Client Director (Creative Agency)

Hybrid Working in Leeds and Newcastle (4 days in the office). Really competitive salary.

We're working with a highly respected creative agency that's looking for a Client Director to join its senior team. This is a brilliant opportunity for someone who thrives on building trusted partnerships, spotting commercial opportunities and helping ambitious brands achieve more.

You'll lead a portfolio of major technology clients, becoming their strategic advisor whilst working closely with talented creatives, strategists and production teams to deliver work that makes a genuine impact. Alongside growing existing relationships, you'll help shape the agency's commercial direction, mentor the client services team and play a key role in the next stage of the agency's growth.

If you're commercially sharp, naturally collaborative and passionate about creating long-term client partnerships, this is one you'll want to explore.

• Leading senior client relationships, becoming the trusted strategic partner across a portfolio of key accounts.
• Developing long-term account strategies that align creative thinking with commercial objectives.
• Identifying opportunities to grow existing accounts through new services, projects and strategic partnerships.
• Working closely with strategy, creative and production teams to ensure every brief delivers exceptional work and measurable results.
• Owning commercials across your portfolio, including forecasting, budgets, profitability and account performance.
• Providing senior oversight across projects, solving challenges early and ensuring delivery remains smooth and commercially successful.
• Coaching, mentoring and developing the client services team, helping people grow whilst maintaining exceptional client standards.
• Contributing to wider agency growth, thought leadership and innovation as part of the senior leadership team.

• Proven experience within a senior agency client services role, ideally as an Account Director, Senior Account Director or Client Director.
• A strong track record of developing strategic client relationships and growing accounts.
• Commercial confidence across forecasting, budgeting, profitability and account planning.
• Experience leading pitches, proposals and senior client presentations.
• Strong strategic thinking with the ability to translate client objectives into commercially successful creative solutions.
• Confidence influencing senior stakeholders and navigating complex organisations.
• Previous experience mentoring and developing high-performing client services teams.
• A collaborative, proactive approach with excellent communication and relationship-building skills.

• Lead some of the agency's most exciting technology and software clients.
• Join the senior leadership team with genuine influence across clients, culture and agency growth.
• Work alongside talented strategists, creatives and client service specialists who genuinely care about doing brilliant work.
• Join an ambitious agency where your ideas, leadership and commercial thinking will shape the future of the business.
• Hybrid working - 4 days in the office.

Ready to take the lead? If you're looking for a role where you can influence clients, inspire people and help shape the future of a growing creative agency, we'd love to hear from you.