FCB Canada
Job Purpose
FCB operates with the firm belief that creativity is an economic multiplier, and our philosophy centers around a dual focus on timeless brand building and timely business activation. We leverage creativity, diversity, data, and technology to propel our creative solutions for our clients, ensuring their brands thrive in the present and future. With our unwavering commitment to innovation and strategic excellence, we enable our clients to embrace the full potential of creativity as a transformative force producing tangible business results.
We are looking for an Account Director to cover a maternity leave.
At FCB Toronto, the Account Director is a person who understands their client’s needs beyond marketing and looks deeper at the partnership they have with the agency. This person takes a leadership role in strategy and creative development and ensures that they map back to the client’s goals and business challenges. The Account Director is a proactive and effective partner with all cross-functional team members.
We want someone with the ability to champion ideas, inspire great work and effectively defend and persuade the agency POV to the client. Someone who knows a good idea when they see it.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Excellent interpersonal skills rally internal and external agency resources help bring long-term, strategic and creative recommendations to life
- Plays a key role in building client relationships
- Sees the client business through a 360-degree lens and identifies out-of-the-box ideas and opportunities to integrate and expand into other disciplines
- Builds one-on-one relationships with senior level clients to foster a partnership with the agency
- Adopts a proactive approach to anticipating internal and external concerns
- Confidently leads major pieces of business and proactively identifies new business opportunities leading to organic growth
- Leading and coordination of IAT teams and processes
- Collaboration and leading brand planning sessions
- Owns the crucial ability to reactively address and remedy current as well as unanticipated situations
- Directs account and project development process through account, creative, production and digital teams to ensure appropriate resources are available and communication is consistent and timely
- Manages the workload, workflow and professional development of their account team
- Ensures financial performance across projects and accounts i.e. profitability, income and growth
- Contributes to new business development activities and pitches as needed
- Adaptable and able to balance asks and responsibilities
Qualifications
- Has 8+ years of relevant industry experience, with a minimum of 2+ years’ experience at the Account Director level
- Possesses an integrated background with strong brand, digital, social, activation, and analytical experience
- Has the ability to provide big picture strategic thinking, vision and insights to drive big ideas and initiatives
- Possess collaborative leadership skills that encourage team cooperation and motivate relationship-building
- Is self-confident in oral, written, strategic and analytical abilities
- Demonstrates a strong track record of developing and building key partnerships with clients, internal and external teams
- Demonstrates strong, fully developed staff management skills
This job description is not an exhaustive list of all functions that an employee may be required to perform in the above-noted position, and the employee may be required to perform additional functions as directed. The Company reserves the right to revise this job description at any time, in its sole discretion.
FCB is committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion in our agency.
The Company welcomes and encourages applications from people with all kinds of abilities. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the recruiting and selection process. It is the policy of the Company and any of its affiliates to provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national or ethnic origin, gender, gender identity, age, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation, pregnancy, disability/handicap, or any other prohibited ground identified by applicable federal, state, provincial or local law.
EOE/AA/M/D/V/F.
An applicant who requires accommodations in relation to the selection process may contact, in confidence Brittany Kelly, Human Resources Manager (Brittany.Kelly@fcb.com).
