Account Director (Maternity Cover, Fixed-Term)

Role overview

Responsibilities

• Lead the senior client relationship, advise government stakeholders, and manage complex expectations, approvals, and high-priority requests.
• Chair monthly steering reviews and lead weekly status meetings and working sessions, both virtually and on-site in Abu Dhabi.
• Advise on integrated communications and digital transformation; direct teams across social media, performance, media buying, web, SEO/GEO, and content marketing.
• Turn government mandates into account plans, scopes of work, and creative briefs; own quality of client-facing deliverables.
• Own account P&L, including retainer utilization, scope burn, margins, billing, media spend reconciliations, and vendor costs.
• Report performance, forecasts, and resource needs to agency leadership and identify opportunities to grow the account.

What you’ll bring

• At least 8 years of agency account management experience, including at Account Director level or as a senior lead on integrated multichannel accounts.
• Hands-on understanding of social media, performance and media buying, web development, SEO/GEO, and content marketing.
• Confidence with formal protocol, layered government approvals, and fast-turnaround announcements.
• Strong commercial acumen, including P&L ownership, retainer burn, and margin management.
• Executive presence, excellent communication, and a structured, detail-oriented approach.
• Must be based in the UAE and have personal transport.

Preferred experience

• UAE or Abu Dhabi Government experience is strongly preferred.
• Arabic fluency is a significant advantage.
• Familiarity with Abu Dhabi Government brand guidelines and protocol.

Contract and hours

• Full-time, fixed-term maternity cover contract from mid-November 2026 through 31 March 2027.
• UAE business hours are Monday to Friday, 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM GST.

Workplace

• Hybrid and remote-first, mostly remote during UAE business hours, with regular in-person client meetings, workshops, and steering reviews at client offices in Abu Dhabi.

Application

• Applicants are asked to share a CV, notice period or earliest start date, and salary expectations.