Talent Pool Opportunity - Account Director, 2025 Account Management London

Job Overview - Account Director

Talent Pool Opportunity for 2025

Full time - Hybrid

Please note: This is a talent pooling advert. While we won't respond immediately, we're building a pipeline of brilliant talent so we can reach out as soon as a suitable role arises.

The Account Director ensures the smooth production of campaigns - from briefing design and creative to managing budgets and a team.

The candidates would be driven by producing the best work to the highest standards, and possess the ability to lead, develop, and empower a team to be motivated to achieve this.

There is a strong culture at BDB built on the four values of quality, innovation, collaboration, and integrity.

• Managing, growing, and training a team of account handlers and multiple clients (both retained and project-based).
• Developing relationships with senior clients and growing the accounts both creatively and financially.
• Leading, planning, and overseeing the work and output on your assigned accounts.
• Inputting to new business pitches.
• Planning and forecasting for your team and accounts.
• Training and developing the team to ensure the detail of the campaign is exemplary and processes are efficient.
• Negotiating contracts and fees with marketing directors and client procurement personnel.
• Managing the work, performance, and professional development of team members.
• Leading and inspiring those outside of the core team, including creative teams and other agencies working on the same account.
• Reporting key financial and team data to the agency's senior leadership, finance, and human resources departments.
• Maintaining a detailed awareness of relevant market trends affecting their accounts, and developments in the wider advertising and communications industry.

• 1+ years experience in the role of Account Director.
• Significant experience in professional client relationship management.
• Excellent attention to detail, high client satisfaction, process implementation, financial management, and strong written and oral communication skills.
• Experience working on influencer campaigns and social-first thinking is preferred.
• The ability to plan and strategize at a senior level.
• Vision to develop teams and grow business.
• A persuasive and confident approach to bold creative thinking.
• Effective team management and pastoral capabilities.
• Keen interest in digital content, industry trends, and news.

Billion Dollar Boy (BDB) is a global creator agency, using industry-leading tech solutions to deliver integrated, creator-led advertising and end-to-end campaign management. Founded in 2014, BDB has offices in London, New York, and New Orleans.

We have partnered with leading brands such as Heineken, King, Nintendo, PepsiCo, and L'Oréal, connecting them with over 10,000 vetted content creators.

Our campaigns have received awards at Cannes Lions, Influencer Marketing Awards, Webby Awards, Shortys, The Drum Awards, and Adweek.

Our mission is to redefine advertising by reflecting culture through creators' voices, democratizing creativity, and leveraging technology for impact. We promote equity and inclusion, believing diversity sparks creativity, problem-solving, and well-being.

We aim to be the most innovative creator marketing agency through initiatives like FiveTwoNine and Muse.

Our values include working with brands on behalf of people, listening to diverse voices, fairness, treating clients and employees well, curiosity in problem-solving, and empowering employees within a framework of freedom.

We are committed to diversity, equality, and inclusion. We aim to recruit, develop, and retain talented individuals regardless of background, avoid unlawful discrimination, and select the best qualified candidates.

We offer competitive benefits, discussed during the interview process.

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