We're looking for an Account Director who thrives at the intersection of client leadership, performance marketing, and business growth, and who is passionate about helping brands turn marketing investments into measurable business results.
This role is ideal for someone who can confidently navigate strategic conversations with executive stakeholders while leading integrated marketing initiatives that drive measurable business outcomes. You'll serve as a trusted advisor to clients, lead cross-functional teams, and help shape the future growth of both our client partnerships and our agency.
As an Account Director, you'll oversee a portfolio of accounts, connecting client objectives with media strategy, analytics, creative thinking, and execution. If you're equal parts strategist, relationship builder, and performance marketer, we'd love to meet you.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Serve as the senior strategic lead for a portfolio of client accounts, building trusted relationships with executive stakeholders and key decision-makers.
- Develop and present integrated marketing and media strategies that align with client business goals and drive measurable results.
- Translate complex performance data, analytics, and media insights into clear recommendations and actionable business strategies.
- Lead collaboration across media, analytics, ad operations, and digital teams to ensure successful campaign execution.
- Champion a “test and learn” mindset, encouraging innovation, experimentation and optimization across campaigns.
- Guide clients through emerging media opportunities, platform innovations, and evolving marketing technologies.
- Mentor and develop account team members, fostering a collaborative and high-performing team environment.
- Manage account profitability, forecasting, budgets, scopes of work, and overall financial health.
- Identify opportunities to expand client partnerships and contribute to agency growth.
- Support agency new business efforts through strategic planning, presentations, and pitch participation.
- Ensure projects move efficiently while maintaining high standards for quality, communication, and client service.
WHAT YOU BRING TO THE TABLE
- 8+ years of experience in advertising, marketing, media, or agency client services.
- Proven success managing complex client relationships and executive-level stakeholders.
- Deep understanding of performance marketing across paid search, paid social, display, video, streaming, and programmatic media.
- Strong knowledge of analytics, attribution, measurement frameworks, and performance optimization.
- Experience leading cross-functional teams and developing high-performing talent.
- Exceptional communication, presentation, and storytelling skills.
- Strong business acumen with experience managing budgets, forecasts, and account profitability.
- Ability to prioritize multiple initiatives and thrive in a fast-paced environment.
- Strategic mindset with a passion for solving problems and driving growth.
- Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Advertising, Business, Communications, or a related field.
BONUS QUALIFICATIONS
- Experience in gaming, entertainment, hospitality, or destination marketing.
- Familiarity with platforms such as The Trade Desk, DV360, Tealium, AudienceStream, Live Nation, Ticketmaster, or similar technologies.
- Experience working across media, creative, analytics, web, CRM, content, and AI-enabled marketing solutions.
Skills Required
- 8+ years of experience in advertising, marketing, media, or agency client services.
- Proven success managing complex client relationships and executive-level stakeholders.
- Deep understanding of performance marketing across paid search, paid social, display, video, streaming, and programmatic media.
- Strong knowledge of analytics, attribution, measurement frameworks, and performance optimization.
- Experience leading cross-functional teams and developing high-performing talent.
- Exceptional communication, presentation, and storytelling skills.
- Strong business acumen with experience managing budgets, forecasts, and account profitability.
- Ability to prioritize multiple initiatives and thrive in a fast-paced environment.
- Strategic mindset with a passion for solving problems and driving growth.
- Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Advertising, Business, Communications, or a related field.
- Experience in gaming, entertainment, hospitality, or destination marketing.
- Familiarity with platforms such as The Trade Desk, DV360, Tealium, AudienceStream, Live Nation, or Ticketmaster.
- Experience working across media, creative, analytics, web, CRM, content, and AI-enabled marketing solutions.
What We Do
At Walz Tetrick Advertising, we have a saying: Why outspend the competition when you can outsmart them? That’s the mission of every member of our team. To uncover illuminating insights and develop customized, game-changing, data-driven campaigns that make our clients look bigger and feel more local. Strategies that deliver bottom-line results and a roadmap for future success. In our fast-paced industry, we know the importance of staying nimble. And we’re also built to think ahead. So as we push forward, we illuminate the opportunities beyond what others thought possible. We lead our clients, so they can lead their competition. And their industries. Every day we go out of our way to outplan, outwork, outwit and outperform so we can deliver better outcomes for our clients. Are you ready to outsmart your competition? Would you like to become a member of our team? Let’s talk.
