Account Director (Mat leave cover)

Overview / About us

Who are we?

We’re The Leith Agency – Scotland’s leading creative agency. We’re a creative, strategically-minded, digitally savvy team of over 90 working in Edinburgh (often ranked as one of the world’s best cities to live in). We’re growing the work we do in the Health & Wellbeing sector and are looking to add a new Account Director to our team.

Responsibilities / Position overview

We currently work on a range of clients in the UK and internationally. It would be an advantage if the potential candidates have experience of working with or for leading companies in the health and wellbeing sector. Given the nature of the work it will also be a bonus for candidates to have experience of international projects, language skills, paid media, and social media projects. The role will involve working with trade bodies including EFPIA, IFPMA and ABPI so experience of working on policy issues and industry reputation would also be an advantage.

But more importantly, you must be passionate about using communications to help make a difference to the health and well-being of people, from reducing childhood obesity to telling the story of the science behind the world’s most innovative medicines.

Qualifications

To succeed, you should have:

1. Experience working within a creative agency at an Account Director or Senior Account Manager level
2. Contributed to a portfolio of distinctive work, as well as shown some creative thinking
3. Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to articulate the ‘why’ behind ideas
4. Relentless attention to detail
5. Confidence in managing all commercial aspects of client relationships
6. A problem-solving personality, with the desire to help your colleagues.

Benefits

• You’ll get to work at an award-winning agency with smart people who have a huge variety of skills
• Part of an inclusive and collaborative and super social culture.
• A nice office right on The Shore of Leith
• A cycle to work scheme to save you cash for saving the planet
• Electric vehicle scheme, saving 30% – 40% on leasing an EV
• Quarterly, company-wide events featuring all kinds of bold thinkers
• Free weekly yoga
• Enhanced maternity/paternity leave and shared parental leave
• Vitality Private Health Insurance
• Mentoring Schemes that allow you to reach your full potential
• Generous Annual Leave Entitlement +Your birthday off
• Annual discretionary bonus
• A boat, yes you heard that right! Our own boat docked at the Leith shore where we host client meetings and parties.
• Part of a thriving, innovative, supportive, marketing and research scene with strong connections to the MRS, IPA & Marketing Society.

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