Account Director

Job Description: Account Director Permanent Dublin Hybrid Working

Purpose of the Role

As Account Director, you will lead one of the agency's most strategic and high profile client portfolios. This role sits at the centre of a complex, fast paced business spanning multiple brands, channels and workstreams. You will be responsible for driving fully integrated, TTL media strategy across brand and commercial activity, working in close partnership with a broad network of internal specialists and external stakeholders. The role requires strong collaboration with global counterparts, with an emphasis on consistency, governance and best practice adoption. You will play a key role in shaping how media supports brand growth, from long term brand building to short term activation, across a diverse mix of campaigns, including high profile sponsorships, award winning partnerships and experiential activations. This is a high impact position suited to someone who thrives in a dynamic environment, is comfortable navigating complexity and is motivated by delivering standout, visible work.

Key Responsibilities

• Media Planning & Strategy: Lead integrated, TTL media planning and strategy across client briefs; Translate client challenges into clear, insight led plans with strong rationale.
• Client Leadership: Act as senior day to day lead, building trusted relationships with key stakeholders; Manage complexity across multiple brands and a central/global client structure.
• Campaign Delivery: Oversee end to end delivery across campaigns, ensuring quality, consistency and timelines; Drive integration across offline, digital and experiential stakeholders.
• Collaboration & Process: Work closely with specialists and central teams to align plans and outputs; Maintain strong process, governance and ways of working across all activity.
• Performance & Growth: Lead reporting, learning agendas and optimisation; Turn performance into actions and identify growth opportunities.
• Team & Commercial: Lead, support and develop your direct reports; Own budgets, forecasting and financial accuracy.

Qualifications + Skills

• Essential:
• Significant experience within a media or communications agency, with a strong track record managing client relationships and delivering integrated campaigns across both offline and digital channels.
• Proven ability to manage complex client businesses with multiple stakeholders and workstreams.
• Experience working on multi brand portfolios, ideally within FMCG or similarly fast paced categories.
• Excellent client leadership skills, with confidence presenting to and influencing senior stakeholders.
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage detail while maintaining a strategic view.
• Commercially aware, with experience managing budgets and financial delivery.
• Demonstrated ability to lead, motivate and develop teams.
• Knowledge of media landscape - Understanding of the media environment in Ireland and how to leverage it for client success.
• Desirable:
• Experience working with large, multi market or globally connected clients.
• Understanding of retail media and its role within broader media ecosystems.
• Exposure to large scale sponsorships, partnerships, and experiential campaigns.
• Experience working within structured global frameworks or transformation programmes.
• Track record contributing to award winning or industry recognised work.

What we offer

This is a permanent role based in our Dublin office with flexible, hybrid working arrangements. In addition to a competitive salary, you will enjoy a benefits package that can be tailored to your needs.

Inclusion and Diversity

At Dentsu, we embrace diversity and inclusion, valuing the unique perspectives and contributions of every individual. We welcome applications from all individuals, regardless of race, ethnicity, nationality, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, disability, marital status, or any other protected characteristic. We recognise the importance of work life balance and are open to discussing flexible working arrangements for all roles. If you need reasonable adjustments due to a disability or medical condition during our recruitment process, please contact us at .