The Account Director is first and foremost a creative strategist – someone who understands how to take client objectives and KPIs and translate them into creative marketing solutions. From strategy and concepting to development and production, you will be working directly with the Founders of the company as we ideate, pitch and sell programs to new and existing clients.
The role is Monday through Friday, 10:30am to 6:30pm, with early mornings and/or late evenings as the business requires. You must be willing to work a flexible schedule – the deadline and our clients always comes first!
The Gathery is a creative, casual business environment with a small team of highly proficient and award-wining innovators.
Job Responsibilities include:
Strategy
- Ideation of innovative, informed ideas with a strong editorial POV
- Developing and presenting Conceptual Decks, Trend Reports, Toolkits and other communication documents that provide creative guidance for new and existing opportunities and initiatives for our clients
- This is to include distilling the client brief for our team, leading effective brainstorms, ideation of concepts, research into client or project landscape, and kicking off programs formally
- Assign and liaise with the founders and art department to generate imagery and mood boards
- Developing presentations
- Brand Ambassador guide writing and lead training pre-program and on-site
- Client liaison on site during operational hours
- Content liaison with photographers and videographers, leading walkthroughs pre-program or pre-event to ensure adequate capture for our client’s and internal Gathery purposes
Account Work
- Issuing contracts and ensuring they are executed in a timely manner (before project work begins)
- Overseeing invoicing and payments with Gathery Finance and ensure the timely payment of invoices
- Owning all mission critical documents throughout pitches and program productions including: Activation Decks, timelines (event timelines are managed by Producers), Budgets, Sponsor Documents
-- Working with production team to generate timelines and activation deck updates
-- Enabling internal WIP touch bases with Co-Founders or Creative leads with ample time for feedback and edits prior to client presentations
- Overseeing the assigned account team members as project leader and the entire execution of a program to make sure the work is coherent and aligned with planning objectives, elevated design and client expectations
- Understanding the client’s business and brand throughout the project life cycle to ensure briefs match client needs
- Commanding and building a relationship with senior level clients to successfully influence them in thinking outside the box and in returning their business to the Gathery
- Lead the creation of recap decks when applicable gathering metrics from all key stakeholder
Administration
- Reporting up to the Founders weekly on progress of projects and initiatives, while being the “ear-to-the-ground” team member for relevant information to new business, client satisfaction, and other pertinent details
- Award submission and website materials selection, copy, etc. on assigned projects only
- Lead with positivity creating a good working environment for all
- Manage and mentor junior account team members. Allocating tasks accordingly
- Manage and schedule client presentations. Lead presentations in the absence of Creative Director or Founder
- Assisting with other projects such as helping develop the company’s blog, social media, and assisting with the agency's external marketing and PR efforts
- Inputting to co-founders and the director of production on the development of the Gathery Operations Handbook with periodic updating as needs arise
The position requires an effective leader who will help bring our programs to life by managing a highly-skilled and experienced in-house production and design department, and communicating daily with clients and their partners.
The position calls for a resourceful candidate who excels in client management, communication and organizational skills, creative problem solving and an exceptional attention to detail. As account lead, you manage mission critical documents such as the account timelines and presentation decks. You are also responsible for every assigned member of the project account team, with all members reporting into you. You must work well under pressure, have great people skills, assist with scheduling of key team members, and draft summaries and meeting notes to report back to the Founders. Additionally, we seek candidates who are culturally savvy in tune with the worlds of art, design, fashion, music and travel. A background in luxury, media, hospitality and non-profit sectors are considered an asset.
