Account Director - New York, United States - Ogilvy

Ogilvy

Verified Company

New York, United States

3 weeks ago

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Mark Lane

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Ogilvy

New York, New York

Job Posted Date: 05/14/2024

About Ogilvy:

Ogilvy was founded in 1948 by David Ogilvy. David created a culture that deeply respects and cares about its people and clients.

Our mission is to inspire people and brands to make an impact and we are committed to attracting, growing, and retaining the best talent in the industry.

About the role

Ogilvy is in search of a dynamic and independent Account Director to help support the day-to-day regional business needs on a client.

Specifically, you will be the lead agency contact to your assigned region(s) supporting regional marketing team and their dealer advertising groups (DAGs).

About You:

A selfstarter with strong strategic and creative instincts.
You're always seeking out new ways to add value.
Able to build strong relationships, both with teammates and clients alike.
Constantly strives to identify areas to improve your client's business.
A keen eye for detail. In this position, the details matter.
A true collaborator.

- _Bonus_

Prior experience in the automotive industry is a plus, however this is _not_ a requirement for the position.

Account Management:

Understands the client's business and anticipates their needs and expectations. You identify solutions and always act in your client's best interests.
Collaborates with client teams, dealers, and agency partners to ensure work is delivered on time and on budget.
Manages budgets, oversees project timelines and fulfills ongoing creative deliverables.
Has a complete understanding of organization structures, processes, business plans and overall brand goals.
Identifies and develops new agency processes to help streamline agency workflow and overall speed to market.

Core Responsibilities:

Lead pointofcontact for client's regional marketing team, dealer advertising groups, agency partners, and client vendors.
Project leader for Ad Hoc regional creative requests oversees creative production, timelines, budgets, and helps to manage agency teams.
Monthly Tier 2 creative support manages the fulfillment of TV/OLV, print, OOH, radio, etc.
Regional sponsorships key agency pointofcontact. Requires you having a complete understanding of brand CI. This involves ongoing communication and coordination with sponsor, client, and agency partners.
Local market expert you must learn, anticipate and adapt to local market nuances.

Miscellaneous Support:

Ad Hoc Tier 3/dealer requests offers creative support to dealers and their local agency partners.
Regional event support when necessary, provide onsite activation support to client regional team and their vendors.

Travel Requirements:

Estimated travel is 15% per/quarter.

Inperson meetings with dealer advertising groups (2x per/year)
Internal Region team meetings (2x per/year)
Occasional inperson meetings with client regional teams to discuss state of business and outstanding Tier 2/3 marketing needs.
1:1 meeting with dealers, as required

Team Structure:

Regional Account Director reports into Executive Group Regional Director
EGD oversees the regional operations and is responsible for the development and structure of regional team.

How We'll Support You:

Ogilvy celebrates its people. Fully. Enthusiastically. Unhesitatingly. We'll empower you with the tools you'll need to succeed. We'll give you the autonomy to seek out new paths and better ways of doing things. We'll support you with colleagues who are experts in their disciplines, drawn from across the Ogilvy network.

And we'll provide opportunities for you to do work of which you'll be proud, with people you'll be proud to call your teammates.

The base salary range for this position at the time of this posting is indicated below. Individual compensation varies based on jobrelated factors, including location, business needs, level of responsibility, experience, and qualifications. _We offer a competitive benefits package,_

Pay Range
- $75,000—$180,000 USDAt Ogilvy, our people are at the heart of what we do: a creative agency that sparks game-changing ideas across culture and business through collaboration, integrity, and a celebration of self-expression.

We believe in building powerful teams with purpose.

This means hiring and nurturing talent across all races, ethnicities, religions, abilities, sexual orientation, and gender identities - and we relentlessly curate transformative initiatives that make our commitment to fairness, and equity a reality.

Our ultimate mission is to leave a positive impact on the world, creating a better future for all, while supporting and uplifting the global communities we serve.

This is central to our mantra of Borderless Creativity.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status