Group Business (Account) Director

Seattle, WA, US (Hybrid)
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Description

Who We Are

Mekanism is an award-winning, independent, full-service advertising agency made up of creative entrepreneurs. With offices in San Francisco, New York and Seattle, we are collaborative business partners with some of the world’s best brands including Alaska Airlines, Harmless Harvest, and Charles Schwab. Our creative approach to brand building is best described as “The Soul & Science of Storytelling” - communicating a brand’s purpose with ideas informed by data and rooted in human truths.

What is a Mekanista you ask? Being a Mekanista requires a rare combination of being a weird, fearless and wonderful person who enjoys birthday cakes, well behaved dogs, and shared sensibility of family, respect and not taking ourselves too seriously.

Mekanism has been named to Ad Age’s “Agency A List” and twice to their “Best Places to Work”. We have also been listed on Creativity’s “The Creative 50” and have been recognized by Effie as one of the “Most Effective Independent Agencies”. We have been profiled by The New York Times, Fast Company and ABC’s Nightline.

The Role

The Group Business Director for Mekanism is a passionate, collaborative, integrated, creative-oriented leader. This position within Mekanism is a key member in one of our West Coast offices, leading a team of people and business growth for key accounts.  Reports to the General Manager in Seattle.

 

Key Areas of Responsibility

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

 

Leadership 

  • Work with the President, CFO, CDs, Head of Strategy and others to share and strategize on how to manage growth and overall health of the brands.
  • Expert across full funnel thinking and able to bring to life integrated marketing campaigns across various media channels 
  • Passionate about the industry and creativity, keeping up to date on trends and bringing thought leadership internally and externally
  • Oversees a key group of brands to grow business and develop incredibly strong, open, trustworthy relationships with senior clients
  • Stays completely informed and accountable on brand’s revenue tracking & resource management. Able to develop staffing proposals that support big picture financial goals
  • Leads integrated campaign development from beginning to end, including getting strategy and creative to A+ level in partnership with strategy and creative. 
  • Effectively oversee multiple productions at once providing thought leadership on best practices 

 

Build and Grow Client Relationships

  • Keen understanding of client business objectives to act as a strategic business partner and thought leader. Driver of the overall business, business impact, and proactive growth opportunities - for both your clients and the agency.
  • Senior clients’ co-conspirator & partner 
  • Drive the brand’s business and generate new ideas to grow the account 
  • Able to sense when a brand/account needs more attention and have a POV on how to address challenges quickly. 

 

Lead Integrated Planning and Execution 

  • Partner with Strategic Planning to turn our client briefs into creative opportunities 
  • Maintain a strong presentation process with our clients, making sure all creative is presented in a compelling way.
  • Understand qual and quant testing processes, and can talk strategy independently.
  • Experience working closely with in-house and external media teams as part of an integrated agency process.

 

Effectively Lead and Manage Team

  • Foster teamwork and a constructive work environment across disciplines 
  • Ability to recognize where staff growth and structure changes are needed to support business
  • Continually inspire and bring out the best in team within a fast paced environment 

 

Contribute to New Business

  • Help grow the Mekanism’s client arsenal by working on new business development and new brand onboarding as needed

 

Embody the Mekanism Values

  • Believe in bold
  • Bring your weird
  • Practice optimism
  • Have each other’s backs
  • Pursue what’s next
  • Give a sh*t

 

Core Requirements

  • You must love solving problems & delivering modern creative
  • You see opportunity everywhere
  • You have the right balance of IQ and EQ 
  • You  have a passion for marketing, production and relationship mgmt 
  • You have a 10,000 foot view but can lean in to help solve day to day problems 
  • You have experience working on large brands & integrated campaigns across various media channels 
  • No challenge is too daunting. You might not know how to do it but you figure it out or raise your hand with options.

 

Salary: $180,000

 

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