Saatchi & Saatchi

Account Director

Saatchi & Saatchi$97K — $155K *
Business Services
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 8+ years of agency experience
  • 2-3 years of managerial experience
  • Experience with large creative campaigns; Super Bowl experience preferred
  • High emotional intelligence (EQ)
  • Ability to craft senior-level strategic points of view
  • Proficient in managing cross-disciplinary teams
  • Adept at risk identification and mitigation
  • Strong business acumen

Responsibilities

  • Provide regular updates on client business to the team
  • Collaborate on financial reports and resource utilization
  • Identify creative opportunities within project deliverables
  • Update Sales Force in partnership with the CMO
  • Finalize briefs with Strategy and Creative Directors
  • Lead relationships with the Integrated Agency Team
  • Present monthly staffing and hours reports to clients
  • Oversee all aspects of large-scale productions
  • Work with management on project fee scoping and estimating
  • Identify growth opportunities for the agency
  • Mentor and lead Account Supervisors and Managers

Benefits

  • Medical coverage
  • Dental and vision insurance
  • Disability benefits
  • 401K plan
  • Parental and family care leave
  • Family forming assistance
  • Tuition reimbursement
  • Flexible time off
Full Job Description
Overview

The Account Director has a passion for creativity and is responsible for developing ongoing business relationships from the prospect stage through existing account management. The Account Director leads and manages a significant piece of business, client engagements, and partnerships with internal creative, strategy, and production teams. The position is focused on, quality of service, and on-time, on-budget completion of the agency's services. The quality of the work is paramount, and the Account Director is responsible for creating idea-friendly environments within the account service team and the client walls.

Responsibilities

  • Provide regular client business updates to the broader team
  • Work with finance and program management on monthly burn report and resource utilization
  • Understand project deliverables and identify incremental creative opportunities
  • Work with Fallon CMO to provide monthly updates for Sales Force
  • Work with Strategy and Creative Directors to finalize briefs
  • Lead Integrated Agency Team relationships
  • Monthly hours/staffing report and review with client
  • Lead all aspects of large-scale productions
  • Work, in conjunction with Sr Director/GAD and Program Management, on project fee scoping/estimating
  • Regularly identifies areas of growth for the agency
  • Mentoring and Leading Account Supervisors and Managers

Qualifications

  • 8+years of agency experience
  • 2-3 years of managerial experience
  • Experience working on large creative campaigns and complex productions; bonus points for experience working on Super Bowl campaigns
  • High EQ
  • Senior level strategic POV development
  • Ability to manage cross disciple team
  • Adept at identifies risks and pivots appropriately
  • Strong business acumen

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 $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. 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 11/15/2026.

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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