Group Account Director

Summary

Join Movement Strategy as a Group Account Director and lead our largest client portfolio. You will report to the EVP, Account, and collaborate closely with various teams. As a senior leader, you'll manage client service teams, oversee multiple accounts, and ensure alignment with agency goals. This pivotal role involves strategic planning, business development, and high-level client relationship management. You will also contribute to new business proposals, pitches, and agency strategic decisions. Movement Strategy offers a remote-first culture with various benefits and a commitment to professional development.

Requirements

• Communicates a compelling and inspired vision or sense of core purpose; makes the vision shareable by everyone; can inspire and motivate entire teams, business units, or organizations
• Knowledgeable about how organizations work; gets things done both through formal and informal channels; effectively maneuvers through complex situations
• Learn quickly when facing new problems and experiments in an effort to find winning solutions. Anticipates future consequences and opportunities accurately; recognizes and seizes strategic opportunities for change
• Pursues everything with energy and relentless drive. Is not easily frustrated or discouraged, even in the face of resistance or setbacks; steadfastly pushes self and others for results

Responsibilities

• Provide day-to-day oversight of account management operations
• Inspire, mentor, and nurture the team to build their capabilities and competence
• Set clear goals and expectations, offer ongoing feedback, and promote team growth and development
• Foster a high-performing team culture in close partnership with strategic, production, creative, data & insights, and paid media leads
• Work closely with account leads and clients to establish long-term strategies and business goals
• Actively participate in strategy reviews, financial updates, and brand campaigns
• Identify opportunities for revenue growth and upselling additional services to clients
• Oversee P&L for assigned client groups and negotiate contracts when necessary
• Make key staffing decisions to optimize business performance
• Drive integration across all capabilities to deliver high-standard integrated communication solutions
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including creative, analytics, and media buying, to deliver integrated advertising solutions
• Stay current with industry trends and emerging social media platforms to identify new opportunities for clients
• Support the EVP in OKR development and operational strategy decisions
• Work closely with operations and cross-functional teams in task force initiatives
• Ensure the commitment to DE&I is fostered across the organization, represented in the work and new business
• Maintain a results-driven attitude with a strong commitment to delivering high-quality work

Preferred Qualifications

• High energy, passionate, curious, confident, and tenacious in learning, coupled with the ability to navigate the nuances of different client teams
• Must communicate quickly and accurately, think quickly or improvise, and present confidently
• Should be a nimble self-starter and quickly adjust to internal and external teams in an ever-changing environment; identify opportunity with bias to action
• You’re proactive and naturally curious about the digital and social space, constantly looking for opportunities to evolve the department and advance the work
• You are passionate about the work you do and treat your client’s business as if it were your own
• Have a track record of success in building strong relationships, leading teams, influencing others, and navigating client culture
• You have a diverse and inclusive perspective, valuing different viewpoints and backgrounds within the team
• You make others’ jobs easier (no matter who they are or what they do)
• You create a positive and open environment
• Your attention to detail is unmatched, ensuring that paid outputs meet the highest quality standards and align with client objectives
• You know how to work smarter, not harder

Benefits

• 100% employee contribution for health (base plan), vision, and dental
• 401K Retirement Plan with Company Match
• Short and Long Term Disability
• Life Insurance & AD&D
• Paid Parental Leave
• Fully-Remote Agency
• Unlimited Paid Time Off
• Take-As-You-Need Paid Time Off
• Take-As-You-Need Paid Mental Health Days
• 10 days minimum required off per year
• (11) Company Paid Holidays
• (3) Summer Fridays- Fully Off
• Week-Long Winter Agency Closure
• Support for continued education
• New Business Referral Bonus
• Movement Journey Program - Stipend for personal growth
• Health and Wellness Program
• WeWork Membership
• Positive Impact and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Committees
• Employee Resource Groups