Job: Business Director, Dynamic New Alliances

Employer: Dynamic New Alliances
Posted: 05 Nov 2009
Reference: DNAAW358
Contact: Ali Wallace
Location: London
Sector: Business To Business,
- Financial Services,
- Business/Industrial - Utilities
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full Time
Position: Business Director
Salary: £60-65K + benefits and bonus

Business Director - Insurance/B2B - London

Our client is a leading network integrated agency globally recognised for their work across all sectors (working with a number of massive blue chip clients). They specialize in digital and direct; acquisition, retention, up-sell, website, banners, social media and mobile – they are innovative market leaders who are not constrained by media.

The Business Director will be the main day to day contact for senior clients (marketing managers/directors) at blue chip brands, and so will need to demonstrate experience of operating at this level of client engagement.

This role requires the management of multiple clients and multiple agencies. Ability to be flexible, fast paced and build solid relationships with partner agencies is a must.

Creative; In conjunction with the planner, the creative department’s most senior client team contact on a day-to-day basis, provides an overall vision and direction for the creative work and ensuring it is set in the correct business context.

Finance; The Business Director will take overall responsibility for financial matters on the business, and contribute to the writing of business and resource plans for the account, and has had experience of leading such areas in the past.

The Candidate

The Business Director will be someone who recognizes there are a number of ways to get the job done. They will enjoy and creative an open and fluid working environment that allowed change to happen quickly and have the gravitas to maintain this.

Experience

Insurance or financial services preferable
B2B and B2C experience essential
Line management of Account Directors and Account Managers
Strategic and implementation skills in direct and digital (this is an integrated role)

They will have the ability to celebrate successes, and at the same time make the mundane elements of the job interesting for the team. They will be liked and admired by their team as there is a positive agency culture where like minded individuals collaborate and create to build a successful business.

Unfortunately due to high numbers of applications we are unable to respond to unsuccessful candidates.