Overview
Senior Account Director Jobs in St. Louis, Missouri, USA at BBDO Atlanta
Location: St. Louis
BBDO has been in the big idea business for over a century and is one of the most awarded advertising agencies in the world. Dedication to our craft is summed up in the BBDO mantra:
The Work. The Work. The Work. We create work that changes consumer behavior, brings a brand’s story to life, and is an economic multiplier for our clients’ businesses. We uniquely combine world-class creative with content production agility and real-time analytics.
Quite simply, we believe that in the absence of great work, nothing else matters. However, the forms that great work’ takes are continually shifting. More than an account director who can successfully shepherd a creative campaign from brief to execution, we need a passionate marketer who can help identify and unlock new opportunities to drive business whether that’s through new ways of understanding our customers, re-imaging the customer experience, developing new content marketing platforms, or the next new techinnovation.
Beyond the traditional skills associated with an accomplished account director, we’re looking for someone who:
Is rigorous; enjoys disagreement and debate when it is in service to getting to better work
Isentrepreneurial; they embrace the opportunity to experiment and try new things and aren’t afraid to fail.
Is committed tocontinuous learning; they are excited by new possibilities and love to dig into how tools/systems/platforms can be used to advance their client’s business.
Loves to convene and collaborate with talent; is committed to we, not me’ and the idea that the whole is always greater than the sum of the parts’.
We are currently seeking a multi-faceted Account Director to lead help bed a new part of Bayer Crop Science strategy into the agency, help develop a vision for the success of these clients and ensure that we are on the right shared trajectory.
Description
Our Account Director will be the lead on the new DEKALB, Asgrow and Deltapine seed business. Thei person will work with our strategy team to develop annual plans, budget activity for the year, develop a plan for implementation, and provide direction and inspiration to the team as we put those plans into effect.
The ideal person for this role is a multi-faceted marketer, relentless inquisitive, ruthlessly competitive, naturallycollaborative, and a leader who inspiresinnovation.
What you’ll be doing for us
Helping to set long-term direction for the account, whilebuilding relationshipsacross the client organization that we will need to be successful
Managing the day-to-day direction andcommunicationfor your team.
Driving that annual cadence of work, from planning to budgeting to implementation to on-goingoptimization.
Working closely with the creative lead on the business to continually elevate the quality of our work across the board.
Guiding cross-teamcommunicationwith other departments for all projects.
Working closely with agency partners in evaluating campaign performance and developingoptimizationrecommendations.
Ensuring consistent and clearcommunicationbetween BBDO, your client, and partner teams.
Leading relationship mapping for the agency team to ensure relationships are strong at all levels, actively addressing potential friction.
Formulating effective thoughtleadershipby developing strong knowledge of the client’s business beyond advertising output.
Serving as a reliable resource for the Creative, Strat…
Title: Senior Account Director
Company: BBDO Atlanta
Location: St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Category: Marketing / Advertising / PR, Management
