Account Director

At adm Indicia, we're a next-generation brand activation agency with one clear purpose — to simplify our clients' below-the-line marketing, build sustainable ROI, and engage customers across every stage of the path to purchase. We combine creative, data, and technology talent with production and procurement expertise to deliver impactful, efficient, and measurable marketing performance. Through strategic insight and executional excellence, we help global brands create meaningful, sustainable, and profitable brand experiences.

As an Account Director, you'll be the senior in-market lead responsible for managing and developing one of adm Indicia's largest global client partnerships. You'll drive operational excellence, strengthen relationships, and identify opportunities to unlock future value. Reporting to the Regional Client Partner, you'll lead a team of 3–5 and serve as the key link between the client and adm Indicia, ensuring all local activities align with both immediate business needs and long-term strategic goals.

This is a dual-focused leadership role — balancing delivery excellence with strategic growth. You'll collaborate closely with marketing, brand, shopper, and procurement teams to deliver insight-led, innovative solutions that elevate performance and drive ROI.

• Own and develop the client relationship, aligning activity with commercial and marketing priorities.
• Lead, inspire, and mentor the in-market team to deliver operational excellence and innovation.
• Drive strategic growth by identifying opportunities to move higher up the marketing value chain.
• Build trusted relationships with client stakeholders across marketing, shopper, brand, and procurement.
• Partner with strategy, performance, and production teams to deliver integrated, seamless solutions.
• Ensure delivery meets all contractual KPIs, SLAs, and quality standards.
• Act as the in-market voice within the regional structure, communicating local needs and opportunities.
• Champion continuous improvement through process, creative, and operational innovation.

• 10+ years' experience in agency, marketing, or client services roles.
• Proven success leading complex client relationships in fast-paced environments.
• Strong commercial understanding, including P&L management.
• Excellent leadership, coaching, and team development skills.
• Deep understanding of shopper strategy, retail, and brand activation.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a balance of strategic and tactical thinking.
• Confident engaging senior stakeholders across marketing, procurement, and commercial functions.
• Experience leading cross-functional teams to deliver measurable business outcomes.
• Comfortable working in a matrixed, multi-market environment.

adm-Indicia is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and is committed to creating a diverse environment. We recruit, employ, develop, compensate, and promote regardless of race, religion, colour, national origin, sex, disability, age, veteran status, and other protected status as required by applicable law. Should you need any reasonable adjustments made to this application process, please don't hesitate to let us know.

As a next-generation brand activation agency, adm Indicia's purpose is to simplify our clients' below-the-line marketing, build sustainable ROI and engage their customers across the path to purchase. Everything we do is optimised through leading strategic capability and actioned through executional excellence.

We transform marketing compromise into a powerful co-promise, creating and activating meaningful brand experiences that drive ROI. Brands have had to juggle multiple agencies, struggle to see value in ever-increasing customer data, and deliver disconnected digital and physical experiences – just some of the compromise frustrating marketing for too long. With joined-up strategy, execution and seamless activation, our combined expertise means we can help brands deliver impact through every stage of the customer journey.

Founded in 1992, we have a global footprint with 46 offices in 33 countries, allowing us to deliver local activation of global strategies for brands across the world. Recognized with a platinum rating by EcoVadis for sustainability, we are experts at identifying the most impactful and sustainable solutions for over 800 brands around the globe.