VP Account Director, H&W

The VP/Account Director will play a key strategic role for one (or more) of our most prestigious client relationships. In this role, you will be the lead steward. This requires a dynamic approach inclusive of managing a continuously evolving relationship in our ever-changing marketing landscape. You will ensure that TANK continues to champion our team’s efforts in making meaningful work for our clients. This role demands a forward-thinking strategic leader who will oversee a large multi-disciplinary team serving both national and global clients. You will also play a key role in identifying new growth opportunities both within your existing brands and agency new business efforts. 

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES 

On any given day you can expect to: 

• Lead Account team members, provide cross-disciplinary leadership by being prepared, proactive, thorough, fair, and balanced, and have a willingness to do what’s required by clearly communicating and managing expectations 
• Serve as a key point person for all day-to-day client communication across the team, which include but are not limited to daily updates to the more senior client agency evaluations 
• Develop and maintain strong, collaborative internal and external relationships, becoming the client’s go-to agency resource for any and all initiatives 
• Create a measurable and quantifiable dashboard to report on client-agency relationship status 
• Own work streams, report to the SVP and senior TANK leadership to build a project path from the ground up, and work closely with your agency partners, including Creative, Strategy/Planning, Project Management, Talent, and Finance 
• Manage strategic creative development, production, and post-production of advertising communications, including but not limited to film (broadcast and online), print, and social 
• Act as a client-centric contributor to project level work, shaping the approach or presentation based on the client business and brand strategy, organizational dynamics, and agency positioning 
• Run senior client meetings, ensure work is delivered on time, on brief, and within budget, and take a proactive and transparent approach should the team not be able to deliver within the budget/timeline provided 
• Develop accurate budgets and timelines and manage budget in partnership with Project Management and Finance, support Senior Account Leadership by continuously reviewing financial performance at the top and bottom line, and successfully forecast against a project pipeline and guide investment decisions toward healthy agency profitability. Closely manage and track the agency SOW with clients and identify opportunities for incremental scope. 
• Lead qualitative and quantitative market research from stimuli creation to pull-through of l earnings to optimize tactics 
• Demonstrate thorough understanding of your client’s market landscape, including competition, with a perspective and POV on trends that bring innovative thinking and ensure forward-looking work 
• Use your experience and deep understanding of the client’s business, including emerging trends, consumer behavior, and the ever-evolving innovation landscape relevant to your client’s business, to establish yourself as a thought leader and help set the direction for your accounts 
• Start to identify opportunities for business growth. 
• Oversee content shoots (including attending pre-production meetings and shoots), supervise post-production processing (including process review, rough cuts, etc), and work on digital and social initiatives (website builds, upkeep, social media, landing pages, and microsites). Deep understanding of the production process across channels (digital, static, social, etc) 

WHO YOU ARE 

• Creative: Aligned with our vision of being committed to creativity 
• Productive: Able to do what it takes to get the job done 
• Collaborative: Team player focused on the greater good versus personal gain 
• Adaptable: Ready and able to embrace change 
• Analytical: Always evaluating and questioning what could be better or how can we work smarter 

WHAT YOU WILL NEED 

• Passionate interest in the client’s business while you always look for ways to get upstream within the organization 
• High creative output standards, expecting the full team to be passionate, focused, and committed to making Famously Effective work for our clients 
• 8+ years in a related environment (marketing, agency, product, etc) 
• Experience in full 360 integrated work, including but not limited to TV, content, digital, social, and OOH 
• Experience in developing and leading work in omni-channel format 
• Experience in partnering with clients and strategy team in shaping, leading the prep for, and implementing insights from market-research projects 
• Experience in building strong client relationships that result in excellent work and drive organic growth 
• Experience in effective account housekeeping (timelines and budget development and management) 
• Proven track record of supervising and developing junior Account talent 

WHAT WE HAVE TO OFFER: 

Challenging Work - As leaders in the health advertising industry, we thrive on solving complex problems and innovation. Each employee is encouraged to bring their best ideas forward to solve problems. 

Dedicated Team - It’s in our DNA to work hard and play hard: celebrate our wins, laugh and have fun. We are stronger, together, when we are open and real. At Tank WW, everyone is valued and plays an important role in our shared success. We care for our people and our clients. 

Global Community - Support from the WPP People community and bring your contribution to a greater good while collaborating on WPP strategic projects or initiatives. 

Perks and Benefits -The wellness of our employees is at the core of our business, therefore we offer competitive benefits: 

• Competitive compensation package
• Extensive Group Insurance Program on Day 1
• Flexible Time Off
• Paid Winter Holiday shutdown
• Extended long weekends on statutory holidays - Tank Days (extra days off annually)
• Work-life balance measures

Tank Worldwide is committed to providing a barrier-free work environment. As such, we will make accommodations available to applicants with disabilities upon request during the recruitment process. 

Tank Worldwide is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to race, colour, religion or belief, national, social or ethnic origin, sex (including pregnancy), age, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, marital, civil union or domestic partnership status, family or parental status, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the province where we operate. At Tank, we value the insights and innovation that diverse and inclusive teams bring to work. 

TANK OVERVIEW

TANK WW is a creative advertising agency that specializes in crafting stories that positively impact human lives within the health and wellness space. Our TANK WW culture drives diversity of thought with talent represented across all types of art and science backgrounds enabling us to build brands, drive behavior changing work and play an active role in bettering society. We offer a boutique experience powered by global agency resources to fuel advertising for some of the largest global pharmaceutical companies in the world as well as local start-ups with big ambitions.

The base salary for this position at the time of this posting may range from $90,000 to $185,000. Individual compensation varies based on job-related factors, including location, business needs, level of responsibility, experience, and qualifications. We offer a competitive benefits package, click here for more details.