India Syndicate - Account Director

Job Description:

Position: Account Director

- This position includes overall responsibility for the growth of the company's current client's accounts, and growing the business at India Syndicate.

- In addition to adopting overall management of key accounts/projects,

Job Responsibility:

- Manage the complete project lifecycle for multiple projects for online environments

- Understanding client requirements, discussing brand issues and communication strategies with the client and their audience.

- Understand financial concepts associated with project management; prepare SOW, prepare cost estimates, monitor revenue and profitability and take any corrective action if needed; manage project budget

- Prepare detailed project plans, identifying milestones, resources, and timelines - Monitor project performance, identify variances to plan and take/suggest corrective actions

- You will typically interact with the clients- to understand their content requirements in developing collaterals like case studies, flyers, brochures, white papers, web content, blogs, micro sites and so on.

- Advise on, draft and enforce sales policies and processes pitch and presentation conceptualization and management.

- Meeting and liaising with the clients with specific customized concepts to ensure achievement of their objectives

- Should handle project scheduling, project co-ordination and project completion

- Proactively identify and communicate issues that may impact the successful completion of the project, including timely escalation to management

- Maximize project team member performance by demonstrating good people management skills (recognition, motivation, building trust, environment with open communication)

- Identify best business practices and implement the processes together with our clients; look for opportunities for business process improvement - Assume a leadership role in projects and support our clients after successful project completion - Coordinate escalations in close cooperation with management

Account Management Responsibilities:

- Overseeing all projects and ensuring clients receive status reports etc.

- Actively drive client activity if appropriate and suggest strategic and tactical solutions to their marketing objectives

Requirements:

- Candidates from Advertising Agency background are preferred

- Bachelor Degree/Master in Marketing/ Business Administration or equivalent.

- Deep knowledge and understanding of digital content market and marketing communication

- At least 12-16 years, preferably with relevant experience in similar industry

- Outstanding needs analysis, positioning, business justification and closing skills

- Superior presentation and excellent oral and written communication skills

- High commercial acumen and a record of confidence dealing with middle managers through to decision makers