Saatchi & Saatchi

Vice President, Account Director

Saatchi & Saatchi • $121K — $174K *
Business Services
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Four-year degree required
  • 10-12 years of relevant experience
  • 4 years of leadership in integrated marketing and client management
  • Creative agency experience preferred
  • Strong presentation and client-facing skills
  • Excellent communication and writing abilities
  • Analytical and strategic thinking skills
  • Willingness to travel as needed

Responsibilities

  • Manage daily client relationships and articulate digital business philosophies
  • Sell project ideas that align with client and brand goals
  • Support new business initiatives
  • Oversee client financials including forecasts and budgets
  • Align business needs with appropriate staff
  • Understand client industry and customer needs
  • Deliver strategic presentations and recommendations
  • Coach and develop team members for growth
  • Provide ongoing feedback to encourage learning
  • Partner with clients to build active brands
  • Inspire clients through strong storytelling
  • Ensure deliverables meet deadlines
  • Collaborate with operations on financial responsibilities

Benefits

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

We're searching for a Vice President, Account Director who will manage the client relationship, partner with senior leadership on high-level strategy and use their deep web knowledge to ensure strategic deliverables.

Responsibilities
• Manage day-to-day client relationship including articulating our view on digital business philosophies
• Sell new project ideas that align with customer and brand goals
• Support new business initiatives
• Take ownership of the financials for clients including forecasts, budgets and investments
• Align business with the appropriate staff
• Have broad understanding of client's Industry and customer needs
• Deliver strategic client presentations and recommendations
• Develop team members by coaching, training and identifying areas for growth
• Provides direct and consistent feedback on an ongoing basis, encouraging others to learn from mistakes
• Partners with clients and capability partners to build active brands
• Inspires client with strong storytelling skills
• Provides deliverables within agreed upon deadlines
• Partners with clients and operations team to ensure mutual understanding of and agreement to key financial responsibilities

Qualifications
• Four year degree
• 10-12 years' experience
• 4 years of leadership experience in integrated marketing programs and client relationship management with a digital scope
• Creative agency experience desired
• Effective presentation, training and client-facing skills
• In depth communication and written skills
• Strong analytic and strategic abilities
• Candidate must be open to travel as needed

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 $121,315.00 - USD $174,300.00/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. 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 10/19/2026.

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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