Business Director - Fashion Brands
London, London, United Kingdom
Job Summary
Occupation
Agency
Specialty
Client Services Director
Salary
Up to £85,000
• yearly
Position Type
Permanent
Work Environment
Hybrid Working
Location
London, London, United Kingdom
Visa Sponsorship
No
Job Description
Last Update:
5/12/23
Business Director - Fashion Brands. London. FTC / Freelance - £85K DOE
This creative agency are looking for a Business Director to work for fantastic fashion clients; full brand relaunches from strategy to creative and delivery; collaborative, people-centric culture.
You will be helping lead and shape the portfolio we enter into creative and setting ways of working with a new team
Responsibilities
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This creative agency are looking for a Business Director to work for fantastic fashion clients; full brand relaunches from strategy to creative and delivery; collaborative, people-centric culture.
You will be helping lead and shape the portfolio we enter into creative and setting ways of working with a new team
Responsibilities
- Lead the team across the brands, level activities across TV, OOH, digital and social
- Be the senior partner to our clients across the portfolio, developing relationships and trust at this senior level, turning business challenges into workstreams and ultimate outputs to drive brand success
- Ensuring excellence in day-to-day delivery, spotting opportunities to expand the relationship
- Working closely with strategy, creative & production teams to implement improvements in process to strive for industry-leading work
- Building strong relationships with clients and with third parties (media agency)
- Management and oversight of portfolio finances & retainer – forecasting to senior leadership, keeping track of efficiencies, adjustment and management of budgets
- Business development across the portfolio – recognize and action opportunities for additional business
- Manage, inspire & develop a high performing team of ADs and AMs including learning and development plans, appraisals etc
- Supporting on new business pitches across the wider agency when needed
- At least 10 years’ experience on TTL campaigns including ATL and social
- Proactive, positive and solutions driven approach, taking curve balls in their stride
- A strong knowledge of brand, content and communications strategy and ability to work closely with Strategy Director and Comms Strategists
- Experience across fashion or lifestyle brands would be ideal, however complimentary category experience would also be advantageous. An interest in fashion is a must.
- A proven track record in building brilliant & effective senior relationships with clients, colleagues & 3rd party partners
- Someone who can flick between thinking strategically, creatively, commercially and with a production hat on
- A track record of hitting/exceeding forecast and building and delivering against busines development plans
- Strong creative appreciation, previous experience on an aesthetically driven account would be ideal
- Great financial acumen, with experience managing portfolio retainers across multiple brands – regular forecasting, efficiency driving based on financial health of account
- Can build and maintain senior relationships – ability to flex style to suit different personalities
- Someone who can inspire their team, while being the driving force for world-class creative delivery
Please also take a look at https://www.air-recruitment.com/ for similar roles.