Senior Account Director; Corporate

TEAM LEWIS is looking for a dynamic corporate communications professional to lead a roster of established multi-market energy, industry and b2b tech clients. With experience in corporate affairs, inclusive of reputation management, executive communications and issues/crisis management, the Senior Account Director will apply innovative and creative thinking to corporate challenges. They will foster strong client relationships to retain and grow business.

The Senior Account Director will play a leadership role within the HQ office, helping to drive team engagement and a motivational culture.

The opportunity will suit an ambitious, proactive professional who thrives on speed, fluency and brave decision-making. An ambitious professional who wants to make an impact working for a forward-thinking, entrepreneurial, independent global organization.

TEAM LEWIS is a global marketing agency that has grown from start-up to multi-national in a little over two decades. Its success is due to a combination of factors: talented creatives delivering award winning campaigns; expanding client relationships into new markets or services; its independence from outside investors. The agency, its people and client campaigns have won many awards, including Cannes Lions, PRovoke Media, ICCO, European Excellence, PRCA Digital, Digital Impact, Global Digital Excellence.

At the heart of the business is the TEAM LEWIS Foundation (TLF), a non-profit charitable entity. Since its launch in 2021, it has funded over 2,700 causes. The TLF promotes a wide variety of social, cultural, and environmental causes that benefit society. It aims to strengthen the bonds between the creative industries, businesses, government, and non-profits. Community charities are championed by employees who, in addition to the financial donation, volunteer their time and skills to maximize the grants’ effectiveness.

The Senior Account Director (SAD) will work on notable multi-market energy, industry and technology clients with UK and international colleagues. They will drive the highest levels of consultancy and client service to retain and grow profitable clients. Providing counsel on reputational resilience, risk preparedness and live crisis response, this experienced account leader will have the ability to develop strategic, insights/data-led corporate campaigns that engage diverse stakeholders on multiple channels.

Working with senior client contacts and leading executive communications programmes, the SAD will develop strong, authentic, memorable narratives that underpin external and internal communications.

The SAD will spot opportunities to grow existing clients and play a significant role on new business pitches and onboarding wins. Understanding the macro-economic, political and cultural trends that clients face, they will bring holistic thinking to tackling client briefs and problem solving. The SAD will help drive the cascading of business across the network and forge strong relationships with international colleagues.

Engaged with the evolving artificial intelligence landscape, the SAD will champion and adopt AI-driven insights and tools to elevate strategic communications and drive superior client outcomes.

• Develop strong relationships and trust with clients, providing strategic consultancy and initiatives for retention and organic growth
• Promote an integrated communications and multi-channel storytelling mindset to deliver a cohesive offer to clients
• Brief the creative engineering team to bring concepts to life for cross-disciplinary and multi-channel campaigns
• Run executive media relations programmes, including media training, for senior clients
• Oversee media relations activity, maintaining strong personal relationships with journalists, bloggers, influencers and analysts across national, trade, vertical and social media channels
• Consult with clients on media opportunities in relation to the news agenda
• Excellent client communication: ensure that KPIs and service agreements are defined and met
• Identify and secure upsell/cross sell opportunities with existing clients, plus client and services…