Senior Account Director
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Occupation Type
Marketing, sales and advertising directors
Occupation Code Skill LevelHigher Skilled
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£87,300
(£44.77 per hour)
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Description
Who We Are
VML, part of WPP, 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™ 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, VML’s specialist health network, VML Health, is one of the world’s largest and most awarded health agencies. VML’s global network is powered by 26,000 talented people across 55+ markets, with principal offices in Kansas City, New York, Detroit, London, São Paulo, Shanghai, Singapore, and Sydney.
About WPP
WPP is the trusted growth partner for the world’s leading brands. We unite cutting-edge media intelligence and data solutions, world-class creativity, next-generation production, transformative enterprise solutions and expert strategic counsel in a single company – powered by exceptional talent and our agentic marketing platform, WPP Open, to help our clients navigate change, capture opportunity and deliver transformational growth. For more information, visit WPP.com.
We are The Pharm: an integrated, multi-specialty service and consulting model dedicated to a single, iconic client – Boots UK – with one shared mission: to help people across the UK lead healthier and happier lives.
We bring together experts from across multiple WPP agencies and disciplines to grow a national treasure of a brand, and in doing so, grow ourselves – our skills, our perspectives, our creativity and our careers.
The Role
VML, part of WPP, 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™ 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, VML’s specialist health network, VML Health, is one of the world’s largest and most awarded health agencies. VML’s global network is powered by 26,000 talented people across 55+ markets, with principal offices in Kansas City, New York, Detroit, London, São Paulo, Shanghai, Singapore, and Sydney.
About WPP
WPP is the trusted growth partner for the world’s leading brands. We unite cutting-edge media intelligence and data solutions, world-class creativity, next-generation production, transformative enterprise solutions and expert strategic counsel in a single company – powered by exceptional talent and our agentic marketing platform, WPP Open, to help our clients navigate change, capture opportunity and deliver transformational growth. For more information, visit WPP.com.
We are The Pharm: an integrated, multi-specialty service and consulting model dedicated to a single, iconic client – Boots UK – with one shared mission: to help people across the UK lead healthier and happier lives.
We bring together experts from across multiple WPP agencies and disciplines to grow a national treasure of a brand, and in doing so, grow ourselves – our skills, our perspectives, our creativity and our careers.
The Role
We’re looking for a superstar throughtheline Senior Account Director to join our Brand Experience (BX) team, working on Boots.
You Will
Client Leadership & Relationships
You Will
- Help lead large, complex, fully integrated campaigns across TV, social, DM, experiential, digital display, and ensure strong integration with in-store, .com, PR, media and content/publishing teams.
- Be a key driver of the creative process, working closely with strategy, media, PR, creatives and in-house/fulfilment partners.
- Act as a trusted senior partner to our Boots clients, providing clear, confident counsel across strategy, creative and delivery.
- Be a role model and leader, nurturing your team and setting the standard for quality and calm, commercially-minded delivery.
- You will support a Business Director and be seen by both clients and colleagues as a go-to leader for best-in-class, truly integrated, omnichannel work.
Client Leadership & Relationships
- Build strong, trusting and collaborative relationships with senior Boots stakeholders, grounded in your expertise, integrity and commitment to doing the right thing for the brand.
- Partner with strategy, media, PR and creative teams to define the brief, not just answer it – ensuring all work ladders up to clear strategic objectives.
- Champion non-linear, throughtheline thinking that connects brand, retail and digital experience.
- Drive and protect outstanding creativity, ensuring ideas are robust, on brand, on brief and work across multiple channels.
- Take ownership of key projects, including:
- Overall quality of output
- Commercial governance and performance
- Client satisfaction and relationship health
- Achievement of agreed results and KPIs
- Step forward to lead the team through issues – calmly, constructively and with clear solutions.
- Continually refine ways of working across internal teams and WPP partners to enhance efficiency, integration and consistency.
Integration & Collaboration
- Work hand-in-hand with PR and Media teams to deliver through the line campaigns with coherent messaging and experience.
- Partner with in-house fulfilment and in-store agencies to ensure seamless execution from brand idea through to shelf and digital touchpoints.
- Lead and coordinate integrated agency teams, ensuring alignment on strategy, outputs, timelines and budgets.
- Run efficient, profitable projects, ensuring accurate scoping, resourcing and financial management.
- Contribute to team and agency commercial targets, spotting opportunities to grow scope and value.
- Identify, communicate and mitigate risks and issues early, offering solutions and options.
- Act as a role model to your line reports and wider team – approachable, supportive, and clear in your expectations.
- Provide coaching, feedback and guidance that helps your team grow both as practitioners and as people.
- Help build momentum, positivity and ambition within the team; actively contribute to a culture of belonging and collaboration.
- Proven experience as a Senior Account Director (or very strong Account Director ready to step up) in an integrated or creative agency environment.
- Strong throughtheline (TTL) experience with demonstrable ATL expertise (e.g. TV, VOD, OOH, cinema).
- Proven experience managing large, complex, multi-channel campaigns from brief to delivery.
- Experience working on fast-moving client accounts is beneficial (e.g. supermarkets, retail, telecommunications or similar dynamic sectors).
- Comfortable with the pace and changeability of a retail business, with the ability to remain a safe pair of hands under pressure.
- Strong team player with a collaborative, low-ego approach.
- Demonstrable ability to build trusted client relationships and influence senior stakeholders.
- Highly organised and detail-oriented – “buttoned down” in documentation, timelines and financials.
- Can-do attitude, resilient and solution-oriented, with a positive approach to change.
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.
VML is a WPP agency (NYSE: WPP). For more information, please visit www.vml.com, and follow along on Instagram, LinkedIn, and X.
When you click "Submit Application", this will send any information you add below to VML. Before you do this, we think it's a good idea to read through our Recruitment Privacy Policy. California residents should read our California Recruitment Privacy Notice. This explains what we do with your personal data when you apply for a role with us, and, how you can update the information you have provided us with or how to remove it.
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.
VML is a WPP agency (NYSE: WPP). For more information, please visit www.vml.com, and follow along on Instagram, LinkedIn, and X.
When you click "Submit Application", this will send any information you add below to VML. Before you do this, we think it's a good idea to read through our Recruitment Privacy Policy. California residents should read our California Recruitment Privacy Notice. This explains what we do with your personal data when you apply for a role with us, and, how you can update the information you have provided us with or how to remove it.