Cog Culture - Account Director (3-5 yrs)

Responsibilities:

- Be the key contact person for the client and perform the lead role as the client's extended marketing arm/partner to deliver effective results for the brand.

- Plans and shapes the future of the brand and shares a clear vision of where the business is going.

- Pursues debates and actions that are right for the agency and client; challenges the status quo for each brief to deliver effective results.

- Makes a strong contribution to the development of creative briefs, ensuring that they generate the best possible work, clearly define the Client's requirements and are a solution to the Client's business problem.

- Ensures the smooth delivery of multiple briefs and provides clear direction to the team and other departments.

- Managing, nurturing and developing the team and giving constructive and regular feedback to facilitate career growth.

- Value-adding to the business by inspiring client confidence and building enduring client relationships.

Qualifications:

- Minimum 3 years of experience, ideally with leading agencies.

- Ability to work effectively with a variety of internal disciplines and business groups, including account management, creative, and production teams in a fast-paced environment.

- Sound thinker with solid strategic skills someone with the ability to decipher end market intelligence, numbers etc to derive insights / creative triggers for creative excellence.

- A person who looks beyond just the project management side of things and is able to develop and drive the business and take it further.

- The person must be apt enough to identify areas of opportunity to drive organic growth for the brand.

- Sound skills in all areas of financials (budget reconciliations, timesheet/man-hours analysis, forecasting etc.

- Process-oriented, meticulous with attention to detail.

- Excellent communication skills - written and spoken, English.

- A keen eye for details