Experienced Business Director needed for dynamic Global Branding Design Agency
We’re looking for a proactive, motivated and established Business Director who will be able to come in, hit the ground running and lead a variety of accounts across both FMCG and corporate spaces, both famous brands and challengers.
You oversee and deliver the clients you lead working closely with the MD, the CEO and your team to meet our long-term ambitions. Where you are overseeing and not directly running the client, you lead and support your teams in delivery of organic growth ensuring it stays top of mind in the business. You hold key relationships with senior clients and ensure that all clients are covered by your team. You are proactive in ensuring we are perceived as a top-tier strategic partner that adds value, addressing any barriers or obstacles to this. You make sure we retain momentum on projects and remain top of mind with our clients, never letting relationships lapse. Not only do you oversee the clients and your teams on the day-to-day delivery of existing business you are constantly looking for the next opportunity and creating scenarios to help secure new projects.
You’ll act as a partner to senior clients, overseeing projects, managing issues and maintaining relationships to ensure they keep coming back. You’ll be responsible for growing your clients and continually looking for opportunities for business growth, and you’ll be responsible for financial reporting across your clients. You’ll mentor and develop the skills of junior members of the client services team and develop strong internal relationships across the business to ensure projects run smoothly and clients receive the best possible service.
Fantastic abilities to juggle multiple tasks at once, project management, gravitas and organisational skills should be a given. You’ll be a compelling and clear communicator, able to persuade clients and internal teams alike. You are someone who always applies an action-oriented approach and can provide action-oriented direction to teams from Client Services, Strategy to Creative to make things happen.
• You understand your clients’ overall business ambitions and how we can best add value in helping them deliver against these.
• You think big picture and are strategic in your approach to your clients
• You ensure the work we do delivers strategically and champion us achieving the best outcome internally working with the wider team.
• You are able to articulate our point of view and create compelling presentations for clients that best frame and sell our work
This is a unique opportunity to be part of a positive progressive friendly team and to take ownership of projects with some of the worlds most famous brands.