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Interested in progressing your career? Here’s your chance…As International Account Director in this leading Full service Media Agency, you will be responsible for media planning and buying strategies of high-profile clients within the Travel and Online sectors.

About the Job

As International Account Director, you will:

• Take a key role in managing integrated accounts (media planning and buying) with a bias to digital.
• Be responsibile for the management of all financial administration process for your clients.
• Take responsibility for day to day client service and delivery
• Support the marketing team and Group Account Director with all new business pitches.
• Maintain strong day-to-day relationships with media owner personnel and involve Trading Heads in all implementational planning and trading issues.
• Manage and develop you team
• Take the lead for digital thinking with regard to the client’s account and ensure that a seamless service is delivered.

About the Person

You will:

• Possess strong digital media planning skills coupled with the ability formulate strong digital media strategies.
• Have experience of managing a growing team of less experienced managers and executives, coupled with the ability to manage conflict within this team and with client portfolio.
• Possess good negotiating skills and be able to deal with critical issues with media owners.
• Have strong presentation, communication, numerical, financial, leadership and client handling skills.
• Be commercially astute seeking out opportunities to grow revenue for the digital media agency.
• Ideally have experience of working on travel, financial or data heavy clients.

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