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Account Director at VML in New York, NY
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Job Description
Who We Are
VML is a leading creative company that combines brand experience, customer experience, and commerce, creating connected brands to drive growth. VML is celebrated for its innovative and award-winning human-first work for clients including AstraZeneca, Colgate-Palmolive, Dell, Ford, Microsoft, Nestlé, The Coca-Cola Company, and Wendy's. In 2026, VML was named Campaign’s Global Network of the Year and ranked #2 Creative Network of the Year at Cannes Lions. VML’s global network spans 55+ markets with principal offices in Buenos Aires, Kansas City, London, New York, São Paulo, Shanghai and Singapore.
VML is part of WPP, the trusted growth partner for the world's leading brands. Powered by exceptional talent and our agentic marketing platform WPP Open, WPP unites cutting-edge media intelligence and data solutions, creativity, production, enterprise solutions and expert strategic counsel.
For more information, please visit www.vml.com and follow along on LinkedIn #WeAreVML.
Who we are looking for:
We’re seeking a motivated and nimble Account Director to lead the day-to-day management for a large account. It’s an exciting opportunity forge true partnership with clients who are eager to evolve their business.
As an Account Director you will be the day-to-day lead for this business, and responsible for ensuring the agency is fully prepared to meet all the client’s marketing, digital experience and communication needs. You’ll have a pulse on the client work and the team, continuously finding ways to elevate the quality of our deliverables. You’ll be eager to bring people together while nurturing your team and play a key role in identifying new ways to make our work with our team and clients more seamless.
What you’ll do:
Client | Be the go-to lead for the clients on a daily-basis to ultimately become a true client partner: understand the client, their business, the automotive industry, and their competition and what customers are looking for in the best-in-class digital experiences. Help guide them efficiently and effectively. Be indispensable by reliably answering every request quickly and thoroughly, and proactively over-delivering at every opportunity.
Team | Inspire and motivate a cohesive team across departments, disciplines, and offices, forging partnerships between various teams and departments.
Process | Lead and flawlessly execute agency projects from earliest concept stage to deployment and retrospectives. Partner with planning team to analyze existing business and consumer data and translate into impactful messaging and new opportunities. Nurture the relationship between the client and the agency by listening to the clients and developing trust and respect.
Who you are:
A builder | Entrepreneurial attitude coupled with a strong business acumen. Ability and appetite to bring people together. Innate ability to marshal people and create gravity around ideas. A self-starter.
Open and collaborative | You must be a champion of team environments that are comfortable and encouraging, especially when working across disciplines.
An experimenter | Embrace the unknown and be ready to break process. You’ll be excited by opportunities to explore new ideas rather than rely on existing paradigms, and you view technology as a tool that can drive this creativity.
Optimistic and resilient | Dig in and figure out how to work around problems. Takes care of self and team.
Ego-less | We all wear the hats that need wearing, it’s the mentality that makes the team successful.
What you’ll need:
A minimum of 8 years of account management experience at a creative agency or equivalent. Global experience is preferred.
Experience working with Agile teams is preferred.
Experience working on Global accounts.
CPG experience is a plus.
Proven track record of developing strong client relationships. Ability to lead and communicate effectively with cross-functional teams.
The ability to think on your feet and an eagerness to think outside the box, with an ego-less approach.
Very comfortable and expertly skilled in presentation planning and development with the ability to present ideas, concepts, and strategic direction to senior level clients both remotely and in-person.
A resiliently positive attitude. This is critical to foster a highly collaborative environment.
The base salary range for this position at the time of this posting is indicated below. Individual compensation varies based on job-related factors, including location, business needs, level of responsibility, experience, and qualifications. We offer a competitive benefits package, click WPP Benefitsfor more details. _
$70,000—$140,000 USD
We believe the best work happens when we're together, fostering creativity, collaboration, and connection. That's why we’ve adopted a hybrid approach, with teams in the office an average of four days a week. If you require accommodations or flexibility, please discuss this with the hiring team during the interview process.
WPP (VML) is an equal opportunity employer and considers applicants for all positions without discrimination or regard to characteristics. We are committed to fostering a culture of respect in which everyone feels they belong and has the same opportunities to progress in their careers.
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