TEAM LEWIS
Account Director - Corporate Communications
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About the Role
This role focuses on client retention and revenue growth. Working internationally across the network, you will advise clients, drive new business, and apply an entrepreneurial spirit to help scale our independent global agency. We are looking for strong candidates within energy, sustainability, B2B tech or generalist.
This will suit an ambitious professional who likes to build deep client relationships. With an entrepreneurial spirit, you will relish working for a fast-moving independent global organization.
About TEAM LEWIS
An integrated communications agency that has gone from start-up to multi-national in a little over two decades. The company now ranks in the top 40 agencies worldwide and has 27 offices. Its success is due to a combination of factors: talented people delivering award-winning campaigns; expanding client relationships into new markets or services; making strategic acquisitions. The agency, its people, and client campaigns have won many prestigious awards, including Cannes Lions, PRovoke, ICCO, PRCA, and European Excellence.
Purpose of the Role
Serving as a senior lead on key UK and EMEA accounts, the Account Director will drive consistent service, growth, and profitability.
You will support new business across the network by collaborating on multi-market credentials, RFIs, and pitches, forging strong relationships across EMEA to expand the agency's client capabilities.
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Additionally, you will champion a collaborative culture and provide hands-on leadership and development for our people.
Core Responsibilities
- Day-to-day leadership of account teams, overseeing integrated programs, developing multi-market campaigns and thought leadership
- Overseeing client programs and driving creative campaigns.
- Counseling clients on strategic communications marketing including PR, digital, social, and content creation
- Identifying potential leads and areas of growth within existing clients as well as broader opportunities from a prospecting perspective
- Support business and operational elements, forecasting, hours allocation for team members, project & plan budgeting, managing servicing levels.
- Developing junior team members, and line management responsibilities
- Work on credentials and pitches, helping to develop the strategic insight, messaging, and creative concepts
- Overall, be a collaborative, encouraging, supportive member of the London team.
About You
- Enjoys counseling clients and is passionate about your work.
- You have been involved in developing accounts as well as in the retention and organic growth of existing clients.
- Experience of working in a fast-paced, international environment, and with regional teams, is beneficial.
- Agency experience integrating PR with digital marketing, content, and broader marketing activities
- Strong commercial awareness and negotiation skills, with an ability to deliver a project against budget and deliver results
- A track record of handling complex stakeholders with the ability to influence decisions
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills; an articulate and convincing presenter
- Strong knowledge of the international business media landscape and digital platforms with a network of contacts
- Ability to problem solve, project manage, and multi-task. Will take charge of a situation and act
- Integrity, humility, self-drive/initiative – and a sense of humor!
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This job description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of the responsibilities for this role. Other responsibilities may be added from time to time.
Team LEWIS is an Equal Opportunity Employer
We are committed to creating and fostering an environment focused on equality, empowerment, and respect. We strive to create an inclusive workplace that supports and celebrates our diversity. We continue to invest in our efforts to ensure that Team LEWIS is a place where everyone can thrive.
Location: London, UK
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