Business Director  

The Business Director serves as the lead of two or more client businesses on behalf of the agency. He or she is the most accountable strategic lead on the alignment team, responsible for all aspects of business management, including overall business growth, casting and team development (with a concentration on the Client Engagement team), and leading engagement with senior-level clients on key accounts. The person in this role works with internal teams across disciplines to develop, craft and refine strategies to achieve client goals and execution of strategies and is responsible for ensuring that the agency’s reputation and position is maintained across key clients. It is the responsibility of the Business Director to ensure that teams deliver Marketing Excellence, demonstrate Ownership, provide solutions grounded in Intelligence, and drive Innovative thinking and solutions. The successful candidate must be team-oriented and possess excellent leadership, problem-solving, interpersonal, and communication skills. The Business Director also sets the vision for all partnerships and ensures seamless delivery across the account teams he/ she leads. He/ she is responsible for overall profitability for the businesses he/ she leads. The candidate must be prepared for a fast-paced environment and be comfortable making decisions.

Accountabilities

• Leads, and collaborates with, alignment team leadership to set the vision, business and engagement plan for the alignment business
• Sets and achieves profitability goals that are on par with agency benchmarks
• Manages and approves all investments to ensure a strategic focus and pay back
• Develops and maintains the most senior level relationships within a given client organization
• Focus is on building depth and breadth of relationships with key clients and harvesting new business opportunities
• Establishes and maintains team culture

• Has excellent presentation skills and organizational skills.
• Is able to craft creative briefs and provide clear, persuasive briefings to Creative teams and remain an active contributor throughout the creative development process.
• Has a deep knowledge and experience with multichannel marketing.
• Has a proven approach to cross-functional, cross-agency and partnership collaboration.
• Has a distinct understanding of strategic process and ability to drive innovation.
• Is responsible for overall agency profitability for book of accounts.
• Familiarity with ecommerce and online advertising is necessary.
• Is able to lead and grow multiple clients.