Account Director - Events & Experiential Agency

Posted 01 July 2016
Salary£65000 - £70000 per annum + Benefits
Job type Permanent
DisciplineEvent Recruitment Agency
Reference14941/001
Contact NameLive Recruitment

Job description

The agency
With some of the brightest talent in the industry, awards everywhere and a fantastic reputation this global creative events agency tends to need no introduction. They have long been recognised as one of the most innovative and creative agencies delivering HUGE events globally for a wide range of global brands.

They are innovative, forward thinking, and now there is an opportunity for an experienced Account Director or Project Director to join their team in a pivotal role. This position is a unique blend of client services and project delivery, something not often found in this scale of agency and with this type of events.

If you are looking for this balance of responsibilities combined with highly creative large scale events and unrivalled career opportunity then this Account Director role is not to be missed.

The role
Working on one of the agencies largest global accounts the Account Director will lead from the front, from forging an even stronger relationship with the client through to overseeing and guiding their internal delivery teams (including event management, production, creative and digital) from the initial brief through to on site.

The Account Director role is broad, but general responsibilities include;

- Central point of client contact
- Deepening the client relationship further
- Taking, interpreting and understanding the client brief
- Bringing internal teams together to guide the agency response
- Allocating smaller (still large) events to specific Account Managers
- Hands on management of the largest projects
- Budget management across the account
- Ensuring that delivery is of the highest standard

The candidate
The ideal Account Director candidate should have agency experience working with global brands where they have held the client relationship, whilst also leading / managing large scale projects from brief through to on site.

In return the agency offers the chance to work with a global brand delivering a huge variety of large scale creative events, a place where you can utilise all of your skills and a place here you can progress your career in one of the UK's most premium agencies.

To find out more please submit your CV using the apply button.

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