Purpose of the role The Campaign Director is a senior strategic and creative client-facing position providing leadership to a team of campaign executives and campaign managers. This person will work with the senior management team to ensure that their office delivers a creative and forward-thinking client service. They are responsible for meeting client expectations and ensuring the client is kept fully up to date with critical activity on the account. In addition, they are responsible for developing that relationship by identifying and selling additional services, thereby impacting revenues and income.
Key responsibilities and tasksClient Management
- Engages in and ensures a strategic relationship with the client, providing insight and partnership across all aspects of the marketing and communications spectrum
- Responsible for ensuring excellent client communication at all levels; defining KPIs, deadlines and service agreements
- Delivers an added-value consultancy and works closely with clients to deliver campaigns, services and products across traditional and emerging communications channels
- Plays an integral role in the senior management team, ensuring account profitability and optimizing the impact of revenues on the business
- Leads the new business process in collaboration with the Business Development Director, making key decisions and playing a crucial role in selling TEAM LEWIS credentials throughout the tender process
Media relations
- Maximizes media relations activity on behalf of the client via an in-depth knowledge of team networks
- Recognizes and creates media opportunities for the client in line with wider industry activity
- Shares their detailed knowledge of the media landscape with team members, operating as a significant contributor in the tech, digital and consumer space
- Utilizes their network to create and maximize client coverage, advising on potential narrative, storytelling and thought leadership opportunities
- Maximizes their team's understanding of current affairs by promoting a commitment to understanding the news agenda
Content
- Oversees the creation of high quality and engaging content, providing knowledgeable quality control and guidance to all relevant colleagues
- Works with the client to develop and implement an impactful content strategy
- Works with the creative team to improve own and others knowledge of content trends, driving a commitment to excellent story-telling across the business
Digital / Social media
- Uses social media to recognize trends and proactively promotes new tools, solutions and processes to continuously evolve and optimize client PR campaigns across the business
- Provides social media insight as well as strategic management of client activity
- Works collaboratively with the digital team to increase the utilization and selling of digital services
Team working and development
- Takes overall leadership responsibility for the account servicing team, including coaching, supervision, assessment and reviews of all team members
- Sets strategic team objectives on a weekly, monthly, quarterly, and annual basis
- Defines deliverable client objectives and sets standards of excellence for all client activity, driving commitment from all levels of the team
- Monitors team activity levels against budget, increasing fees and negotiating with clients and suppliers where necessary
- Plays a leading role in the new business process, project managing pitch teams and delivering credible solutions to new business challenges
- Acts as leader in guiding colleagues on how to best manage campaigns and projects
- Acts as a respected line manager, working closely with line reports to maximize strengths, improve weaknesses and support career development
- Works with the Talent team to recruit high caliber candidates into the team and develop and initiate hiring strategy in line with projected organizational requirements
- Work with the HR team to reward, retain and develop the team and resolve any performance issues
Reporting and analysis
- Ensures profitability on all accounts and effectively manages budgets
- Understands and maximizes the impact of client revenues on the business
- Communicates account performance internally and provide strategic advice to the client based on measurable analysis
- Monitors and reports on account KPIs and ensure accurate reporting by junior team members
- Provides detailed reports to the senior management team on request
General
- Runs and supports training sessions, with a view to maximizing opportunities to expand team skills and grow revenues
- Take a proactive role in promoting the TEAM LEWIS brand, its identity, values and work
- Support the HR / talent team by promoting both internal and external opportunities at TEAM LEWIS across social media and via the referral scheme
- Overall, be a guardian of best marketing practice
About you- Highly commercial, with strong strategic client consultancy skills
- Relevant experience of working in a B2B, corporate, consumer or digital communications agency environment at a Senior Campaign Manager or Campaign Director level
- Well versed in social media and the integration of digital marketing into the PR landscape
- A track record of retention and the profitable growth of existing accounts
- Considered, assertive and influential; a leader with the aptitude to develop and motivate a team
- Able to provide consultancy on PR requirements as well as broader marketing strategy
- Demonstrable success at securing new business and increasing client revenues
Benefits- Medical, dental, and vision benefits + life insurance (eligible day 1 of employment)
- Up to $2k donation to a charity of your choice!
The expected salary range for the Campaign Manager position is between $90K - $120K. Base annual salary is determined by factors such as location, experience, and expertise.Department Account Servicing Locations Boston MA, Chicago IL, San Diego CA, San Francisco CA Remote status Hybrid Employment type Full-time
