An independent global brand and design agency creating bold, distinctive brands that drive meaningful impact. Working across a diverse mix of corporate and consumer clients, the agency partners with ambitious organisations to solve complex brand challenges through strategy, creativity and design.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead and grow senior client relationships across a diverse portfolio of corporate and consumer clients, acting as a trusted strategic and commercial partner.
• Own the commercial performance of key accounts, identifying opportunities for organic growth, new business and long-term client partnerships.
• Provide strategic direction across complex brand challenges, ensuring the work is commercially relevant, creatively ambitious and aligned with clients’ wider business objectives.
• Partner closely with strategy, creative, design and project teams to deliver outstanding brand programmes and experiences across multiple markets and touchpoints.
• Lead senior-level client presentations, workshops and strategic conversations, confidently navigating complex stakeholder groups and decision-making processes.
• Oversee account planning, scopes, budgets and forecasting, maintaining strong commercial discipline while protecting the quality and ambition of the creative work.
• Lead, mentor and develop account teams, creating a collaborative, high-performing culture and setting a consistently high standard for client leadership.
• Contribute to the wider growth of the business through new business pitches, cross-agency initiatives and the development of new and existing client opportunities.

Key Skills:

• Significant experience in a senior client leadership or Business Director role within a leading branding, design or creative environment.
• Strong experience working across both corporate and consumer clients, with the versatility to move confidently between different sectors, audiences, business challenges and types of brand work.
• Strong understanding of brand strategy, brand identity, positioning, innovation, packaging and integrated brand experiences.
• Excellent commercial acumen, with experience managing substantial accounts, budgets, forecasts and revenue growth.
• Credible and confident with senior stakeholders, including C-suite and global brand leadership teams, with the ability to build trusted, long-term relationships.
• A strategic thinker who can quickly understand complex business and brand challenges and translate them into clear opportunities and briefs for creative teams.
• Strong leadership and people-management skills, with the ability to motivate, mentor and develop multidisciplinary teams.
• Outstanding communication, presentation, negotiation and relationship-building skills, combined with a genuine passion for creatively ambitious, world-class brand work.