The posting
VCCP is the global challenger network for challenger brands. With more than 1,500 people across 13 offices in North America, EMEA and APAC, we challenge convention to create value for the world’s most ambitious organisations.
Our founding belief is It Only Works If It All Works. That’s why we bring specialists from every discipline - strategy, AI, data, media, digital, experience, branding, creativity, production, PR, CX, CRM, employee engagement and beyond - into one fully integrated challenger network.
We were founded on the principles of simplicity, collaboration and un-preciousness, and we’ve grown by staying true to them. Today, our clients include some of the world’s most recognisable and progressive brands, such as Virgin Media O2, Barclays, Cadbury, Compare the Market, Domino’s, White Claw, easyJet, Primark and Co-op.
VCCP has topped the AAR’s annual new business ranking in 13 of the last 14 years and holds multiple Agency of the Year titles. Across every company and every capability, we share the same ambition: to challenge ourselves, challenge our clients and challenge the industry for the better.
For this role, we're looking for a Senior Account Director with multi-channel campaign advertising experience from an agency environment, working on large, well-known clients.
THE ROLE:
As Senior Account Director, you'll be a leader, someone who wants to drive culture into an agency, and someone who thrives on winning and being successful. As Senior AD, you will ensure clients and teams are motivated and aligned. You will be commercial, lead the business financially, and you'll be someone who gets numbers and how to grow the business, make money, and deliver. Financially and commercially, you will be very strong, and will sit in finance meetings with the MD and lead commercial conversations. You will have led client relationships, and you'll continue to be a trusted partner with clients. We are looking for a person who enjoys working with talent, mentoring and developing them, and leading them. The SAD is someone who cares about team progression and looking after people. You'll have an excellent track record with helping grow accounts and client relationships, and will be able to comfortably demonstrate account growth and pitch win successes. VCCP is the lead creative agency across all of their clients, everything from big-budget brand-led TV campaigns to digital and content, retail and tactical-led work, so we need a person who has strong integrated experience and relishes integration. We’ll expect you to be able to take a client brief of any size or scale, and work swiftly with the team around you to deliver fully integrated solutions. These will often scale in the multi-millions of pounds.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
CREATIVE: The creative aspirations across the VCCP Partnership are very high. The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate creative judgement, be able to work with a creative department, keeping the CD abreast of account activity, and be able to ensure that work is legally sound. They should also be capable of preparing inspiring creative briefings and ignition sessions, as well as being prepared to take responsibility for their creative work. They should live and breathe our agency mantra ‘to create work that populates culture’ and should be relentless in their pursuit of doing this.
STRATEGIC: The VCCP Partnership is famous for its strategic thinking. The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate a good understanding of marketing principles and integration. They will have a good awareness of current business news, issues, and societal insights, as well as have a good understanding of client business and of the end customer. They will be able to deliver competitive reviews and analysis and be prepared to assist planning to aid in the betterment of the end product.
CLIENT MANAGEMENT: The successful candidate will have the ability to run accounts smoothly, effectively and efficiently. They will also be able to maintain good relationships with clients. The candidate will need to have excellent attention to detail and organisational skills. They will also be competent at forward planning and making sure they are on the front foot at all times with the client.
COMMUNICATION: VCCP Blue Senior Account Directors have excellent communication skills, both internally and with the client. They are born presenters; they have professionalism and presence with their clients and are clear and concise in all spoken and written communications. They capture all client feedback and disseminate the relevant information, and have a clear understanding of who to involve on projects and when to involve them.
LEADERSHIP & TEAMWORK: VCCP Blue Senior Account Directors must be able to work with creative producers to ensure the smooth running of the account. They should be able to work closely with TV producers, print managers and suppliers to ensure effective delivery of agency output. They will also be able to manage individual tasks, projects and campaigns, act as an inspirational figure and take responsibility for the people in their team.
FINANCIAL: VCCP Blue Senior Account Directors are able to work with creative producers to keep track of finances in relation to client budgets. They will be aware of agency fee structure, budget constraints and forecasting. They will be required to manage business development and have a clear understanding of how the agency makes money. They should also be able to understand the client’s financial situation and their business model.
INTEGRATION: Written large across the walls of the agency is VCCP’s founding mantra is ‘IT ONLY WORKS IF IT ALL WORKS’. All Senior Account Directors in the VCCP Partnership should have a broad range of skills to ensure ideas are conceived and delivered with this in mind. They are responsible for challenging siloed thinking by ensuring an idea is media-agnostic and that it is a simple enough thought that can work across every consumer touchpoint.
ATTITUDE:
A passion for all things creative and advertising Resilience to keep going in a fast-paced environment Strives for excellence Can-do attitude Approachable and personable Builds rapport and is able to quickly establish excellent working relationships Team player
WHAT WE CAN OFFER YOU:
We work hard at keeping our teams motivated by offering continuous training and development opportunities, varied workloads, a competitive benefits package, good work-life balance and a fun and engaging office environment.
CONTRACTUAL BENEFITS:
Life Assurance Private Medical Healthcare Income Protection Pension 25 days holiday Work mobile phone Enhanced maternity/paternity (after qualifying period)
VCCP DE&I STATEMENT
We believe that DE&I is about creating a strong culture of inclusion within our agency, where everyone can thrive and be their authentic self. VCCP is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of gender, age, disability, religion, belief, sexual orientation, marital status, or ethnicity. If you require any adjustments during the application or interview process, please let us know via [email protected].
CRIMINAL RECORDS INFORMATION
As part of our onboarding process, you will be required to complete a Criminal Records Declaration regarding any unspent convictions. For roles in finance, HR, Legal, IT or senior management, we may be required to verify your declaration with a basic DBS check, as well as an Adverse Finance and ID check.
