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Account Director - Sky Creative

Employer
Sky
Location
London, England, Isleworth
Salary
Negotiable
Closing date
4 Jul 2022

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Job Details

As an Account Director at Sky Creative, you'll be responsible for planning and implementing advertising and communications campaigns across one of our verticals including Products, Entertainment & Content. You'll balance the demands of operational detail with simplicity of communication as well as influencing senior partners across the organisation to lead campaigns from brief to delivery.

What you'll do:

  • Own end to end ownership of TTL campaigns from brief through to delivery, driving the project forward with excellent project management skills.

  • Partner with internal teams such as production, marketing and strategy as well as media agencies to get to the best and most effective work delivered on time and on budget.

  • Anticipate risks and issues, proactively recommend solutions & manage up regularly and effectively.

  • Distil complex creative and business ideas into simple narratives and sell them in at Head of Department level and above that help achieve business goals.

  • Present in a confident manner, handle feedback effectively and negotiate in a pragmatic way when required, while driving for clear and consolidated feedback.

What you'll bring:

  • 5+ years of Account Management experience in leading large, fully integrated creative campaigns with a consistent record of working within a high-performing team and fast-paced environments.

  • Experience working on brand and direct response campaigns for famous and challenger brands in the UK or internationally.

  • Passion and enthusiasm for the power of creativity to help solve business problems with an ability to input strategically on briefs and add value during the creative development process.

  • Experience in aligning complex partner groups to achieve a common goal and delivering complex projects.

  • Good commercial understanding and confirmed experience running projects to budget and time.

  • Natural skills in building and managing relationships at a very senior level, e.g., Head of Department and above.

  • Ability to present clear creative and business narratives in a concise and confident manner to senior partners, e.g., HoDs and Marketing Directors.

Team Overview:

Sky Creative is Sky's European Brand and Creative hub providing Brand Strategy, Brand Design, Advertising, Promotions, Broadcast Creative and Digital Design for multiple stakeholders across our European Markets.

From rebranding Sky Sports to designing key art and creating large-scale ATL campaigns for Sky's commissions and original productions, we are uniquely placed to offer our people a huge range of exciting and diverse opportunities.

We believe that an in-house agency is the best of both worlds. A great portfolio of work with unrivalled proximity to our clients, programme makers and commissioners alike. We are passionate about what we do and share first-hand in the success of the brands, shows and content we help create, promote and market.

We're committed to delivering brilliant creative, made by people that love what they do.

We bring the best from the global market into Sky - we buy technology, marketing, corporate, operational services and editorial production solutions. We are an international team working with our stakeholders our partners to curate the most effective and efficient customer-led operating model. High ethical standards are embeded in our team, and we engage our supply chains in creating a sustainable future!

The Rewards:

There's a reason people can't stop talking about #LifeAtSky. Our great range of rewards really are something special, here are just a few:

  • Sky Q, for the TV you love all in one place

  • A generous pension package

  • Private healthcare

  • Discounted mobile and broadband

Where you'll work:

Osterley

Inclusion:

Recognised as an 'Inclusive Top 50 Employer' and a 'Times Top 50 Employer for Women', we're working hard to ensure we're a truly inclusive place to work. This means we don't just look at your CV. We're more focused on who you are and the potential you'll bring to Sky. We also know that everyone has a life outside work, so we're happy to discuss flexible working!

And we'll do everything we can to support you during your application. If you need us to make any adjustments to our recruitment process, speak to our recruitment team who will be happy to support you

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

Company

Sky is the operator of the leading multichannel television platform in the UK and Ireland with viewers in 8.6 million households.

Sky was the winner of the Overall Top Employer Award for the 2016 Workingmums.co.uk Top Employer Awards. It was praised by the judges for the strong evidence of its support for diversity, female career progression across the board and family friendly working which was backed up with strong evidence and case studies.

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