Account Director – St. Louis, MO $90 to $125k

Account Director
St. Louis, MO

Currently seeking an Account Director to fill a vacant role in the St Louis area. The ideal candidate will hold a Bachelor’s degree and possess 10+ years advertising / marketing experience (B2B, Pharma, Hospital, Medical Device preferred)

Responsibilities of the Account Director

• Actively leads strategic and tactical planning efforts for and with assigned clients to ensure business and marketing objectives are understood and pursued successfully.
• Ensure client needs are properly and efficiently staffed; makes staffing recommendations; participates in interviews as directed.
• Direct the activities of Account Executives and Account Coordinators to ensure proper agency service is delivered.
• Coordinate strategic thinking, timing and budgets with Creative Director, Associate Creative Director, and Interactive Director consistent with client objectives.
• Check and approve creative materials, copy, layouts, and production art, and coordinates client approval of same.
• Actively seeks additional projects and new business from client contacts.
• Keep apprised of progress of clients’ projects from a deliver and efficiency POV.
• Provide regular account status reports to management and supplies necessary information for routine overviews of client’s current activities, revenue forecasts, A/R, and future development of accounts
• Work with accounting staff to finalize client billings, produces billing reports and spreadsheets as required, and ensures timely collection of accounts receivable
• Draft estimates and statements of work for supervisory review.
• Implement communications plans and provides creative, production, and interactive department personnel with documented input, support data and production materials as required.

Requirements of the Account Manager

• Bachelor’s degree
• 10+ years advertising / marketing experience (B2B, Pharma, Hospital, Medical Device and advertising/marketing agency experience preferred)
• Outstanding communication skills (verbal, written, presentation
• Strategic thinker with a focus on details
• Excellent leadership and relationship building skills

Qualified candidates are encouraged to submit their credentials to gary@yaekleco.com.  All submissions will remain confidential.