McJ is looking for a seasoned and dynamic brand director to help lead a Texas-based financial client that is undergoing an exciting brand transformation. This is an opportunity to play a significant role on a highly collaborative core team that has fun doing great work for a great client.
Succeeding in this role requires sharp strategic and business savvy, a willingness to “push” the quality of our product, excellent creative taste and a naturally collaborative way of working.
Responsibilities:
Manage strategic initiatives and act as agency lead across multiple teams, projects, partner agencies and clients, enabling productive collaboration
Independently lead and make decisions that properly balance the needs of the account with those of clients, internal goals and teams
Bring a strategic and business-minded perspective to any discussion and deliverable
Manage and motivate a cross-functional team across a variety of projects (including brand creative, activations, digital and social, performance/measurement, sponsorships)
Build meaningful, long-term relationships with key clients
Manage account P&L from negotiating statements of work to increasing ROI for the agency
Required Skills/Abilities:
A confident team leader and brand builder who brings solutions to solve business problems
Ability to nurture and protect an environment for business-building and breakthrough creative
Capacity to view every touch point, client request and uncovered idea as an opportunity
Adeptness in developing persuasive points of view and presentations with appropriate tact and skillful communication
Ability to instill client confidence during challenging situations and handle conflict resolution — both internally and externally
Driven and able to “uplevel” the agency product, whether that’s creative, strategy, a written POV, competitive analysis, etc.
Relentless curiosity and aversion to settling for “good enough”
Humble enough to do the grunt work, when necessary; a true team player who leads with positivity
This is an Austin, TX-based role
Flexible work from home options available.