Senior Account Director

Working with some of the biggest names in the food & drink and hospitality world, this award-winning full-service agency is looking for a Senior Account Director to take on senior leadership across major world renowned client accounts.

The Role:

You'll operate with real autonomy, owning client relationships, commercial planning and strategic direction with limited senior oversight. This is a role for someone ready to take full ownership of their accounts, shaping recommendations that balance brilliant client outcomes with agency profitability, and leading multi-disciplinary teams through complex, high-profile campaigns from brief to evaluation.

You'll own annual account growth plans, approve scope and pricing before it reaches the client, and take accountability for commercial performance alongside delivery quality, timing and budget. Alongside this, you'll coach and develop more junior members of the client services team, delegating meaningfully rather than holding onto every detail, and contribute to how the wider client services function works and improves.

The Candidate:

• The right candidate will bring strong agency account management experience, proven ability to lead significant client relationships and complex projects, and real commercial awareness across revenue, pricing, scope and risk. F&B experience is a realy advantage.
• You'll be a confident strategic thinker who builds trust with senior stakeholders in your own right, can simplify complexity into clear recommendations, and stays constructive and collaborative even under pressure.
• Above all, you'll be someone actively building towards the next step up, with the ambition and judgement to grow a portfolio of business and develop leadership capability in those around you.

This is a hybrid role requiring three days a week in the office (with flexibility around client needs), and comes with a strong benefits package including enhanced holiday and parental leave, plus genuine scope for progression at an agency going through an exciting period of growth.

DNA Recruit is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community and welcomes applications from candidates of all backgrounds

DNA is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community and welcomes applications from candidates of all backgrounds.
Although we try to respond to all applications, unfortunately, due to the high number we receive, we are unable to respond to all of those who are unsuccessful. 

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