Group Account Director

Group Account Director,PR Practice lead

Reporting to: CEO

Direct Reports: Account Director/Manager/Executive

SUMMARY

The Group Account Director is a critical client partner role demonstrating leadership, strategic direction, accountability, business acumen and vision for their portfolio of businesses. The Group Account Director effectively leverages considerable experience, knowledge, and skills to drive innovative thinking and set challenging team goals and objectives by balancing client, company, and team needs.

As Public Relations Practice lead, you will provide leadership and strategy directly to your client portfolio as well as for the organization. You will have proven experience developing and executing strategies in earned & owned media, media relations, industry relations, corporate communications, media analysis and crisis management, preferably in the agriculture industry.

This position will have strategically focused, business-related relationships with senior-most client contacts, serve as the manager/director of agency leads on portfolio accounts, and establish/maintain industry relations. In addition, the role acts as the steward and mentor for the full portfolio team, ensuring strong team unity and ways of working, optimizing talent utilization and growth among all team members.

Accountabilities:

• Lead, oversee, grow and direct a portfolio of Think Shift Clients with an annual portfolio growth expectation.
• Manage strategic aspects of the client business, maximizing business opportunities while maintaining superior customer service through the portfolio team.
• Responsible for meeting business growth KPI’s and development of business plans to achieve them.
• Actively seek out, establish and execute plans to grow the business of and from existing clients within their portfolio.
• Proactively seek out, establish and execute plans to land and grow business with new clients within the industries you serve.
• Establish and grow a strong relationship with multiple senior-most client stakeholders through a demonstration of industry knowledge and of the application to business challenges.
• Steward relationship with outside agency partners (media, PR, etc.)
• Actively lead the client planning process, strategic engagements and workshops in a facilitator role.
• Understand client compensation structure and implications of plan changes.
• Proactively keep abreast of industry trends and share knowledge with team and clients.
• Mentor the team to maximize individuals’ growth, and harness the strengths and opportunities of each team member.
• Serve as public relations lead for the agency, working directly with other Group Account Directors in creation of public, media and industry relations strategies for Think Shift Clients.

Requirements

Qualifications:

• 10+ years of progressive experience in agency or on client side
• Background and / or significant experience in agriculture or an ag related field
• Post-secondary degree within a business-related field
• Demonstrated experience in public, media and industry relations, business, marketing and brand strategy
• Direct client service experience
• Demonstrated supervisory, delegation and strong mentorship skills
• Proven track record of client and team success
• Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite
• Thorough understanding of brand, social and media montiroing platforms.

Benefits

Think Shift provides an attractive, market-researched comprehensive compensation plan, which includes base salary and company bonus. Employees enjoy a range of benefits, some of which include:

• Competitive and comprehensive compensation package including base salary, growth incentives.
• Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits coverage
• Semi-annual bonuses (based on Company performance)
• Flexible work arrangements - Work from Anywhere.
• Year-round opportunities for internal and external training and development programs

Please note accepted applicants must provide satisfactory proof of vaccination at time of offer. Lack of documentation will result in withdrawal of application.