Account Director

At FCB Chicago, the Account Director is the agency’s commissioner to the client. We want a person who understands the client’s needs beyond marketing and looks deeper at their partnership with the agency. This person takes a leadership role in strategy development and ensures that the strategy maps back to the client’s goals. The Account Director is a proactive and effective partner with all cross-functional team members. We want someone with the ability to champion ideas, inspire great work and effectively defend and persuade the agency POV to the client. Someone who knows a good idea when they see it.

This person will be a lead on one of our Healthcare accounts. Healthcare and Agency background preferred.

the position:

• Uses interpersonal savvy to rally internal and external Agency resources to help bring long-term, strategic recommendations to life 
• Sees the client business through a 360-degree lens and identifies out-of-the box ideas and opportunities in the pharmaceutical category 
• Builds one-on-one relationships with senior level clients to foster a partnership with the agency 
• Manages needs of team members to maximize learning and productivity while minimizing turnover 
• Adopts a proactive approach to anticipating internal and external concerns 
• Owns the crucial ability to reactively address and remedy current as well as unanticipated situations

the personality:

• Has the the ability to provide big picture strategic thinking, vision and insights to drive big ideas and initiatives 
• Possesses collaborative leadership skills that encourage team cooperation and motivate relationship-building 
• Is enthusiastic about business and passionate about marketing 
• Is self-confident in oral, written, strategic and analytical abilities 
• Has earned a bachelor's degree 
• Has 6+ years of relevant industry experience 
• Pharma experience is required 
• Experience leading a team