Account Director (12 Month FTC)

Job Description

McCann Leeds is part of McCann the UK's largest integrated agency, a powerhouse of talented individuals working together to help brands play a meaningful role in people's lives. At McCann Leeds, we're a team of passionate creatives, strategists, and marketers from diverse backgrounds united by a shared commitment to caring deeply about the work. Our skills are broad, our process knowledge deep, and we're all still learning every day.

About the Role (12-month Fixed-Term Contract)

We're looking for an Account Director to join our client services team on a 12-month FTC, helping us deliver fully integrated, creatively ambitious campaigns for major international brands.

You'll work closely with our strategists and creatives to bring ideas to life across every channel from concept to execution. Agency experience helps, but it's your energy, attitude, and ability to make great work happen that matter most.

What You'll Do

Lead the creation and delivery of integrated campaigns (including TVC) across all touchpoints

Build strong, warm, trusted relationships with clients

Shape smart, insight-led briefs with planning and guide creative teams to outstanding execution

Keep projects running seamlessly managing teams, timelines, budgets and momentum

Spot opportunities to grow accounts and strengthen client partnerships

Champion McCann Leeds' approach: strategically led, creatively fearless, integrated thinking

What You Bring

Proven integrated marketing/advertising agency experience

Confidence working with major brands and complex campaigns

Strong rapport-building skills - clients genuinely enjoy partnering with you

A proactive, organised, solutions-first mindset

Excitement about helping shape this role and contributing to groundbreaking work

In addition to a competitive salary, we are committed to creating a brilliant environment for all our people. This includes benefits such as 28 days holiday, plus the opportunity to buy more holiday, enhanced pension contributions, life assurance and much more.

A culture of learning and development is also central to our ethos, so you'll have access to industry leading training and development programmes, plus you'll get to work closely with the world's biggest media partners to access exclusive features and products.

Most importantly, you'll be part of a fun and collaborative team, and you'll work in an environment where you are supported and developed.

If you want to join an iconic network agency that offers you the chance to work on one of the top clients in our portfolio & the opportunity to progress your career with an unrivalled development programme, contact us now. And not through a recruiter, please.

Our commitment to equal opportunities

For us, diversity is a business imperative - one that must be embedded into every aspect of how we operate to drive success. Simply put, we believe an encouraging and inclusive environment makes sound business sense.

As a globally integrated community that influences and shapes culture, it's vital that the talent mix in our agencies encompass all dimensions of diversity, and that we demand the same of the people we work with.

Conscious inclusion encompasses social, cultural, and cognitive differences and cultivates an ethos of belonging, connection, and shared purpose. It is the integration of this philosophy that allows us to create meaningful experiences for our employees, drive better business practices with our vendors and clients, and ultimately lead with purpose.

McCann is a disability confident committed employer and will guarantee an interview to any disabled candidate who meets the minimum criteria for this role, so please do let us know when you apply, via your cover letter, if you are eligible, along with any adjustments you may need to the recruitment process to enable you to perform at your best.

McCann helps brands build the most meaningful brand platforms that drive exponential growth and leave a lasting impact on culture. Founded 100+ years ago with their own platform, "Truth Well Told", McCann is the world's leading advertising agency network, creating some of the most creatively and commercially impactful advertising globally. McCann is the founding unit of McCann Worldgroup marketing services company, part of the Interpublic Group (NYSE: IPG).