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Account Director/Vice President, Integrated Media
Weber Shandwick
San Francisco, CA, United States
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Description
Weber Shandwick is seeking a Vice President or Account Director to join our growing San Francisco team of conversation-starters, strategists, storytellers, PhD-level scientists, writers, creatives and builders.
We’re looking for a strong team member and collaborator who has depth of experience in effectively leading integrated programs. The ideal candidate is a professional counselor who can provide strategic guidance to clients on an ongoing basis, as well as anticipate “what’s next.” The ability to adapt to a range of corporate cultures easily will help a candidate succeed in this role, critical thinking skills are a must. This role will be responsible for leading a large-scale client relationship, working closely with a range of teams internally and externally. The ideal candidate will be resourceful, curious and excited to experiment and explore new ideas. S/he is strategically driven, creatively led, and has had experience working with production teams to take great creative ideas across the finish line. This candidate should have solid digital experience, a background working with enterprise tech clients is a plus.
Primary Responsibilities
• Demonstrate a thorough understanding of and passion for a client's business, objectives, industry, and target audiences
• Drive day-to-day client relations and serve as one of the primary client counselors. Become a trusted advisor based on business acumen, ability to provide strategic counsel with confidence and poise, effective project leadership, ability to coach through conflict, natural EQ and an innate ability to anticipate need
• Develop and maintain strong and consistent interpersonal relationships with senior clients.
• Consult on and develop integrated strategic programs including elements such as content creation, event activations, content marketing, social media strategy, reporting etc.
• Develop, mentor and lead cross-functional teams; directly supervise staff and manage performance reviews.
• Develop long-term plans and programs, including strategy and recommendations; partner with senior management and other functional teams as appropriate to develop strategic and creative approach
• Partner with PM to manage campaign execution, budgeting and team bandwidth
• Manage/mentor/oversee the work of junior team members in San Francisco, and coordinate with NA teams
• Manage accounts to assure profitability goals are on target
• Review monthly staffing and OOPs expenditures for each project within account portfolio
• Effectively collaborate with various offices, disciplines and work streams
• Possess and foster excellent presentation and writing skills
• Address any issues, troubleshoot problems and provide strategic counsel to team
• Motivate team members by promptly reviewing work and providing constructive feedback in real time
• Effectively liaise between staff and upper management
• Drive business results through proactive actions with clients and colleagues
• Maintain solid understanding of “big picture” view of client programs and relationship: maintain awareness of future client events and activities and how they impact agency
• Identify new organic growth opportunities for the short to medium term, based on insights into the company, client, industry and economy
• Contribute to new business growth for the agency
Qualifications
Basic Qualifications:
• Bachelor’s degree
• A minimum of 8-10 years related professional experience, extensive agency experience preferred
Weber Shandwick is proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. Weber Shandwick recruits qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, age, ethnic or national origin, protected veteran status, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status or citizenship status.