International Account Director

Senior Account Director

Reporting to: Chief Client Officer

Location: CDM Barcelona

Role Focus: Lead international business from CDM Barcelona as part of the International Client Services team.

CDM Barcelona is part of the Omnicom Health Group and is the largest, fastest growing international healthcare advertising agency in Europe.

Attributes

You’re a senior member of the client services team with vast experience in creative advertising agencies and cultivating global brands. You’ve led and nurtured a client services team, led and motivated multidisciplinary agency teams, and led and managed client teams. Additional experience that’s beneficial but not mandatory includes healthcare – because health and wellbeing is our day-to-day focus. Ultimately, we’re looking for someone to slot easily into the multicultural dynamics of our expanding international agency team working and living in the beautiful, sunny city of Barcelona!

You’re passionate about health, creativity and digital, and about the role our work can play in promoting strong, well-informed decisions around health issues for all audiences. You enjoy working collaboratively and are able to communicate convincingly. You’re confident leading and providing strategic direction but just as happy rolling up your sleeves and helping to do-the-do.

You thrive in a close team environment, working with and through others to solve business challenges. Always seeking out solutions that work for all parties, you’ll use your experience and social understanding to influence both internally and externally. You’ll also be a firm believer in the importance of making work fun. It’s advertising, right? If we’re not having fun, we’re not doing it right.

Key responsibilities

Client Management:

• Lead contact for a large portfolio of global clients and brands
• Strong understanding of strategic thinking including brand, digital and communications planning
• Ability to led strategic worksteams including the preparation and facilitation of client workshops
• High emotional intelligence, able to read a room and adapt communication for different audiences
• English native communication skills
• Convey ideas and information in an effective and clear, concise manner, verbally and in writing, in individual and group situations

Commercial:

• Understanding of the commercial side of an agency and how we make money with the ability to develop detailed and sizable omnichannel SOWs
• Managing a significant annual revenue target and supporting your team to deliver against your target each month and contributing to the agency’s annual profitability
• Growing the value of your portfolio through organic opportunities including proactive and value-add services
• Leading new business pitches working with the support of the agency team to drive agency growth in innovative areas

Agency:

• Working autonomously with your client services team to deliver omnichannel global campaigns across multiple channels and touchpoints
• Supporting the Chief Client Officer as and when needed especially on new business and strategic projects
• Formal and informal mentor to more junior members of the team

Skills & Experience

• Creative agency experience 10–15 years
• Healthcare experience extremely beneficial but not mandatory
• Line management responsibilities for a large client services team
• Leading clients at a global level across various timezones
• Evidence working across creative, digital and production disciplines
• Travel may be required (travel restrictions will be adhered to)
• Native English is essential due to the international nature of the business

Our commitment:

Omnicom Health Group is committed to hiring and developing exceptional talent. We agree that talent is equally distributed, and we’re focused on developing diverse teams that can bring the best solutions to everything we do. We strongly believe that celebrating what makes us different makes us better together. Join us—we look forward to getting to know you.