Overview

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About the Role

We’re looking for a Junior Account Director (maternity cover, 12 months with opportunity to extend) to join our Experiential & Partnership Marketing team. This role sits at the heart of our live brand experiences, acting as the bridge between our clients and the creative, production, and delivery specialists who bring activations to life. You’ll ensure we’re exceeding expectations, building strong partnerships, and delivering campaigns that create genuine impact. We’d also welcome Senior Account Managers who are ready for their next step into leadership and looking to grow their career in a supportive, ambitious team.

Responsibilities

• Lead client accounts day-to-day, ensuring projects run smoothly, strategically, and profitably.
• Apply creative and strategic thinking to deliver memorable and effective brand activations.
• Build and maintain strong, trusted client relationships at senior levels.
• Oversee processes that ensure projects are consistent, high-quality, and delivered on time.
• Collaborate with creative, production, and delivery teams to bring activations and partnerships to life.
• Play a key role in new business – leading ideas, research, and pitch presentations.
• Manage client briefings, presentations, and post-event reporting.
• Take responsibility for budgets, forecasting, and financial performance.
• Support, guide, and mentor account team members to help them grow.

Qualifications

Experienced in account management at a senior level, ideally within events, activations, partnerships, or marketing.

Required Skills

• A natural leader and proactive problem-solver, confident in managing accounts and teams.
• Commercially astute, with an eye for growth opportunities.
• Skilled in balancing strategic thinking with hands-on delivery.
• A positive, collaborative team player who builds trust and inspires confidence.
• Calm under pressure and solutions-focused in challenging moments.

Preferred Skills

This role is perfect for someone who thrives on variety, enjoys leading client relationships, and is passionate about experiential and partnership marketing.

Pay range and compensation package

• Competitive compensation to match your role.
• Investment in your growth through training and development.
• Benefits from pensions, enhanced maternity to life cover.
• Ample holiday time, so you can recharge.
• Access to IPA CPD and UNION Academy initiatives.
• Flexible working that bends to life’s rhythm.

Equal Opportunity Statement

We are committed to diversity and inclusivity.

Seniority level

• Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Sales and Business Development

Industries

• Advertising Services

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