Account Director, Integrated Advertising/campaigns - Singapore - Ogilvy
Description
Ogilvy- Singapore City, Sinagpore
Overview
You're becoming an established client lead and have their confidence to guide them to integrated solutions that meets their business needs.
With 7+yrs related industry (consulting, digital, agency) experience, you have a solid foundation of managing clients and developing senior level client relationships.
You're driven by our mission to make our clients' brands matter, and fundamentally believe that creativity has the power to change fortunes.
You are becoming a trusted advisor to clients, which means you have a track record of delivering consistently to a high standard while striking the right balance between protecting client and agency interests.
Clients discuss business issues with you looking for your advice.You're adept at leading the quartet and leveraging your relationships with internal and external stakeholders to overcome any obstacles for your project.
Your focus as a Account Director
- Make our clients' brands matter by bringing together the best mix of Ogilvy capabilities to solve business problems.
- Facilitate and lead bestinclass modern marketing work that delivers business success for clients and builds agency reputation.
- Become a trusted advisor to the clients to build client satisfaction and intimacy which opens up new growth opportunities for the agency.
- Independently lead integrated accounts of up to $1M.
- Be able to successfully lead mediumsized new business proposals or pitches (up to $1M), and work with Team Leads on larger pitches (>$1M)
- Responsible for margin growth/protection along with the PMO including joint ownership of locally agreed targets.
The skills you learn and apply
- Understanding of what makes great work and what it takes to make it happen.
- Ability to stream briefs into the right workflow based on past experience and a strong understanding of integrated marketing communications principles.
- A solid understanding of all capabilities (e.g. strategy, social, CXT, PR&I, creative) to be able to facilitate the best work throughout the whole process.
- A good understanding of modern marketing capabilities (e.g. data analytics, CX, martech etc.) and have experience in integrating it into every applicable project.
- Relationshipbuilding with internal and external stakeholders to facilitate project outcomes.
- Ability to think ahead from both technical expertise (of project management and production) and relationships to smooth problemsolving.
- Having the EQ to facilitate multiple specialists, personalities and opinions.
- Building the foundation of a trusted client advisor, you are able to listen to client needs without agenda and give them the best advice that strikes the right balance of protecting client and agency interests.
- Start dealing with senior clients and lay the foundations for senior client relationships.
- Work with the PMO to ensure smooth, timely delivery, as well as margin growth/protection on projects.
- Manage at least 1 direct report to impart client service skills and groom them in their growth and promotion. You indirectly manage several supporting team members from different capabilities for each project as you are client lead.
- Keep up to speed with industry trends and Ogilvy IP (the MBM OS, Big Ideal, Fusion & DAVE) by being curious and wellread.
You're ready to move up when **you are able to run a larger portfolio of clients ($1-2M) independently and smoothly by being a trusted client advisor as well as a respected internal business lead.
The qualities that will make you successful
- Relentless curiosity
- Articulate and persuasive
- Reliable and mature
- Ability to build strong connections
- Strong work ethic
- 7 years' relevant experience
- Strong verbal and written communications skills
At 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.
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.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.
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