Account Director

WHITTMANHART Interactive is looking for an Account Director for the Milwaukee office to expand existing business within a specific vertical, represent the client’s voice on projects, monitor pursuits, manage for profitability, and build client trust.
 
Responsibilities: 
Empower Account Supervisors and their staffs to meet client expectations
• Develop strategic positions to be competitive in a vertical market
• Verify that Account Supervisors at the proposal stage have a plan to determine the client’s needs and review timing, budget, and types of deliverables
• Review and monitor SOWs for proposal
• Support Account Supervisors in obtaining the resources they need internally for proposals and work delivery
• Monitor profitability and work with Account Supervisors for accounts needing re-estimating
• Participate in account penetration and client relation building
• Foster integrated agency partnerships
• Execute strategies for acquiring new projects

Foster communication
• Provide leadership in working with Account Supervisors to make sure team is aligned to client requirements
• Leverage the business building and strategic skills of the Account Supervisors
• Monitor on-time delivery and any outages in development
• Foster collaboration and use of internal assets

Increase the department’s attractiveness to potential employees
• Maintain contacts in the professional community to attract candidates
• Engage in recruitment, interviews, and mentoring for new hires

Support sales activities
• Contribute to account penetration efforts
• Debriefs to determine winning/losing strategies to use in future pitches


Requirements:
• Degree in advertising, marketing, or communication.
• Seven to ten years of agency experience.
• Strong presentation, communication, and client relationship management skills.
• Expert knowledge in MS Office, word processing, spreadsheets, Internet software, E-mail, Database software

 

WHITTMANHART is an equal opportunity employer.  We recruit, employ, compensate, promote, transfer and train without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, age, gender, marital status, pregnancy, disability, sexual orientation, veteran status, FMLA status or any other basis protected by law.  M/F/D/V.