Account Director - Senior Strategy Leader

NEW FRESH SEARCH! We’re working with a fantastic Kansas City advertising agency that is looking for an experienced Account Director - Senior Strategy Leader, with a strong background in digital media, analytics, and client strategy .

We are partnering with a growing Kansas City agency seeking an experienced marketing professional who knows how to lead important client relationships, think strategically, and turn business goals into smart marketing decisions.

This is not simply an account management position. Our client needs someone who can sit across the table from senior leaders, understand what they are trying to accomplish, challenge thinking when appropriate, and bring together the right internal resources to get results.

You will work with a talented group of specialists, but you do not need to be the person pushing every button or building every campaign. You do need to understand modern marketing well enough to ask good questions, interpret results, recognize opportunities, and confidently guide clients.

What You'll Do

• Own and develop several important client relationships
• Learn each client's business, customers, competition, goals, and challenges
• Help turn business objectives into actionable marketing plans
• Work with internal specialists to determine where clients should invest their marketing dollars
• Review campaign and customer data and help clients understand what it means for their business
• Identify opportunities to improve results, change direction, or test new approaches
• Lead client meetings and communicate comfortably with senior decision makers
• Keep internal teams aligned around priorities, expectations, timing, and deliverables
• Help establish budgets and ensure client work remains financially healthy
• Look for natural opportunities to expand relationships when additional services can solve a legitimate client need
• Participate in presentations and conversations with prospective clients
• Help develop less experienced members of the client service team
• Stay current on changes in digital advertising, consumer behavior, measurement, and marketing technology

What We're Looking For

• Approximately 7 or more years of progressive experience in advertising, marketing, media, or a related environment
• Meaningful experience managing sophisticated client or customer relationships
• Experience working with senior leaders and presenting recommendations to decision makers
• A strong understanding of digital advertising and how different marketing channels work together
• Comfortable reviewing marketing data and using it to guide decisions
• Experience managing sizable client budgets or financial responsibilities
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to manage multiple priorities without losing sight of the bigger picture
• Someone who enjoys solving problems rather than simply taking orders
• Agency experience is strongly preferred

The Person

The personality fit matters. Our client is looking for someone who is curious, confident, personable, and comfortable building relationships with many different types of people. You should be able to have a strategic conversation with a senior executive and then work just as comfortably with the people responsible for getting the work done.

You don't need to know everything. You do need to know when to ask questions, when to push back, and when to bring the right expert into the conversation.

Most importantly, you should genuinely enjoy clients. This is a relationship business, and the person who succeeds in this role will become someone clients trust and want involved in their business. This truly is a FUN role and an exciting company.

NOTE: This is a Kansas City-based role. You must live and work in the metro for consideration. All applicants must be eligible to work in the US with no employment restrictions or sponsorship requirements.