About The Role
Media.Monks is seeking a bi-lingual Arabic/English speaking Account Director, who is a digital-savvy leader who will manage business accounts, lead team members at the intersection of creativity and technology.You'll have experience managing large scale social media and creative projects.
In this role, you will be responsible for maintaining and growing the business, while being the day-to-day point of contact for one of our biggest clients in the region. Additionally, our ideal candidate is a fast and flexible go-getter who jumps on new opportunities to create impactful work. The ideal match for our culture is resourceful in all conditions, asks the right questions, delights in the fine details of their craft, and works fast and flexibly to get the job done.
Collaboration is a big part of your DNA. Does this sound like you Then let's get acquainted!
Key Responsibilities
- Work closely with our partner offices, finding synergies in communication and time management for specific projects
- Act as the bridge between our Monks and the client for social campaigns, film production, transcreations, rich media, influencer campaigns and more.
- Being accountable for the end delivery, proactively managing expectations along the way.
- Help define the scope for each project, ensuring proposals meet the client's brief and business objectives above anything else.
- Work as a strategic partner who understands the client's brand and business, actively identifying new opportunities to better serve their needs.
- Analyse opportunities and recommend strategies and tactics (advertising, media, promotions, digital and social media, retail marketing, experiential, grassroots, etc.)
- As needed: plan and execute in field marketing, PR, promotions, partnerships and experiential marketing and execute strategic marketing partnerships (including influencers)
- Leverage proprietary tools, systems and methodologies to correlate marketing communication activity with results and evolve strategy plans as needed
Background & Skills
- We're looking for a candidate with hands-on experience in social.
- You're fluent in English and Arabic (speaking and writing on a professional level).
- Knowledge of Saudi Arabian market culture and marketing practices is a must.
- The ability to interpret a brief and add value through innovation and experience.
- We're looking for a proficient client-facing candidate with at least 6+ years experience in a marketing agency, consultancy, production company and/or client side studio, managing people and/or teams.
- You have a keen understanding of the business objectives of brands and can quickly grasp their challenges and opportunities, identifying exactly what needs to be achieved from the get-go.
- Managing the client relationship is your foremost responsibility, you grasp technology in a way that allows you to scope projects and propose target-driving quotes and timings.
- You will work with partnerships in different projects, developing client relationships and work-streams miles(tones) ahead.
- You're experienced in creating presentation decks and can help shape proposals from a basic technical perspective or a commercial one.
- You have to have excellent organisational skills, Microsoft office management and high attention to details.
- Last but not least, you're a joy to work with; you're great with clients and coworkers alike and know how to inspire teams to go the extra mile.
- Adaptability and comfort with change and ambiguity.
- Comfortable with data, qualitative and quantitative.
At Media.Monks, we believe in fostering an environment where a diversity of perspectives can thrive. We proactively work to design hiring processes that promote equity and inclusion while mitigating bias. We celebrate diversity and are committed to building a team that reflects the communities we serve. We welcome and encourage qualified applicants, from all backgrounds, who are excited to contribute to our mission.
About Media.Monks
Media.Monks is the purely digital operating brand of S4Capital plc that connects 8,600+ digital natives across one global team. We are united by a mission to shift industries forward and pave the path towards ambitious outcomes so our clients and our people can realize their full potential for growth. Our unified model combines solutions in media, data, social, platforms, studio, experience, brand and technology services to help our clients continuously reinvent themselves throughout increasingly rapid cycles of disruption. Our efforts to shape culture, build innovative technologies and unlock the future of growth have earned recognition from numerous esteemed panels: we maintain a constant presence on Adweek's Fastest Growing lists (2019-22), regular recognition at Cannes Lions, inclusion in AdExchanger's Programmatic Power Players (2020-23), the title of Webby Production Company of the Year (2021-23), a record number of FWAs, and have earned a spot on Newsweek's Top 100 Global Most Loved Workplaces 2023. Together, these achievements solidify our experience in digital innovation, excellence in craft, and commitment to personal growth.
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Disclaimer
- Responsible for resourcing and implementing security controls for your teams processes and systems
- Responsible that all your personnel apply information security in accordance with the established information security policy
