Senior Account Director

Role and account

Responsibilities

• Lead the day-to-day client relationship and act as a strategic partner who understands client business and marketing objectives.
• Lead client discussions across social strategy, creative campaigns, content, and always-on activity.
• Turn client requirements into clear briefs and align teams on objectives, scope, and deliverables.
• Coordinate creative, social, strategy, and production teams to deliver high-quality work.
• Manage account projects, workstreams, timelines, budgets, and deliverables.
• Lead senior presentations, status meetings, creative reviews, and campaign discussions.
• Shape creative and social direction, challenge briefs, and connect campaign work with always-on activity.
• Coordinate global and regional stakeholders across markets; identify account-growth opportunities.
• Lead, support, and mentor the wider account team and foster collaboration across agency teams.

Experience and capabilities

• Agency background at Senior Account Director, Client Lead, Group Account Director, or equivalent level.
• Proven experience leading large or complex client relationships and managing senior client stakeholders.
• Strong creative and social account experience, including social media, social-first creative, and content.
• Experience working with global or regional brands across multiple markets.
• Strong understanding of the creative process and experience working closely with creative teams.
• Commercial awareness, account-growth ability, and confidence leading senior presentations and conversations.
• Proven experience managing and developing junior and mid-level teams.

Preferred experience and language

• D2C and e-commerce brand experience is highly desirable.
• Experience in skincare, beauty, cosmetics, healthcare, FMCG, or similar consumer brands is advantageous.
• Fluent English is essential; Arabic is advantageous.

Team and opportunity