Client Director - 6M FTC (Corporate & Sustainability Reporting)

About us

At Design Bridge and Partners we design brands with the power to move. Pulling people towards them with an irresistible force that compels and connects. With 900 creative minds across 17 studios worldwide, diverse in expertise, experience, backgrounds and beliefs, we are united in our ambition to achieve real impact for our clients’ brands benefiting their business, people and the planet.

With expertise across brand strategy, brand design, brand engagement and brand effectiveness our clients across the world include NASA Artemis, Unilever, Coca-Cola, Diageo, Mastercard, Intel, HSBC, Tencent, Twitch, Heineken, Reckitt and the BBC.

About the role

'Great' Client Directors deliver more than ideas and projects; they are trusted, inspirational advisors to both colleagues and clients.

You must have experience in managing corporate communications projects, preferably in both print and digital. You must possess outstanding interpersonal skills with an ability to set budgets, expectations and deliver results, as well as possessing strong leadership skills. You will co-ordinate our consultants, designers and artworkers on a wide range of corporate communications projects

You will have the opportunity to build relationships with some of the world’s leading companies. Our clients include some of the largest FTSE 100 organisatons, as well as international companies. Our projects range from pure print reporting delivery, through to integrated brand, digital and communications projects.

Main responsibilities

• Develop strong relationships with senior clients and a deep understanding of client’s business environment.
• Successful delivery of projects in a timely and professional manner.
• Retention and motivation of a high-quality client team.
• Consistently strive to improve systems and processes within the department.
• Effectively manage project over runs.
• Contribute to new business.

About you

You are an excellent communicator with the confidence and ability to inspire your colleagues to delivery exceptional work. You possess a successful track record in managing large-scale corporate reporting projects, building exceptional client relationships and managing project revenue.

Strong client management experience at Client Director level and experience of:

• Annual/Corporate Reporting
• Shareholder communications
• Corporate communications
• Print production
• Sustainability Reports

Ideally, some account management experience of:

• Branding & Identity
• Internal and External communications
• Communication consultancy
• Investor Relations
• Online communications

Possessing the following will be advantageous:

• The ability to successfully manage multiple stakeholders, partners and internal resource to ensure the best outcome for both client and the team at Design Bridge and Partners.
• The ability to conceive, prepare, author and give key presentations to clients, present to large numbers of people and manage question-and-answer sessions.
• Possess great knowledge of clients' business, whatever the sector, and be able to discuss knowledgeably with the client.
• Able to leverage client relationships for introductions to additional business units and brands.
• Capable of achieving the best possible outcome in every negotiation in which you take part.
• Anticipating, defusing and resolving conflict between colleagues and clients.
• The ability to set, monitor and deliver projects and tasks within agreed financial parameters, and understand, interpret and report on all financial aspects of the role.
• Capable of setting up processes to ensure knowledge is shared across all relevant sections of the team e.g. internal training.
• Familiar with interview and selection process and able to act as an ambassador for the Company in candidate interviews.
• The ability to track and improve team utilisation while understanding its relationship to overall client profitability.
• Capable of providing a supportive working environment, based on openness, trust and regular constructive feedback on performance.

Why us?

We’re passionate about our people and their careers. We’ll help you develop your skills and provide you with outstanding benefits. So you’ll have a chance to make your mark on our future, as we make a mark on yours. We’re proud to be the world’s most awarded brand design agency, with 28 Cannes Lions to our name and Creative Review Annual’s Most Creative Design Agency of the Year 2024. You’ll get to take new projects to award-winning potential, as part of a connected team of brilliant, tenacious people right by your side and across the world.

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 around four days a week. If you require accommodations or flexibility, please discuss this with the hiring team during the interview process.

Design Bridge and Partners, a WPP company, is an equal opportunity employer and considers applicants for all positions without discrimination or regard to particular 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.

Due to the volume of applications, we unfortunately can only respond to successful candidates.

We will not accept unsolicited CVs or approaches via recruitment agencies.

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