Saatchi & Saatchi

Account Director

Saatchi & Saatchi$97K — $133K *
Business Services
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 7-9 years of experience in account management, ideally within a creative or digital agency
  • Strong analytical skills with proficiency in using data for strategic decision-making
  • Excellent communication and presentation skills for effective client engagement
  • Demonstrated experience in managing client relationships and marketing teams
  • Proven ability in project management, with a focus on performance management and team development
  • Familiarity with generative AI tools for ideation and content generation
  • A bachelor's degree with an MBA preferred, highlighting a strong educational foundation

Responsibilities

  • Lead strategy and development for integrated projects across multiple clients
  • Collaborate with clients to enhance marketing strategies and achieve their goals
  • Deliver compelling presentations that encourage client participation
  • Ensure all deliverables meet high-quality standards and client readiness
  • Drive decision-making using data analysis to achieve measurable outcomes
  • Act as the primary liaison for both clients and agency teams, advocating for the client perspective
  • Mentor team members, fostering a culture of growth and collaboration

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage
  • 401(k) plan with employer contributions
  • Flexible time off policies to promote work-life balance
  • Parental and family care leave options
  • Tuition reimbursement to support professional development
  • Family forming assistance to enhance family planning options
Full Job Description
Overview

We're looking for a whip-smart Account Director who can stun our clients with leadership, creativity, vision, and eloquence. Sounds like you? Read on.

Responsibilities

You'll spearhead the strategy and development for integrated projects and ensure ever-improving service across multiple clients. Day to day, your role includes:
  • Partnering with clients to develop their goals and marketing strategies, adding strategic value, and ensuring that they get the best results from the whole agency team
  • Displaying powerful presentation skills that invite participation and effect desired outcomes
  • Ensuring work is client-ready by paying astute attention to detail
  • Leading cross-capability teams to deliver creative thinking and powerful ideas that meet client objectives
  • Using analysis to drive decisions (as opposed to taking orders) in a way that yields sustained, measurable results
  • Serving as the voice of the client internally and the voice of the agency externally - and acting as the trusted voice of the customer by bringing insights into creative strategy and marketing program development
  • Fostering an environment of partnership with other capabilities (e.g., Brand Strategy, Integrated Production)
  • Acting as mentor and trusted advisor to team members
  • Keeping sustainable, long-term client relationships by mitigating risk and ensuring account profitability
  • Partnering with Senior Leadership to set goals and plan for future fiscal year(s), and working closely with Delivery Management and Client Finance on forecasting, billing, and reconciling fee and PT budgets

Qualifications

We're looking for a talented Account Director with impressive work experience, which typically includes:
  • An unwavering passion for marketing, and an unstoppable drive to bring the best work to life
  • Four years of college education and seven to nine years of experience - including five years at a creative agency (both client side and digital agency experience desirable); MBA degree preferred
  • Strong experience managing client relationships, managing a marketing team, and developing marketing strategy
  • Superior analytical skills and strategic thinking - you're strong on both IQ and EQ, as adept at reading data as you are at reading clients
  • Effective time-management, impeccable organization, and the flexibility to adapt quickly to changes
  • Proven project management and performance management skills - you're known for your ability to coach and develop talent, inspire and drive change, and bring varied groups together to collaborate effectively
  • Superb communication and presentation skills - you're articulate, straightforward, and engaging
  • Demonstrated budget management and resource planning experience
  • Familiarity with prompt-based interaction and commonly used generative AI tools (e.g., ChatGPT, Google Gemini, DALL• E, Midjourney) is a plus, especially for tasks like ideation, research, or content generation.


Got the sparkle? Apply if you believe your unique skills are a fit.

Additional information

Our Publicis Groupe motto "Viva La Différence" means we're better together, and we believe that our differences make us stronger. It means we honor and celebrate all identities, across all facets of intersectionality, and it underpins all that we do as an organization. We are focused on fostering belonging and creating equitable & inclusive experiences for all talent.

Publicis Groupe provides robust and inclusive benefit programs and policies to support the evolving and diverse needs of our talent and enable every person to grow and thrive. Our benefits package includes medical coverage, dental, vision, disability, 401K, as well as parental and family care leave, family forming assistance, tuition reimbursement, and flexible time off.

Compensation Range: USD $97,375.00 - USD $133,300.00/Annually. This is the pay range the Company believes it will pay for this position at the time of this posting. Consistent with applicable law, compensation will be determined based on the skills, qualifications, and experience of the applicant along with the requirements of the position, and the Company reserves the right to modify this pay range at any time. Temporary roles may be eligible to participate in our freelancer/temporary employee medical plan through a third-party benefits administration system once certain criteria have been met. Temporary roles may also qualify for participation in our 401(k) plan after eligibility criteria have been met. For regular roles, the Company will offer medical coverage, dental, vision, disability, 401k, and paid time off. The Company anticipates the application deadline for this job posting will be 1/1/2027.

About Saatchi & Saatchi

Saatchi & Saatchi is a global advertising agency headquartered in New York City. The company was founded in London in 1970 by brothers Maurice and Charles Saatchi and is now part of the Publicis Groupe, a French multinational advertising and public relations company. Saatchi & Saatchi has over 6,000 employees in 114 countries and provides a range of advertising and marketing services to clients in various industries, including automotive, consumer goods, financial services, and telecommunications. The company is known for its creative and innovative advertising campaigns, including the iconic 'Nothing is Impossible' campaign for Toyota. Saatchi & Saatchi has won numerous awards for its work, including Cannes Lions, Clios, and Effies.
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