Account Director

Account Director Job Description

The account director is an advertising or marketing agency leadership position responsible for delivering integrated campaigns that meet clients’ brand objectives. Professionals in the account director role usually take the lead on efforts to retain and grow valued client accounts. Strong teamwork, problem-solving, interpersonal, and verbal and writing skills are must-have skills for this position. Employers usually seek candidates who have a bachelor’s degree and seven or more years of work experience in an advertising or marketing environment.

Typical account director duties:

Working closely with clients to establish effective advertising and marketing strategies and maintain strong client-agency relationships

Guiding the internal creative team to execute clients’ strategies

Helping to ensure the timely delivery of services and products to clients

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Salary for Account Director

96750 - 143500

Low

96750

The candidate is new to the role or has limited experience and is building necessary skills.

Mid

118000

The candidate has moderate experience in the role, meets most requirements or has equivalent transferable skills, and may also have relevant certifications.

High

143500

The candidate has extensive experience and advanced skills for the role, and may also have specialized certifications.

Projected salaries for related positions

Job title

Low

Mid

High

Account Supervisor

80750

93750

108250

Account Manager/Executive

53500

67750

86250

Account Coordinator

42750

49250

59000

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Our starting salary projections come from a rigorous, multistep process so that our numbers accurately reflect the marketplace. They are based on actual compensation for professionals Robert Half has matched with employers across the country and third-party job posting data from Textkernel that we use to independently validate the salary levels.

Starting compensation—pay for someone new to a role—can vary significantly based on a candidate’s skills, experience and certifications, as well as other factors including industry, company size and revenue, and demand for the role. To reflect this variability, we report our salary data in three levels: low, mid and high.

Account Director