# Account Director

**Company**: Ogilvy
**Location**: Sydney, Australia
**Experience**: senior
**Category**: Marketing
**Industry**: Consulting

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## Description

The Account Director will play a central role in leading the account, working closely with the account lead to develop a deep understanding of the client's challenges and help manage and deliver integrated, film-led campaigns.

Responsibilities:

- Build an open, honest and trusting relationship with the client, the account management team, creative department and all other internal business units.

- Manage the Client's expectations by ensuring they are always kept in the loop in terms of work in progress, recognising issues early and pre-empting them.

- Demonstrate a clear understanding of the organisational structure, culture and politics of the client's business.

- Contribute to the development of business and marketing plans based on a thorough understanding of the market and consumer.

- Understand trends and influences within the client's market, including competitor activity.

- Lead a mixed-discipline agency team in developing and delivering the highest standard creative product for a client or clients.

- Create an environment of trust, confidence, enthusiasm and excitement both internally and with the client.

- Develop short-term (12 months – 2 years) communications strategies based on the client's business plan and vision.

- Be responsible for the work produced and seek out opportunities to grow the relationship with the client.

- Implement new ways of working that allow the company to deliver quality work faster and cheaper.

- Write strategies and briefs that inspire great work.

- Ensure the continuous progression of work by building strong relationships with all core disciplines – media, production, planning and creative.

- Attend research debriefs and contribute to subsequent discussions.

- Understand the WPP AUNZ group and our offering across all business units.

- Manage agency team members, including delegation, coaching, feedback and the completion of appraisals, identifying potential, managing workload and setting priorities.

Why you'll love Ogilvy:

- Global opportunities – Access career pathways, projects and connections across the Ogilvy and WPP network.

- 16 weeks paid parental leave – Gender-neutral leave for all parents and caregivers.

- Leading AI tools – Exclusive access to WPP Open, our global AI platform.

- Inclusive culture – A workplace where everyone can belong and thrive.

- Career development – Personalised growth plans, coaching and ongoing learning opportunities.

- Extra time off – Birthday leave, Summer Fridays and loyalty leave.

- Wellbeing support – Health and fitness discounts, wellbeing programs and mindfulness resources.

- Employee Assistance Program – Free, confidential counselling support.

- Recognition and rewards – Celebrating great work and long-term contribution.

- Referral bonuses – Earn rewards for introducing great talent.

- Exclusive discounts – Savings on major brands through perkSPACE.

## Skills

### Required
- account management
- marketing
- communications
- strategy
- leadership

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