Saatchi & Saatchi

Account Director

Saatchi & Saatchi$97K — $155K *
Business Services
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Experience in marketing strategy, particularly in membership and loyalty programs.
  • Proven track record in developing and executing full funnel campaigns.
  • Strong client relationship management skills, serving as a strategic partner.
  • Ability to collaborate effectively with cross-disciplinary teams and lead diverse talent.
  • Willingness to travel locally and occasionally outside of the NY metro area.

Responsibilities

  • Build and manage trusted client relationships, acting as the primary strategic partner.
  • Articulate the agency's perspective on digital marketing, membership, and consumer trends to clients.
  • Translate client business goals into actionable marketing strategies across multiple channels.
  • Lead full funnel creative campaign development, addressing various work streams urgently.
  • Drive membership acquisition and retention initiatives to enhance customer engagement.
  • Ensure integrated marketing programs align brand and performance objectives, remaining on brief, on time, and on budget.
  • Deliver impactful client presentations backed by strategic insights and performance metrics.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical coverage including dental and vision.
  • Disability insurance and 401k plan participation.
  • Parental and family care leave options.
  • Family forming assistance available.
  • Tuition reimbursement programs.
  • Flexible time off policy.
Full Job Description
Overview

You'll work on a Power of One brand and develop full funnel campaigns that leverage your expertise in membership, loyalty, personalization and data. You understand how marketing drives measurable business outcomes, and you'll champion creativity and performance-driven optimizations across the work and within our client engagements.

Responsibilities

Client Leadership & Strategy
  • Build and manage strong, trusted client relationships, serving as a primary day-to-day contact and strategic partner across the account
  • Confidently articulate the agency's point of view on digital business, membership, loyalty marketing, data, and personalization, ensuring clients are informed on industry trends, emerging platforms, and evolving consumer expectations
  • Partner with clients to translate business objectives into clear, actionable marketing strategies that drive results across channels

Membership, Loyalty & Personalization
  • Lead the development of full funnel creative campaigns, managing multiple work streams and activating with urgency on a fast-paced business
  • Lead the development and execution of membership acquisition and retention programs, supporting initiatives that deepen customer relationships, extend to new audiences, and increase lifetime value
  • Collaborate with strategy, data, media, technology, and creative teams to activate personalization efforts across channels, ensuring solutions are scalable, measurable, and operationally sound

Integrated Program Delivery
  • Oversee the development of insight-driven, integrated marketing programs that balance brand and performance objectives full funnel
  • Ensure work is strategically sound, on brief, on time, and on budget-anticipating risks and proactively solving problems
  • Deliver clear, compelling client presentations and recommendations that are actionable and grounded in strategic insight and performance outcomes
  • Partner with analytics and strategy teams to assess performance, surface insights, and optimize work through testing, learning, and continuous improvement

Team Leadership & Collaboration
  • Lead and develop account team talent, providing clear direction, coaching, and feedback to support growth and performance
  • Partner effectively with cross-disciplinary teams to ensure seamless collaboration and delivery

Qualifications

  • Willingness to travel locally as needed in support of client relationships and key moments, occasional travel outside of NY metro area

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.

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Compensation Range: USD $97,375.00 - USD $155,961.00/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 9/14/2026.

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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