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Agency :Havas Play Job Description :Job TitleAccount DirectorReports ToSenior Account Director / Business DirectorRole SummaryThe Account Director (AD) role that sits within the Client Services/Activation Team at Havas Play.This AD role is an integrated role spanning creative content-led campaign planning and delivery, alongside management of partnerships and activations.Experience in managing cross-functional teams is important to this role, with the ability to lead on driving work through Strategy teams, into Creative teams and out of Studio/Production into delivery, with the ability to manage multiple creative workstreams simultaneously. An understanding of digital content and media landscape is important, and the role will be integral part of a inter-agency team (IAT) – compromising of a Creative agency, Media agency, and Production agency.Purpose of RoleThe AD is one of the most senior day to day account leaders and it is theirresponsibility to manage the work that comes in and lead all work going out, ensuring high quality response to briefs and timely delivery of campaigns.The AD requires strong interpersonal skills, understanding demands of both clients, partners, and inter-agency teams – connecting the different teams in the business to deliver on briefs and campaigns; as well as being accountable for all of the financial procedures and processed across their account(s).The AD should have in-depth industry knowledge, be an exceptional client handler who is adept at managing multiple client stakeholders, whilst also leading and developing the team and working within a diverse mix of team structures. They should possess a commercial mindset, being able to manage large-scale scopes of work & budgets and identify and deliver on