Account Director

AnalogFolk is a global digitally native creative agency, independently owned since 2008. We have talented Folk across offices in London, Amsterdam, New York, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Singapore and Sydney.

We deliver progressive solutions that change people's lives and fuel brand growth. 

We’re proud to partner with some of the world’s most respected and influential brands, including Nike, Diageo, L’Oreal, Meta, Tommy Hilfiger and Amazon.

Here are just a few of the notable accolades our globally-recognised work has received: The Drum’s Most Awarded Agency in EMEA; Campaign’s UK and Global Digital Innovation Agency of the Year;  Contagious Pioneers Best and Bravest Agencies on the Planet; and a Fast Company award for a World Changing Idea.

Overview:

We’re looking to bring in a new Account Director to join our fun and fast-paced New York team, working across a range of clients and delivering capabilities in strategy & consulting, data services, campaign comms and product & service design. The Client Services team at AnalogFolk serve as the interface between agency and client. Invested in both and able to fluently and frictionless ensure the best outcomes for our clients based on a deep understanding of their business challenges and our agency services.

The Account Director’s core focus will be building strong strategic partnerships with our clients and help unlock the best innovative opportunities to improve their brand experience. They work hand in hand with the Client Leads, Strategy and Delivery team to support the delivery of effective experiences and draw in the best expertise from across the agency to solve clients’ business problems.

Your key responsibilities:

- Work with a cross functional team to create and deliver standout and award-winning work for our clients

- Ensure that creative excellence is achieved through every brief

- Champion creativity internally and externally

- Ensure we deliver tangible and measurable value for our clients

- Manage and lead client stakeholders across key projects, building client confidence, trust and advocacy

- Help shape client business plans that drive strategic, creative and commercial growth, as well as relationship longevity

- Execute growth strategies and plans, supporting the vision and ambition for each client 

Your key skills:

- Appetite and business acumen to help drive the client portfolio forwards

- A strong background in digital first comms, platforms & services

- An understanding of brand and communications strategies that lead to breakthrough work

- An understanding and passion for innovative digital experiences and platforms that use leading technology

- Adept at navigating client organisations with a centralised global/local marketing model to achieve year on year organic growth.

- Strategic and creative thinkingStrong ethos to foster innovative, creative solutions that have the client’s needs at the heart

- Highly articulate communication skills (verbal and written), accomplished presenter

Folk we need:

- 6+ year’s experience working in a similar client facing role at a digital creative agency or publisher in an equivalent role

- Experience in delivering brand partnership programs across digital, editorial, and video, as well as wrap reports for clients

- Good understanding of Digital advertising and media landscape

- Ideally, experience working in healthcare and/or FMCG sectors

- Experience in creator, celebrity and influencer casting, management and strategy and its relation to marketing and media

- A passion for high-paced, fun and challenging accounts with incredible creative and strategic opportunity

- Always solutions focussed, championing and fostering innovative ways of solving problems

- Highly motivated, collaborative and entrepreneurial

- Salary: $110,000 - $160,000 per annum

Our Values

AnalogFolk is part of the AnalogFolk Group (AFG) an independent marketing and technology group. Our mission is to use digital to make the analog world better. We strive to create experiences that are remarkable and fundamentally valuable. These are our values that we ask of all our Folk… 

🔎 Find a Way: Looks for opportunities that arise during times of change

📈 Fail Brilliantly: Is prepared to take risks in the pursuit of excellence. Encourages teams to do the same

✨ Be Remarkable: Encourages and inspires others to achieve with their own positive attitude. Uses lateral thinking to solve problems

🤗 Be Nice: Encourages teams to work collaboratively with others to achieve the best results

💥 Makes Things: Takes responsibility for own work and that of their teams, ensuring high quality standards are always met

And a final few things….

At AnalogFolk, we believe in equal opportunities for everyone. We’re committed to building a workplace that’s authentically diverse, representative, inclusive and respectful. That’s why we welcome all applications regardless of race, religion or belief, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, political affiliation, family, or parental status. 

Don’t meet every single requirement for the job role? No big deal. If what we’re doing here at AnalogFolk excites you and you’re passionate about learning, we want to hear from you. You may still be the right fit for the role, or another one. 

If you love the sound of the role but need flexibility to meet other commitments, just let us know – we try to make this happen whenever we can.