The Business Unit Director role is to lead, inspire, set direction and drive their account management business unit to provide extraordinary account management service and add real value to the clients' business. Managing the delivery of exceptional creative product that meets or exceeds the clients' business targets within the defined integrated strategic approach. To ensure optimum deployment of integrated 360 degree communication, facilit
ate problem solving, monitor the health of the clients' business within the agency, deliver bottom line client profitability and grow the clients' business within the agency.
Client Responsibilities
Foster and maintain close relationships with clients at a senior level, and ensure communication of any changes to clients' business obectives to the team.
Actively pursue business development opportunities within the client portfolio in areas that may prove to bring a favourable return on investments for clients.
Share knowledge and best practice across the teams and the agency.
Creating accurate compressive briefs and implementation of project timelines.
Deliver high standards of client satisfaction and continuously adapt and adjust approaches to benefit portfolio needs.
Demontrate an understanding of the clients' and agency's business to motivate the team in providing outputs that deliver an optimal return on investment for our client.
Through research and active networking within the industry, ensure that the agency and client are at the forefront of, and appraised on, industry trends and developments. Ensure that this is shared across the business.
Experience working on a retail account (advantageous).
People Responsibilities
Build a strong multi-discipline account management team that can operate interdependently.
Improve the team cohesion and synergy through a direct management style that rewards performance and team effort.
Instill a value system within the team that is based on integrity, respect and the value of the individual in the work environment.
Mentor the team through hands on training and instill a sense of accountability.
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