Account Director; Social

Overview

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 human first, award-winning work for blue chip client partners including AstraZeneca, Colgate-Palmolive, Dell, Ford, Microsoft, Nestlé, The Coca-Cola Company, and Wendy's. The agency is recognized by the Forrester Wave b4 Reports, as a Leader among Marketing Creative and Content Service Providers, Commerce Services, Global Digital Experience Services, Global Marketing Services and, most recently, Marketing Measurement & Optimization.

In addition, VMLs specialist health network, VML Health, is one of the world bfs largest and most awarded health agencies. VML7s global network is powered by 26,000 talented people across 55+ markets, with principal offices in Kansas City, New York, Detroit, London, S e3o Paulo, Shanghai, Singapore, and Sydney.

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VML is seeking an Account Director, Social to support a key automotive franchise dealer group within a large, fast-growing global automotive account. This role will be based in our Playa Vista office in a hybrid workstyle. The Account Director is responsible for the overall management, growth, and profitability for the account and represents the agency at the client level. This senior account leader will directly supervise a growing account team, providing support, guidance, and translating client business needs into clear agency action across functions.

This role will lead senior day-to-day client relationships, drive delivery excellence across an expanding scope with a strong focus on social media strategy, content deliverables, and asset creation, and help evolve a modern operating model that embraces AI-enabled ways of working to increase speed and scale. The role reports to the Managing Director, Account Management. The Account Director will also seek growth opportunities and may support new business pitches and pitch preparation as the account expands.

Lead Social Strategy & Client Relationships | Work with clients to uncover business needs and objectives, develop appropriate strategies, and identify solutions to help achieve client goals, with a particular emphasis on social media initiatives. Provide account team leadership, and conveys the specific requirements for multi-functional support to the appropriate functional management on a timely basis. Partner with cross-functional teams within the agency to define and influence the client7s requirements in order to execute existing business needs and secure organic client growth, particularly in the social space.

Build Relationships & Drive Social Impact | Innately understand client7s business and generate solutions to enhance client performance through innovative social media strategies and execution. Deliver key presentations to small and large groups within the client organization, often showcasing social performance and strategic direction. Lead quarterly agency review meetings. As needed, meet onsite with the client to develop strategy, present concepts manage performance.

Manage Social Campaigns & Team | Monitor workflow across account team to ensure efficient delegation of projects, with a focus on social media deliverables and asset production. Manage the overall client profitability ensuring responsible financial management and delivery of account profit expectations. Work closely with the PMO and Campaign Strategy to ensure delivery of all campaigns, ensuring robust social media integration.

Oversee team members, potentially including roles like Social Media Managers, providing guidance and fostering growth.

A builder | Entrepreneurial attitude couple with a strong business acumen. Ability and appetite to bring people together. Innate ability to marshal people and create gravity around ideas.

Open and collaborative |Our team is close-knit and supportive and we b7re working with a lot of unknowns – you must champion of team environments that…