuing the unique perspectives and contributions of every individual. We believe that diversity fuels creativity and innovation, benefiting our employees, partners, and communities. We welcome applications from all individuals, regardless of race, ethnicity, nationality, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, disability, marital status, or any other protected characteristic. Beyond recruitment, we strive to create an environment where everyone feels respected, supported, and empowered to bring their authentic selves to work. We recognise the importance of work-life balance and are open to discussing flexible working arrangements for all roles. If you need reasonable adjustments due to a disability or medical condition during our recruitment process, please contact us at accommodations@dentsu.com, quoting the reference number of the role that you are applying for. Your needs will be handled with respect and confidentiality to ensure an inclusive and accessible experience.