Job Description

At Hirons, account directors provide strategic counsel and high-level communications expertise to agency clients while overseeing the implementation of strategic communications plans.

Account directors are responsible for the oversight of assigned clients and they direct the work of their account teams to ensure client goals and measurable objectives are met. The account director is whom other agency staff look to for support, guidance and counsel. The growth and success of their clients and their team members are their paramount concern.

Account directors are responsible for the profitability of their accounts and are also expected to grow business, either through existing clients or new business leads. To this end, account directors must develop community connections with which to grow professionally and attract new business.

While job functions vary by client, successful account directors will:

• Oversee successful long-term work for agency clients on time and within budget
• Create comprehensive strategic plans with goals, measurable objectives, strategies and tactics that are reflective of the client’s organizational goals
• Craft annual scopes of work for clients; oversee all activities within the scope of work
• Have a keen understanding of the types of qualitative and quantitative research methods and how different types can contribute to a client’s success
• Effectively evaluate the success of campaigns
• Intimately understand the client’s business backward and forward
• Internally manage up and down equally effectively
• Supervise a team of successful professionals who excel in their agency roles
• Generate business development leads and growth within existing client portfolio