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They are responsible for the quality of the agency’s work, strength of the client relationship, operational and financial health of the business, and development of the account team.\nThe AD works closely with senior account leadership while independently leading significant areas of the client business. They anticipate needs, identify opportunities, solve problems, and ensure the right agency resources are engaged at the right time.\nIn sum, the standard of performance for the AD is excellence in client leadership, strategic thinking, creative stewardship, integrated execution, financial management, and team leadership.\nKey Activities\nLead the day-to-day business and marketing relationship across assigned client workstreams.\nDevelop a deep understanding of the client’s business, objectives, category, audience, and competitive environment.\nOrchestrate integrated agency capabilities across creative, strategy, performance, content, social, PR, media, experience, technology, and production.\nOwn the quality and integrity of the agency’s creative product across assigned business.\nContribute to and, where appropriate, lead strategic discussions with clients and internal teams.\nMaintain a clear view of upcoming client priorities, projects, risks, and opportunities.\nLead integrated teams through the development and delivery of complex marketing initiatives.\nEvaluate campaign performance and translate results into recommendations for optimization and future work.\nManage the financial health and profitability of assigned client business.\nLead, develop, and strengthen the account management team.\nResponsibilities\nClient & Business Leadership\nServe as a senior day-to-day client partner and build trusted relationships with key client stakeholders.\nDevelop fluency in the client’s business objectives, marketing priorities, organizational dynamics, and competitive challenges.\nHelp clients solve complex marketing challenges by connecting business needs to the appropriate agency capabilities.\nProvide proactive counsel and bring forward ideas and opportunities beyond immediate assignments.\nMaintain a clear view of the client’s business horizon and anticipate upcoming needs, projects, challenges, and opportunities.\nBuild collaborative relationships with client partner agencies, including media, PR, social, and other external partners.\nLead client meetings and presentations with confidence and influence.\nKnow when to elevate significant business, strategic, relationship, or delivery issues to senior account leadership.\nCreative & Strategic Leadership\nOwn the orchestration and overall quality of how agency ideas come to life across channels and in culture.\nPartner closely with Creative and Strategy to ensure work is grounded in strong strategic thinking and delivers against client objectives.\nContribute to and, when appropriate, lead strategic discussions and recommendations with clients.\nDevelop clear points of view that help clients move beyond one-off campaigns toward ideas and platforms that build the brand over time.\nEvaluate creative work against the brief, business objectives, and brand strategy before it reaches the client.\nProvide clear, actionable client and business direction to creative and strategic teams.\nPartner with Connections and Strategy teams to develop holistic consumer journey and communications plans.\nEvaluate campaign performance and use insights and results to inform optimization and future recommendations.\nIntegrated Account Leadership\nBring together the right agency capabilities and talent to develop strategically strong, integrated marketing initiatives.\nLead teams across multiple disciplines and ensure all partners understand the client objectives, strategic direction, deliverables, and expectations.\nMaintain operational excellence across projects and workstreams within the assigned business.\nPartner closely with Project Management and discipline leads to ensure work progresses according to agreed timelines, budgets, and client expectations.\nIdentify potential risks to strategic integrity, creative quality, timing, scope, or delivery and address them proactively.\nCreate clear communication and accountability across internal teams, clients, and external agency partners.\nEnsure teams remain focused on both immediate deliverables and the broader client business.\nFinancial & Commercial Management\nOwn the financial health of assigned client business and ensure work is managed profitably.\nDemonstrate strong understanding of scopes of work, staffing plans, project estimates, production budgets, billing, and financial reporting.\nPartner with Project Management, Finance, and senior account leadership to manage resources effectively.\nIdentify scope changes, budget pressures, or resource needs early and address them with the appropriate stakeholders.\nEnsure teams understand the scope and financial parameters of the work they are delivering.\nIdentify opportunities to expand existing client relationships and bring additional agency capabilities forward where appropriate.\nTeam Leadership\nLead and manage the account team across assigned business.\nManage, coach, and develop Management Supervisors and other account team members.\nEstablish clear expectations, responsibilities, and accountability across the team.\nProvide ongoing feedback, training, and development to strengthen account management capabilities.\nCreate a clear vision for the team and ensure individuals understand how their work contributes to broader client and agency objectives.\nPartner with senior leadership on staffing, hiring, retention, and team structure.\nWhat Sets You Apart\nStoryteller: You understand how to tell a story, possess exceptional presentation skills, and have the ability to influence outcomes.\nBuilder Mindset: For both BBDO and our clients, we’re building and improving new processes as we go. We need someone who will be proactive in identifying paths to be better.\nCollaborative: BBDO and our clients are team-oriented. Bringing out the best ideas requires everyone to work together.\nPatient Teacher: Whether encouraging and educating our internal teams or leading our clients.\nCurious and Independent Learner: While this role requires marketing expertise, we expect everyone to seek ongoing learning in new methodologies, brand strategy, and platforms.\nDemonstrated ability to apply AI tools and emerging technologies to streamline workflows, strengthen analysis, and deliver more effective business outcomes.\nQualifications\nMinimum 10 years of relevant advertising, marketing, or integrated communications experience.\nSignificant account management experience leading complex client business within an agency environment.\nDemonstrated ability to build strong relationships with senior client stakeholders.\nStrong strategic marketing instincts and a solutions-oriented approach to client and business challenges.\nExperience leading integrated marketing programs across multiple disciplines and channels.\nStrong understanding of scope development, financial management, project setup, staffing, and profitability.\nThorough understanding of production management and the development and implementation of scopes with creative and production teams.\nProven ability to lead, manage, and develop account teams.\nExcellent presentation, communication, and interpersonal skills.\nStrong organizational skills and the ability to lead multiple priorities and workstreams simultaneously.\nThe Office Requirements\nBBDO has adopted a hybrid working environment. Employees are required to be in the office Tuesday through Thursday and work from home Monday and Friday.\n\nSalary Range: $135,000 - $150,000\nOmnicom’s policy requires employees to work in the office for a minimum of three days a week, unless additional in-office days are directed by their agency or manager. Our objective is to increase this requirement over time, and many of our agencies as well as Omnicom’s corporate group already require five days of in-office attendance.\nOmnicom is committed to hiring and developing exceptional talent. We agree that talent is uniquely distributed, and we’re focused on developing inclusive teams that can bring the best solutions to everything we do. We strongly believe that celebrating what makes us different makes us better together. Join us-we look forward to getting to know you. We will process your personal data in accordance with our Recruitment Privacy Notice.\nLink to Recruitment Privacy Notice: https://www.omc.com/privacy-notice\nFor US Job Seekers:\nIt is the policy of Omnicom and any of its affiliates to provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, religion, color, ethnic origin, gender, gender identity, age, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation, disability, or any other basis prohibited by applicable federal, state, or local law. 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