Account Director, Business Leadership

**Job Description**:
**Job Title**:Account Director, Business Leadership

**Focus**:Business Leadership

**Location**:Port of Spain

**Reports to**:Head of Business Leadership

**About McCann Worldgroup**:
McCann Worldgroup, part of the Interpublic Group (NYSE: IPG), is a leading global marketing solutions network with over 20,000 employees united across 100+ countries by a single vision: To help brands earn a meaningful role in people's lives. McCann Worldgroup was recognized by the Cannes Lions as the 2019 Network of the Year and by the Effies as the world's most creatively-effective marketing services company in 2018, 2019, and 2020. The network is comprised of McCann (advertising), MRM (data science/technology/relationship marketing), Momentum (sponsorship and total brand experience), McCann Health (professional/dtc health care communications), and CRAFT (production).

The strength of our creative capability and innovative thinking has led to some of the world's most celebrated, effective, game-changing work for top brands. Maximizing that strength means bringing together an extensive mix of socially, culturally, and cognitively diverse talent - and creating conditions where they feel empowered to boldly share the fullest expression of their unique worldview. We fiercely believe in the power of creativity and innovation to positively influence society and inspire greater equity and inclusion within the communities we serve. So, every day we deliberately and intentionally choose to embody our global philosophy of Conscious Inclusion and, in turn, fuel our mission to help brands earn a meaningful role in people's lives.

**The Role**:
McCann Worldgroup seeks an **Account Director of Business Leadership** to be responsible for the relationship between the agency and day-to-day clients, providing strategic guidance to clients, managing the account team's performance, and cultivating strong client relationships to encourage new and repeat business. The Account Director demonstrates thinking across the client's line of business and not just on their teams' assigned projects. They act as a trusted advisor and partner to the client. The Account Director has expert marketing skills, the ability to anticipate needs is an experienced executor, and can confidently express and author informed opinions.

**The Team**

The Business Leadership team here at McCann Worldgroup pride themselves on being relentless in converting opportunities for our clients, our agency, and our community. We are curious, strategic, and creative with a never-ending passion for doing fantastic work.

**The Ask**

**For our McCann Worldgroup Account Director, Business Leadership, leadership manifests across**:
**Our People**:
Find, develop, align, and inspire talent: our talent is our biggest asset. We must cultivate an environment of generosity, learning, possibilities, bravery, and smarts that is equally inspirational and efficient/actionable.

Have effective conversations and give useful feedback - even if the conversations are not always easy.

An Account Director, Business Leadership is a role model.

**Our Clients**:
Invest time and energy in developing a close and productive relationship with clients and deal directly with the most senior clients as needed. Demonstrate an understanding of and share their passion for the brand, as well as their pressures and frustrations.

Be responsible for initiating, deepening, and extending senior-level client relationships, resulting in account growth, stability, and reduced risk of loss. Accountable for the quality of agency presentation to their clients, including proposal documents, and ensuring all work is sold most effectively.

**Our Creativity**:
Have a point of view, and never be afraid to share it. If an Account Director, Business Leadership knows their clients and their issues, the Account Director, Business Leadership will understand what is right and not.

Collaborate with creatives about the work to ensure comprehension and ownership.

**Our Process**:
Develop and foster approaches and tools to drive integrated marketing strategies for clients. Be a strategic business partner for your client - understand the strategic direction and critical challenges facing their business and quickly become a strong partner.

Work collaboratively with planning to steer and inform the direction of the strategy. Look for further opportunities for the brand and, ultimately, the agency.

**Our Place**:
Drive the triumvirate way of working within the office and across the brands (strategy, business, creative). Calibrate the right teams to ensure strategic & operational excellence and presence.

**Our Promotion**:
Be the industry's and Business Leadership's voice/face.

**What You Will Do**:
**The Account Director, Business Leadership for McCann Worldgroup, will be required to**:

- Support the business in leveraging your expertise to navigate the public sector's complexities and nuances to create breakthro