Director, Client Advice and Management

The role

The Director, Client Advice and Management supports the Group Director in delivering solutions for Initiative clients. You will manage the client and internal team, ensuring strategy, execution, and delivery on KPIs.

What you will do

• Day to day driver and quality manager of the Client Advice and Management team
• Manages all communications in a timely manner
• Contribute to and author client proposals, recommendations and points of view
• Leads, issues, and conducts weekly client meeting
• Build relationships with day to day leads on the client side and partner agencies
• Ensures communication of creative needs and coordinates with partner agency teams
• Responsible for client financial stewardship, reporting, budget management, authorization and billing
• Participate in all client briefings and articulate needs to integrated leads
• Apply a client lens to all areas of Initiative product
• Develop client advice team through performance management and feedback

Required qualifications

• Experience in Marketing, Advertising or Media
• Experience leading, managing and developing a staff
• Proven ability to develop and maintain strong professional relationships with clients, colleagues and vendors
• Ability to drive projects from conception to completion
• Strong project management experience
• Background in consulting, marketing, advertising or integrated communication

Nice to have

• 7+ years’ relevant experience with 4+ years’ management experience
• Strong leader, presenter and packager of opportunities
• Strong commercial acumen

Benefits

• medical and dental coverage
• 401(k) plans
• flex spending
• life insurance
• disability
• employee discount program
• employee stock purchase program
• paid family benefits

About the company

Initiative builds Fame & Flow for brands like Nike, Amazon, Merck, and T-Mobile. The agency celebrates diversity in an inclusive environment with 6,000+ talent across 90+ markets.