Account Director

2w2 weeks ago

The Good Influence

Manchester, GB · Full-time · £60,000 – £75,000

About this role

We're The Good Influence - a social agency for the relationship era. We grow brands people believe in, not the loudest ones but the most trusted ones helping people eat, feel, look, do or live better. We're looking for an Account Director to own senior client relationships across a portfolio of brands in The Good Economy.

You'll be the senior partner who sets ambition with each client, brings the right TGI capabilities to bear, and ensures we deliver work the client believes in. You'll lead a multi-disciplinary team of social, influencer, paid, and strategy talent, and own commercial outcomes for your accounts.

We're proud of 15+ industry awards in under five years, Adweek's 3rd Fastest Growing Agency Globally, and Campaign's Best Places to Work 2026. The team makes the work, and we work hard to make it a place worth being. We donate 1% of revenue to 1% for the Planet and are a climate positive business.

This role offers the chance to be a trusted advisor on brand, growth and what's next - not just delivery. You'll shape the agency response to commercial, creative and operational asks, lead organic growth conversations, and contribute to new business pitches while representing TGI at industry moments.

Requirements

5+ years in agency-side client leadership with a portfolio of senior accounts owned end-to-end.
CMOs and Marketing Directors come to you for advice, not just delivery.
Strategically literate - you can hold your own in shaping a growth plan and presenting strategy to a CMO.
Experience leading multi-disciplinary teams across social, influencer, paid, and strategy.
Strong commercial acumen with ability to own forecast, revenue, and margin.
Confident in steering difficult feedback rounds and calmly navigating senior client conversations.
Able to bring outside context - industry shifts, competitor moves, audience changes - into client conversations.

Responsibilities

Own a portfolio of senior client relationships - CMOs, Marketing Directors, founders.
Set the ambition with each client and lead quarterly business reviews.
Shape the agency response to commercial, creative and operational asks.
Be a trusted advisor on brand, growth and what's next - not just delivery.
Lead the strategic narrative across your accounts - connecting brand, social, influencer and paid into one story.
Lead a multi-disciplinary team of managers and execs across social, influencer, paid and strategy; coach managers and resolve delivery blockers.
Own forecast, revenue and margin across your portfolio; build scopes that work for the client and the agency.
Lead organic growth conversations and contribute to new business pitches; author senior proposals and response decks.