Account Director

We’re looking for an Account Director to work within the client services team supporting the delivery of our client’s campaigns. Reporting into a Senior Account Director/Business Director you’ll be an essential part of the day-to-day running of client accounts. No two days will be the same; you could be working on a pop-up festival activation, planning an activation to open a new store, partnering with a PR agency to create an attention-grabbing stunt or working with the client on an event to celebrate their internal teams.

The Current Collective is an award-winning independent experiential agency. We specialise in delivering integrated, experiential-led marketing campaigns that deliver tangible results for our clients. By recently bringing together four heritage agencies in-house, we’ve created an exciting new offering that blends deep sector expertise with modern, agile thinking. With a strong heritage across the technology, retail and charity sectors, we pride ourselves on delivering innovative campaigns that push the boundaries of experiential marketing.

Founded in 2018, we’ve built an impressive roster of clients including HP, Google, TK Maxx, Meta and SharkNinja. In these transformative times, we’ve torn up the rulebook to do things differently by standing out, winning attention and driving impact. Experiential remains at the heart of everything we do, enabling us to create bold, integrated solutions for today’s brands.

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Hybrid Working and flexible hours
• Opportunities to learn and develop skills in a fun agency environment
• Work with impressive clients and produce world-class work
• Early-finish Fridays (extends to early finish on Thursdays AND Fridays in the summer)
• Side Hustle Funds to support budding entrepreneurs
• Birthdays lie-ins
• Additional leave to celebrate big moments like getting married or moving house
• Company Social Events
• Charity Volunteer days
• Part funded Private Healthcare

Diversity and Inclusion

The Current Collective is committed to creating a stimulating and supportive working environment based on mutual respect and trust where equality of opportunity is offered to all our employees, customers and job applicants. We recognise the link between equality and high-quality performance and we understand that ensuring equality of opportunity is essential for the successful and innovative development of our business.

We acknowledge our responsibility to identify value and respond appropriately to varying needs and perspectives. No one should receive less favourable treatment before or during employment on the grounds of gender, colour, race, ethnic background, age, religion or belief, disability, sexual orientation, or marital/family status as defined in the Protected Characteristics of the Equality Act 2010. This policy is founded on the firm belief that recognising the difference in people creates a productive environment in which everyone feels valued and can give of their best to successfully achieve our business objectives.

Current Collective Key Ideologies

• To produce excellence in our experiential campaigns.
• Show respect, support and empathy to all.
• To work to aggressive timelines with efficiency and to budget.
• To remain calm and positive in the office and on-site.
• Attention to detail on everything is a must.
• Technological innovation and digital amplification are central to all our campaigns.

Key Tasks and Responsibilities

• Client facing communications – including day-to-day business development, networking and forecasting.
• Receiving briefs from a client and leading in the pitch response process from start to finish.
• Support the Senior Account Directors/Business Director with relevant pitch RFP documentation and being a part of the strategic development.
• Support the Senior Account Directors/Business Director in growing and developing the client base.
• End-to-end campaign management, including overseeing timelines, suppliers, budgets and clients.
• Reviewing briefs for all relevant internal departments or sister agencies, including staffing, creative and production – ensuring the briefs are met on time and to the right specifications.
• Reviewing campaign implementation making sure both the client and agencies aims are met from creation through to implementation and reconciliation.
• Creating relevant presentation decks for senior account management teams.
• Being a lead on finance, reviewing costing and reconciliation of all budgets associated with campaigns ensuring all targets are met.
• Oversee the brief and management of suppliers and partners required for each campaign.
• Build and maintain strong, trusting and honest relationships in line with the key disciplines.
• Overseeing and leading creative briefings and inputting to ensure client goals are met.
• Attend internal meetings and support both junior and senior members of the accounts team.
• Review and manage all ROI and reporting for campaigns to ensure client goals have been met.
• Manage and be present on site for live activations.
• Industry insight and analysis.
• Supporting other teams where needed.
• Researching and collating up-to-date information and contributing to the company's social media.
• Actively involved in writing blogs and have input into company updates.
• Training for junior members of the team to ensure their development is achieved.
• Personal development.
• All associated administration.
• Understand the key disciplines and ensure that all work is up to these standards.
• Proactively explore and engage with opportunities for networking and learning and business development.
• Keeping up to date with trends and changes to relevant communications and campaign management technology.
• Carry out regular site visits and feedback relevant information to the team and agency, putting these findings into practice helping develop the team.
• Ensuring all work going out to any client meets the high standards that The Current Collective promote are achieved.
• Effectively manage own time, workload and resources and that of freelance staff.
• Ensure that all work is accurate, and attention has been given to the finer details and ensure they are leading by example for more junior staff.
• Apply company policies, standards and guidance and ensure colleagues understand how the guidelines will affect their work.
• Ensure that all colleagues are kept up to date with any changes in projects.
• Work in partnership with all team members, including cross-agency teams.
• Be a personable, enthusiastic team player with a committed and positive outlook.
• Initiate team catch-ups and de-brief sessions.
• Show initiative and recommend changes to processes where applicable.
• Be a figurehead of your own personal development.
• Undertake ad hoc work as and when required.

What You Need

• At least 2-3 years’ experience at Senior Account Manager level.
• Expertise in and experience of developing and executing experiential campaigns, including excellent knowledge of events, exhibitions, guerrilla and retail brand experiences.
• Excellent standard of literacy and numeracy and advanced skills around the creation of PowerPoints ensuring the ability to confidently present to colleagues and clients.
• Excellent communication skills across a range of contacts.
• An excellent understanding of the Microsoft Office suite.
• Strong financial management skills and proven budgeting and forecasting experience.
• Exceptional client management skills and proven budgeting and forecasting experience.
• Awareness of confidentiality and data protection requirements.
• Ability to be flexible and contribute to other areas of the business where required.
• Ability to think creatively and solve problems.
• Be able to multitask and have strong organisation skills.
• Ability to problem solve.
• Have strong attention to detail with a robust follow-through.
• To be able to build strong connections both internally and externally.

How You Act

• Have the ability to be aware of the key relationships and know how to access them.
• Shows initiative – you come up with creative ways to work with clients and team.
• You work with others to deliver results and provide support with an awareness of the social impact of your work.
• Willing to learn – you want to acquire new skills that will support you within the role and further your professional development.
• Flexible attitude – you are prepared to work flexibly to deliver the service.
• To maintain a smart and presentable appearance at all times.
• Trustworthy, reliable and mature in dealing with clients, staff and issues.

How We’ll Support You

At the Current Collective we support our people. We will provide you with the tools needed to both grow and succeed. You will be given opportunities to seek out and challenge collaboration methods. We will support you with talent across the Collective, who are experts in their field. And finally, we will provide possibilities for you to do work which you will be proud of in a community of teammates.