Position: Account Director
FLSA Classification: Exempt
Reports to: Group Account Director
Revision Date: July 2026
Work Location: Charlotte, NC: Hybrid
Mythic employees are expected to work from 9:00am-5:30pm, but may also require evenings and weekends as client needs dictate. Must be authorized to work in the US without corporate assistance. Must be located in the US.
Job Summary: The Account Director will be responsible for cultivating multi-tiered client relationships and identifying organic growth opportunities to ensure both brand impact and account profitability. This role requires a "strategy-first" mindset and over 10 years of experience to bridge the gap between complex business objectives and extraordinary creative execution.
Job Responsibilities:- Provide Strategic and Marketing Leadership (Own the Work)
- Dynamic and influential leader, responsible for the general oversight and health of the client and account.
- Develops the client/agency scope of work.
- Works with clients, cross-functional teams and partners to uncover business needs and objectives, craft appropriate strategies, and identify/implement solutions to help achieve client goals.
- Develops broad industry expertise.
- Creates and interprets effective analysis to support and further optimize marketing recommendations.
- Responsible for P&L management and maintaining or improving account profitability.
- Effectively Manage a Team (Find a Way)
- Manages and serves as a mentor to a team of three to five marketing professionals.
- Fosters teamwork through a positive, constructive and collaborative work environment that drives our internal and external teams to Be More.
- Provides team leadership that rewards creativity and positive career development opportunities.
- Build and Grow Client Relationships (Create with Purpose)
- A champion for great work, the AD reviews and evaluates creative ideas/output to ensure work meets brand and project strategies/objectives, client expectations, and agency standards.
- Cultivates, develops, and maintains meaningful relationships with key decision-makers on both client and agency teams.
- Develops multi-tiered agency-client relationships and ties.
- New Business Support (Fuel Curiosity)
- Understands clients' business and generates new ideas to enhance client performance.
- Identifies and cultivates organic growth opportunities of account/client.
- Leads the development and presentation of new business opportunities.
Required Skills:- Ability to multitask and manage multiple complex projects and lines of business simultaneously.
- Capable of developing and building strong teams - encouraging and building mutual trust, respect, and cooperation among team members.
- Ability to be assertive and take initiative, communicating effectively (oral and written) with people inside and outside the organization at multiple levels.
- Proven experience and ability to effectively present marketing campaign concepts and ideas to an audience.
- Demonstrates decision-making and problem-solving skills - analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems.
- Be enthusiastic, flexible and willing to go beyond assigned duties.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
Education / Experience:- Bachelor's Degree preferred or equivalent related experience
- 10+ years of Advertising Agency Account Services or Corporate Marketing experience
- Experience in establishing and maintaining interpersonal relationships
- Experience with B to B work preferred
- Social media strategy management and digital work experience preferred
Physical Requirements:- Sedentary work that primarily involves prolonged periods of sitting at a desk
- Light work that could include carrying 5 pounds
- Keyboarding
