Account Director - Global Agency - Dubai

Our client is looking for their next Account Director to join them in Dubai office. It is a leading global agency with a very strong presence in the UAE & Internationally. 

The Account Director will take care of large-scale global accounts and nurture client relationships while growing existing accounts in the MENA region.

Responsibilities

• This role will work closely with the Group Account Director and is responsible for the overall coordination, execution, and control of production projects

• Responsible for day-to-day activities with production hubs ensuring successful completion of projects

• Their proximity to the global leads enables a strong accountability for ensuring consistency with project commitments and goal

• This role demands a forward-thinking strategic leader who will oversee a large multi-disciplinary team serving both regional and global clients

• Will also play a key role in identifying new growth opportunities both within existing brands and agency new business efforts

• Also, will act as point of escalation for the creative marketing team and reconcile production differences with client concerns

• In doing so, the candidate will foster strong partnerships with other projects leads, while overseeing projects, timelines, and planning

• The account director will represent production in the eyes of the client, while educating clients and team members

• Will take responsibility for all production relationships and processes globally, ensuring consistency with existing commitments and goals

• Will actively cooperate with selected stakeholders from the client-side, Agency, account managers, and the production teams to ensure all agreed work is delivered to the client in high quality and within agreed timelines

• More than just delivering the expected production materials, he must ensure all production runs effectively and efficiently

• Additionally, this person will help to identify day-to-day hurdles and address specific production needs and optimizations while providing support to large-scale production

Qualifications:

• Proactively identify opportunities to adjust processes for efficiencies, and engage the appropriate stakeholders prior to making any changes What Youll Need Bachelors degree in Marketing / Advertising/ business or a related field 8 to 10 years of experience running client accounts and developing client relationships

• Needs to have excellent project management/communication and client management skills supported ideally by strong technical/digital & video background

• We seek someone who is a strategic, motivated, positive experienced multiteam manager with operational solid, production, and project management skills to meet tight deadlines in a fast-paced production environment

• With experience managing and growing a team, within the corporate or Agency space

• This person must be organized, adaptable and outstanding with client services and communication

• Experience working as Production Manager, Production Lead, or another key managerial production position at a creative agency, media or digital agency.