Account Director

Position**: Account Director (PR, Beauty and Lifestyle)**

Location**: Singapore**

**OVERVIEW**

Weber Shandwick is one of the world's leading global communications and marketing solutions firms with offices in 79 cities and a network extending to 120 cities on 6 continents. In the Asia Pacific region the firm operates in 18 markets including owned as well as affiliates and representative firms in other locales - spanning Greater China, Japan and Korea, India and Southeast Asia. Our heritage in Asia Pacific stretches back more than 60 years.

Led by world-class strategic and creative thinkers, Weber Shandwick has won numerous prestigious awards in the industry. These include being named #1 in the Public Relations and Brand Strategies category on Fast Company's 2024 Most Innovative Companies list and PRWeek's 2024 Global Agency of the Year. The firm was also one of Fast Company's Best Workplaces for Innovators in 2023, PRovoke's Global Agency of the Year in 2023, and Asia-Pacific Healthcare Consultancy of the Year in 2022 and 2023. Other accolades include Campaign Global PR Agency of the Year and Best Network: Asia Pacific 2023, PRCA Gold Standard Award for Asia-Pacific Network of the Year 2023 and being the most awarded PR agency at the 2023 Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity. Weber Shandwick has also been honored on Ad Age's A-List in 2024 and 2020, and Best Places to Work in 2019. The firm was named PRovoke's Global Agency of the Decade in 2020 and ranked #1 on PRovoke's Global Creative Index in 2021 and 2022. The agency was named PRWeek's Purpose Agency of the Year in 2020 and 2021, Global Agency of the Year in 2015, 2016, 2017, and 2018, and Asia-Pacific PR Consultancy of the Year in 2017, 2019, and 2020. It was also ICCO Regional Network of the Year Asia Pacific in 2017, 2018, and 2019, and PRovoke's Asia-Pacific Consultancy of the Year in 2017 and 2019.

Part of the Interpublic Group (NYSE: IPG), Weber Shandwick is the anchor agency within The Weber Shandwick Collective (TWSC) - the strategic communications and consulting network. Cumulatively, TWSC has earned more than 190 Cannes Lions.

**Our Values**:
**CURIOSITY** **-** **We cultivate curiosity and challenge convention. Because solving any problem begins by asking the right questions

**INCLUSION** **- We foster teams and environments built on belonging and openness to possibility. Because the best ideas have no bias

**COURAGE** **- We stand up for what we believe in. Because being comfortable with the uncomfortable is how progress is made

**IMPACT** **- We strive to make a meaningful difference in everything we do. Because we owe it to our people, or clients and the world

**About the opportunity**:
The role of Account Director is to act as a lead liaison between clients, client partners and the Agency, and will focus on all account management initiatives. You will work closely with the clients and your manager in identifying short and long term needs and objectives; craft appropriate strategies as well as identify and implement quality solutions to achieve client goals. In addition, you will also be responsible for managing and leading agency resources in order to meet clients' communications, marketing and advertising needs.

The Account Director should have excellent verbal and written communication skills and provide ongoing counsel and strategic guidance to the internal team and external client organization. This requires an ability to adapt to different types of situations, personalities and communication styles as this person will be required to work across all functional teams within the Agency and the client organization. The successful Account Director will ensure a collaborative working environment is achieved between the agency, the client, and partners.

The Account Director will also be accountable for the relevance and quality of every agency activity associated with the clients' business and most importantly any creative products.

**Responsibilities**:

- Acts as the primary senior contact for client accounts, developing relationships with clients, working closely with them to understand their business and customer experience needs, and directly contributing to key project deliverables alongside the team.
- Demonstrates a strong grasp of clients' business objectives, identifying opportunities where Weber Shandwick's services can drive both short-term and long-term strategies, and actively collaborates with the team to translate these into actionable plans.
- Leads by example to ensure the account team understands the scope of work, actively participates in achieving objectives, and contributes to delivering exceptional client experiences.
- Possesses a deep understanding of strategy, creative, and production processes and actively engages in key project stages, providing input, reviewing work, and ensuring alignment with client goals.
- Proactively partners with other functional and account leads, not only drivi