Executive Director, Client Leadership

Overview

As Executive Director, Client Leadership, you’ll act as a trusted senior advisor to key client stakeholders, leading long‑term partnerships and driving both client and agency growth. You’ll oversee large‑scale, multi‑market accounts, ensuring high‑impact media strategies are aligned to business objectives and delivered with excellence across all channels. You’ll work closely with strategy, media, creative, analytics, and global teams to develop integrated solutions, define KPIs, and optimise performance. A core part of the role is identifying opportunities to grow accounts through expanded services, new initiatives, and joint business planning. You’ll also lead and mentor teams, fostering collaboration, capability development, and a strong performance culture.

Responsibilities

• Act as a trusted senior advisor to key client stakeholders and lead long‑term client partnerships.
• Oversee large‑scale, multi‑market accounts and ensure high‑impact media strategies are aligned to business objectives and delivered with excellence across all channels.
• Collaborate with strategy, media, creative, analytics, and global teams to develop integrated solutions and define KPIs.
• Identify opportunities to grow accounts through expanded services, new initiatives, and joint business planning.
• Lead and mentor teams, fostering collaboration, capability development, and a strong performance culture.

Qualifications

• Senior Director level (or equivalent) with deep experience in media strategy, planning, buying, and optimisation across digital, TV, social, OOH, and more.
• Experience working with multinational clients across markets and time zones.
• Curiosity about emerging technologies including AI; motivated by building strong teams and relationships.

About The Agency

At OMD EMEA, we strive to deliver on our promise of ‘better decisions, faster’ for our clients, partners and all 6,000+ OMDers across our region every day. As part of the world’s largest media network, our business is staging experiences for consumers who have more choice and less attention than ever before. The key to the process is empathy: to see the world through the eyes of the consumer, recognise the needs of our clients, and identify aspirations of our talent.

Our working pattern for colleagues is to be present in the office three days a week at our offices in London with the other days available to work remotely. Let us know if you have any questions about our working pattern as part of your application and interview process.

Flexible Working

At Omnicom Media Group, we are committed to supporting flexibility for our people while fostering collaboration, innovation, and teamwork. We have a hybrid working model (three days in the office, two working remotely) and standard working hours are 9:30 – 17:30, with core hours 10:30 – 16:30 for flexibility. Examples include starting at 8:30 and finishing at 16:30 or starting at 10:30 and finishing at 18:30.

We encourage open conversations between our people and managers to navigate high‑need periods and individual circumstances. Our goal is to create an environment where people feel supported to do their best—both in their careers and in their lives outside of work.

Be Your Best

We want everyone to shine and are happy to make adjustments in the recruitment process so you can be your best. Please discuss any specific requirements with your dedicated Talent Team member or email confidentially at beyourbest@omnicommediagroup.com to let us know how we can support you.

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at OMG

At OMG, our vision is to be an agency where difference is valued and everyone is able to thrive in a culture of equality, inclusion and belonging. We are committed to providing a truly inclusive environment that reflects today’s society, where everyone can bring their true selves to work, and where diverse voices and backgrounds are valued, heard, and well‑represented.