Summary:

Are you ready to show your broad and deep understanding of digital channels? Are you an attentive and consultative relationship builder who wins over clients? Are you a magnet for talent because you prioritize the development of your teams?

Consider joining our leadership team as a Director, Search & Social.

In this high impact role, you will provide attentive oversight of assigned client accounts and direct a willing and talented team of digital experts.

Partnering with the MD & Multi Channel Practice Director, you will bolster client relationships, identify new business opportunities & integrate Search/Social standard methodologies.

You'll own your promises. You will be accountable for the successful project delivery on these accounts and revenue health.

You'll achieve this by leading the appropriate strategies, develops POVs, provide thought leadership and drive innovation. The overarching strategies you invent will anchor and glue all the workstreams and execution together.

Responsibilities:

· Do you have a high EQ and empathy for others? Using this you'll foster highly productive client, client partner and internal client/specialty lead relationships for the engagement team

· Negotiate and resolve any raised client, agency, and vendor conflicts

· Grow revenue within the current client base by identifying new and cross-product opportunities

· We need you to showcase your knowledge of how to drive demand for advertisers. You'll provide in-depth strategic recommendations for current clients and strategize with sales on future prospects

· Love to celebrate the #smallwins? Us too. Create the business success story, lead quarterly client business reviews, win renewals

· We want you to power up the Engine room. This entails running the overall day to day operations teams, always seeking opportunities to optimize.

· Scrutinize planning budgets, of assigned accounts, to identify strengths and weaknesses and ensures proper financial allocations

· Approve I/Os

· Partner on staffing with HR and Talent Acquisition. Collaborate with Multi-channel Practice Directors to develop and approve manpower estimates against new and assigned engagements

· Serve as an advisor to search directors, social directors and associated staff on related accounts, ensuring personal and career development are prioritized.

Qualifications:

· A minimum of 7 years of digital marketing experience gained in Agency, Publisher or on the Client Side. At least 2 years of leading teams of 6 people or above.

· Managed over $1MM in client revenue with a track record of successful renewals

· Developed strategies for helping Fortune 500 clients achieve their digital goals

· Developed staff engagement hours estimates for digital marketing campaigns

· Proven ability to solve complex technical and strategic problems

ABOUT WAVEMAKER:

We believe there always is a better way to grow. We positively provoke growth for our clients by reshaping consumer decision-making and experiences through media, content and technology. The Wavemaker way is globally consistent. Fueled by the world's most powerful consumer data, we understand where and how marketing can intervene decisively to help brands win more sales.

Our name is our mission and our method. To make waves, you need to be provocative, even fearless. We do our best work for brave brands and people who want to be challenged to go further and faster. We know it's not easy, but if it's in you, we will get it out of you.

Our 7,600 people across 90 markets provoke growth for some of the world's leading brands and businesses. Our attitude of Positive Provocation is enabled by:

• deep knowledge we have of our clients' business
• confidence to challenge what's gone before
• the support to go further than we thought possible

We are a part of GroupM, WPP's global media investment management company. 

GroupM and all its affiliates embrace and celebrate diversity, inclusivity, and equal opportunity. We are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We are a worldwide media agency network that represents global clients. The more inclusive we are, the more great work we can create together.