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Culver City, CA, United States
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Account Director, SMX
Description
Account Director is a leadership role that should excite anyone with a Marketing Research and Business Management background. This is a position that will allow you to present new tools and cutting-edge research to your clients. You will have the ability to work across qualitative and quantitative avenues to impact your client’s business. You will work closely with the Social Space Community Manager to interpret the client's feelings and you will guide your team in the creation of compelling online communities. The best-suited candidate will be able to lead and manage a team that can successfully gather and interpret data that will drive client business.
Responsibilities
• Focus on building, maintaining and leading a multi-functional account team to achieve sales and profit goals.
• Develop a thorough working knowledge of qualitative research principles and methodologies, encompassing a broad range of products.
• Deliver effective presentations and create robust research designs that will enable clients to answer their key business questions.
• Acquire and maintain excellence in research, seeking out third party sources of information and expertise.
• Develop annual business plans that lay out revenue and profit goals as well as strategies and action steps for each client, reflecting strong strategic thinking and a clear path for achieving financial goals.
• Recognize and develop opportunities for organizational and/or product innovation.
Required Skills:
Requirements
• Strong leadership and people-management skills
• 5-7 years of experience with quantitative research techniques
• Experience with Brand Strategy
• Ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously
• Experience in the execution of a business plan that requires leveraging effective internal relationships across multiple functions and levels, including project directors, moderators and executives
• Strong people management skills, coaching and developing direct reports
• Client service and business building with a background in strong strategic thinking and creative problem solving
• Innate desire to learn and excellent written and oral communication skills
• Background in leading and inspiring teams that work collaboratively with a diverse group of colleagues
• Comfortable managing a demanding and multi-faceted work load