Account Director - Planning

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Manchester, Greater Manchester, England, GBR
In-Office
Senior level
Agency
The Role
Lead client relationships and strategic integrated media planning across digital and offline channels. Oversee campaign delivery, financial performance, team development, and cross-channel collaboration while supporting account growth and senior stakeholder management.
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Agency :

Havas Market

Job Description :

Our AmbitionAt Havas Media Network we create Meaningful Media that drives growth for the world’s most ambitious brands. Guided by our values—Human at Heart, Head for Rigour, and Mind for Flair—we embed genuine human insight, data-driven discipline and creative daring into everything we do.This role sits at the heart of that promise, bridging day-to-day planning with specialist capabilities to ensure data-driven thinking enhances every stage of media delivery.
Snapshot
 
The Account Director is responsible for leading client relationships, driving media excellence and overseeing the successful delivery of integrated media campaigns across a portfolio of accounts. 
This role combines strategic thinking, commercial awareness, leadership and client partnership. You'll be responsible for ensuring exceptional work is delivered whilst supporting team development and contributing to the continued growth of the Manchester office. 
Responsibilities 
  • Act as a senior day-to-day client lead and trusted advisor. 
  • Able to lead and inspire their team, the wider agency, clients, and other external partners.  
  • Lead strategic planning across integrated media campaigns. 
  • Translate business objectives into effective media strategies. 
  • Oversee campaign delivery and ensure quality across all outputs throughout the planning cycle.  
  • Manage senior stakeholder relationships both internally and externally. 
  • Support commercial growth, account development and retention opportunities. 
  • Lead, coach and develop Managers, Senior Executives and Executives. 
  • Drive collaboration across specialist channel teams. 
  • Ensure financial accuracy, profitability and operational efficiency. 
  • Contribute to wider department and agency initiatives. 
Who We're Looking For 
Ideal Experience 
  • Strong experience within a media agency environment. 
  • Proven track record managing complex client relationships at a senior level.  
  • Extensive understanding of integrated media planning across digital and offline channels. 
  • Ability to lead strategic conversations and influence senior stakeholders. 
  • Experience managing, coaching and developing high-performing teams. 
  • Strong commercial acumen and financial management skills. 
  • Confident presenting in front of senior stakeholders across the campaign cycle.  
  • Comfortable working within fast-paced environments and balancing multiple priorities. 

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Contract Type :

Permanent

Here at Havas across the group we pride ourselves on being committed to offering equal opportunities to all potential employees and have zero tolerance for discrimination. We are an equal opportunity employer and welcome applicants irrespective of age, sex, race, ethnicity, disability and other factors that have no bearing on an individual’s ability to perform their job.

Skills Required

  • Strong experience within a media agency environment
  • Proven track record managing complex client relationships at a senior level
  • Extensive understanding of integrated media planning across digital and offline channels
  • Ability to lead strategic conversations and influence senior stakeholders
  • Experience managing, coaching and developing high-performing teams
  • Strong commercial acumen and financial management skills
  • Confident presenting in front of senior stakeholders across the campaign cycle
  • Comfortable working within fast-paced environments and balancing multiple priorities
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The Company
HQ: Chicago, IL
450 Employees
Year Founded: 2012

What We Do

Fearless. Fast. Smart. Focused. We are on a relentless quest to be Chicago's most creative company by reinvigorating iconic American brands through cultural relevance. We are passionate makers, digital disruptors, artists who don't color inside the lines. We work smarter. Push harder. Break things. Make things. And we're always looking forward.

Why Work With Us

Our agency gets out of bed in the morning to undertake what we call 'meaningful disruption' in an industry that is in need of serious transformation. We are not looking for the same, boring solutions that are chock-full of brand and marketing rhetoric but seek people that want to change the advertising game.

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