Account Director

Overview

Veritas—an award-winning marketing and PR agency—is in the market for a PR unicorn with a leadership mindset, who is equal parts creative and culturally dialed in. One who lives and breathes music, entertainment, and pop culture scene, and is known as the person in your friend group who's "always in the know".

You have at least 8 years of dynamic agency experience (preferably PR) working on multiple client accounts, and you thrive amidst inter-agency collaboration. You are a detailed account person with a balance between servicing clients and working with the team. You have exceptional skills in communication and an advanced knowledge of media, influencer, and PR landscape. More importantly, you feel at home in the influencer/meme culture space, and you're an early adopter of new social platforms. The idea of working on culturally relevant, breakthrough programming excites you. No rigid hierarchical structure here. A good idea is a good idea, no matter where it comes from. We focus on clever and thought-provoking brand acts, unique creative spins on storytelling, and awesome digital content.

Responsibilities

• Develops strategic communication plans (including metrics) that meet client business goals.
• Oversees budgeting and billing responsibilities for all accounts under supervision and is able to negotiate realistic budgets with clients.
• Accountable for teams to deliver on budget and on time.
• Assists with the selection and attraction of a growing pool of talent.
• Ensures productivity targets are reached personally and by all members of the account team.
• Establishes and maintains strong rapport and relationships with clients.
• Interacts and provides senior level strategic counsel to clients and recommends creative solutions to client, team, and new business challenges.
• Provides leadership, training, and mentoring to Account Managers and proactively assists the team in delivery of project elements.
• Manages compliance with mandatory processes and protocols.
• Masters communication tactics with emphasis on high quality products in writing, editing, and plan development.
• Seeks opportunities to secure incremental revenue.
• Identifies New Business opportunities.
• Leads new business pitches along with Executive sponsor.
• Active in new business pitches, presentations, and liaise and secure new business prospects and opportunities.
• Collaborates with team on providing creative solutions for clients and overall agency.

Qualifications

• College or University degree preferably in PR, Media Relations, or related industries.
• Minimum 7-10 years related experience.
• Demonstrated strength in leadership and management.
• Sound knowledge of accounting principles and profitability models.
• Significant knowledge of the current media landscape.
• Demonstrated strong judgment in dealing with both client and team matters.
• Ability to undertake activities with minimal to no direction (works autonomously).
• Ability to manage a variety of projects at the same time (multi-tasking).
• Solid understanding of the industry and competitive environment.
• Understands key drivers of agency growth, targets, and new business strategy.

Agency Corporate Responsibilities

Parting Thoughts on What You Can Expect:

You'll never be bored. We work hard for some of the country's most ambitious brands and with some of the cleverest clients—on everything from beauty to alcohol, retail to healthcare, tech to government. And all the other things in between. #blessed

Hybrid environment: In office is 2 days with flex for the other 3. We really believe that we need to live the best of both worlds and can do it still.

We're super team-oriented. We have a very strict "good vibes only" policy. If you're a sourpuss or an underbus thrower, we thank you to move along. We rise and fall as a team.

Community is important to us. Especially with the team being apart for so long. So, we've encouraged fun (but safe) in-person outings where we can. Ever brainstormed with your team on a hike? We have.

We love developing talent. We are in the people business and know we have a role in helping our team learn and progress in their careers. If you promise to bring a good attitude and willingness to learn, we promise to bring mentorship and opportunity.

Equal Opportunities

As Veritas, we are a subsidiary of Stagwell, home of talented, passionate, and creative leaders with a vision that delivers breakthrough ideas. As a network, we strive to build an inclusive environment where all employees can bring their full selves to work, but as an industry, we recognize there is much work to be done to ensure everybody feels welcome and included.

We seek out a skilled and dynamic talent pipeline and are committed to building a diverse workforce across age, race, gender, sexual orientation, ability, and background. We are investing in programs to create space for diverse creators and to develop diverse talent for the future, and we are working to build an inclusive environment and industry.

We are a cutting-edge agency that aims to lead in all parts of our business, and we have a responsibility to be the change for which we are advocating. Because of this, we are committing to be transparent about our diversity and inclusion progress at Veritas and Meat & Produce.