Account Director

We Are Social Thailand is seeking an Account Director to lead client groups and teams in delivering socially-led creative campaigns. This role involves proactively managing internal teams and clients, developing existing business, building client relationships, and driving new business. The Account Director will also stay abreast of industry trends, educate teams, and keep clients updated on relevant practices. Key responsibilities include account management leadership, shaping client vision, leading integrated marketing campaigns, managing financials, and nurturing team growth.

Must Have

• Lead client groups and internal teams
• Drive business development and client growth
• Deliver account management leadership
• Lead integrated marketing campaigns (social-first)
• Manage account financials and project timelines
• Inspire and coach account management teams
• 8-10 years agency experience
• 5 years KOLs management experience
• Knowledge of digital, social, content, media, analytics, production
• Strong data analytics understanding
• Regional/global client experience
• Proven track record in organic client growth
• Excellent verbal and written communication
• Strong problem-solving and proactive attitude

Perks & Benefits

• Work with industry best
• Opportunity to work with global brands
• Opportunities for international field trips
• Extra Performance Bonus
• Group Health insurance

Description

We Are Social Thailand is looking for skilled, talented and high potential candidates to join our team. We are open for roles of Account Director

About the role

We Are Social is a global socially-led creative agency with unrivalled social media expertise. With more than 1300 people in 20 offices spanning four continents, we deliver world-class creative campaigns and strategies based on social insights, for forward-thinking brands.

We are looking for an Account Director who can lead client groups and teams to successfully plan and deliver services in one or more of our core service areas.

As an Account Director, we look to you to proactively lead and manage both your internal teams and your clients, delivering the best solutions that We Are Social can offer. You will have the responsibility, together with the wider Management Team, for developing and driving forward existing business, building, and developing your client relationships, demonstrating real ‘thought’ leadership and helping to bring in new business into the agency.

We also expect you to keep abreast of the industry for emerging trends and creative practices, educating not only your own team, but also the wider team at We Are Social. We also look to you to continually keep your clients updated and engaged with relevant industry practices.

Responsibilities:

• Deliver account management leadership and ownership over assigned key client accounts, and new and organic business opportunities by building enduring senior-level relationships between clients and the agency through trust, credibility, and expertise.
• Shape and drive vision, direction, and activities for the accounts through a rigorous understanding of the key dynamics, strategies, and drivers of the clients’ businesses.
• Lead operations and implementations of social-first but not social-only integrated marketing communications campaigns at a global and regional level.
• In charge of setting the communications directions given to various agency departments ensuring that the Client brief is clear and actionable, able to give direction for multiple projects and accounts.
• Maintain timeline and ensure delivery for key milestones including presentations, approvals and production and media implementations.
• Manage the financial health and commercials of assigned key client accounts as well as detail-oriented adherence to all related project financial administrative requirements – job charges, campaign budgets and cost controls.
• Inspire, coach, and nurture the growth and progression of the assigned account management team.
• Building strong internal relationships across each department to ensure a good working environment between all departments.
• Champion the Agency’s vision and mission

Requirements

• 8-10 years of experience in agency
• 5 years of experience in KOLs management
• Experience in delivering digital and/or social-led campaigns; with keen knowledge of digital, social, content, media, analytics and reporting, offline application, and production
• Has a deep understanding and appreciation of data analytics and data-led proposals and solutions
• Has regional and/or global client experience or both
• Proven track record in driving and building organic clients’ growth
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to work individually on a project and/or in a team environment.
• Ability to communicate results to management and in a fast-paced environment
• Strong problem-solving skills and a proactive attitude.
• Passion for creative marketing and a desire to learn and grow.
• Deliver and perform above expectations
• HUSTLER Spirit

Benefits

• Work with the best of the best in industry
• Opportunity to work with global brands
• Opportunities to go abroad field trip to advance on your career
• Extra Performance Bonus
• Group Health insurance