Fifth Ring is an integrated marcomms agency that always starts from the need to produce visible, measurable and impactful results for our clients. We are an organization that offers our people the opportunity to be a part of a small team, with global reach. Our employees are not a cookie cutter group, but rather a group of people that make their mark on an organization while working towards a shared goal.
We are currently seeking to hire an Account Director. In this role, you will be in control of your own destiny, and you will be a marketing enthusiast with an eye for the big picture. The selected candidate will understand project and budget management, and dive deep to know everything about our client’s products or services. You will love our clients and be a great ambassador for the Fifth Ring brand.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Manage and develop client relationships, positioning themselves and Fifth Ring as the client’s trusted advisor
- Create, own and implement the agency/client account plan
- Create, own and implement our clients’ marcomms plan
- End-to-end management of client projects, ensuring delivery on time, on budget and to agreed quality standard
- Manage the potential growth of client accounts
- Activate client account growth plans across all product and service lines
- Support Finance team with fiscal forecasting and adherence to accounting processes and management
- Ensure all work is commercially optimized and all financial risks are mitigated
- Act as a robust defender of the agency’s values, people and commercial interests
- Ensure Fifth Ring processes and procedures are always followed
- Provide the business development team with relative support as needed
- Demonstrate the effectiveness and impact of our work
- Work with business development and delivery teams to own and produce new business proposals as requested to ensure the transition from pitch to activation is seamless when the work is won
- Support Fifth Ring’s marketing activities as necessary
- Cultivate and rely on extensive informal networks inside and outside the agency to solve problems
- Work effectively with the Traffic Manager to ensure client requirements are being met
- Manage assigned support staff as appropriate and assist in their professional development
- Support colleagues in all Fifth Ring locations through proactive creativity and visibility
- Other duties as appropriate and as assigned
REQUIREMENTS:
- Enjoy solving puzzles and enjoy building things from scratch
- Thrive on building strategies and assembling groups of people to work towards and achieve a common objective
- Know how to work with all kinds of people, and all client types (get excited when the pieces come together)