Account Director

Job description / Role

We are looking for a dynamic and driven Account Director at our Y&R Oman office who will be primarily responsible for the management of relationships with clients. The incumbent will be working with a world leading full-service advertising agency, distinguished by its proprietary knowledge, analytic rigour and creative solutions. At Y&R, the Account Director should be able to balance the expectations of clients with the execution of creative work.

As the senior point of contact of an agency’s customers, you will be accountable for:
- Taking a lead in clients’ marketing and advertising strategies
- Leading a team to provide the utmost level of client service
- Liaising with clients at a senior level on a day-to-day basis
- Promoting the expansion of business with existing clients
- Working with other senior managers to generate new accounts
- Completing projects to a specific schedule and within an agreed budget
- Using your skills to push clients, and the agency, creatively and strategically
- Coordinating with the team for the resources needed to service projects.
- Building strategic operational plans.

Requirements

- A graduate with a background in advertising, design or marketing
- Minimum of 6 years of experience in the advertising industry
- Experience in handling banks and/or financial institutes is desirable
- Significant experience in professional client relationship management
- The ability to plan and strategies at a senior level
- A persuasive and confident approach to creative projects
- Excellent written and oral communication skills
- Effective team management capabilities
- Strong interpersonal/communication skills
- A persuasive and confident approach to creative projects
- A keen attention to detail and budgetary restraints
- Full awareness of creative processes and techniques – including digital platforms

Y&R people are passionate about what they do. We are passionate about our clients. Passionate about our work. We care about each other and the communities in which we live. All of which adds up to a culture that believes ideas should come from everywhere. That every agency should think of themselves as a headquarters charged with being the best in their market.

About the Company

MENACOM, part of WPP and Y&R Brands, with headquarters in Dubai, is the Middle East and North Africa region’s leading communications conglomerate. The group includes advertising agencies Young & Rubicam, Intermarkets and Partnership; public relations firms ASDAA Burson-Marsteller, Raee and Polaris; direct marketing specialists Wunderman; media specialist firm mec; and interactive firm Tattoo.

With over 940 employees in its network of 33 offices, MENACOM provides marketing communications services in 13 countries across the Middle East, Levant and North Africa.