Senior Account Director, Brand - Sky Creative
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Position Overview & Specifications
- Partner with Brand strategists, Creative, Production and Account teams to plan and deliver brand design projects that involve strategy, master asset creation, asset updates, guidelines for application across all customer touchpoints!
- Be the driver of tier 1 priority brand projects across multiple business verticals (e.g., new channel launches, product launches and refreshes), and the key contact for senior management across Sky Creative and marketing, accountable for collaboration and integration.
- Forward planning and scope prioritisation. Plan to deliver the brand scope across all business areas throughout the year, prioritising and resourcing through a multidisciplinary view and understanding of business priorities.
- Bring innovative thinking to the table. Be a key player in evolving workflows and ways of working to create cohesive and efficient ways of working across Account management, Production, Brand design, ATL campaign creative, BTL, Retail and Marketing teams.
- Lead ‘Brand Hubs’ for tier 1 projects across business verticals. To ensure cohesion, integration and consistent outputs.
- Support the Account Directors and Account Managers in their day-to-day roles as an escalation point for brand projects.
- Be a key influencer and partner. Distil complex creative and business challenges into simple narratives to help sell in the work and assist senior management decision making.
- Work with the relevant Head of Business to plan for and highlight any potential pinch points and conflicts that will impact the work and/or resources.
- Accountable for the overall fiscal control and rigour of projects. Collaborate with production to ensure budgeting, tracking and reporting is efficient and accurate.
- Present in a confident manner, manage feedback effectively and negotiate in a pragmatic way when required, while driving for clear and consolidated feedback.
- 7+ years of Account Management experience in leading high profile, brand development projects for famous brands. Includes experience managing major launches and refreshes for products and services / or with channel branding in the media and entertainment industry!
- Comfortable working through-the-line, with experience managing projects that impact advertising, digital and retail channels.
- Passion and enthusiasm for the power of creativity to help solve business problems with an ability to input strategically on briefs and influence the creative development.
- Rounded experience and agility, to be able to work across multiple teams and business areas simultaneously. With the ability to lead collaboration across functions and with external partner agencies.
- Successful track record of leading process change as well as pushing creative boundaries
- Natural skills in building and maintaining relationships at a senior level, e.g., Head of Department, Director level and above. An ability to simplify complex issues to help teams navigate through and manage communications upwards to senior leaders is a must.
- Evidence of successfully leading creative processes and keeping creative teams on track during development, exercising excellent judgement and influencing decision making.
- Leadership qualities, setting an example for Account Directors / Account Managers and supporting their professional development within the team.
- Good commercial understanding and proven experience running projects to budget and time.
- The ability to maintain a high-level, customer-focused, strategic outlook but get into the detail when an issue requires it.
- Sky Q, for the TV you love all in one place
- The magic of Sky Glass at an exclusive rate
- A generous pension package
- Private healthcare
- Discounted mobile and broadband
- A wide range of Sky VIP rewards and experiences
Candidate Selection & Onboarding Process
Application & Resume Screening
Submit your tailored CV/Resume directly to the talent acquisition portal.
Technical & Competency Interviews
Virtual interviews with the hiring manager and multidisciplinary team.
Formal Offer & Benefits Negotiation
Written agreement outlining compensation, equity, retirement vesting, and relocation allowances.
Onboarding & Corporate Integration
Equipment provisioning, team orientation, and commencement of duties.
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