Senior Experiential Account Director

We are ZEAL - the UK's Most Effective Brand Activation Agency.

Founded in 2014 by friends and colleagues Stewart Hilton and Robert White, ZEAL has pursued its ambition to be the World's Most Recommended Agency by recognising that our amazing people are the key to our success.

We're proud partners to Nestlé, Carlsberg, Arla, Weetabix, Suntory, Bacardi, PZ Cussons, and more, delivering award-winning work across brand strategy, shopper marketing, experiential, partnerships, social and integrated campaign development.

Four-time IPM 'Agency of the Year' winner and, winner of the Campaign Experience Awards' 'Most Outstanding Creative Idea' (2024), our principles around our people are simple - you bring your passion, creativity and drive and we invest in your training, long-term personal development and give you the resources you need to thrive and create your best work.

We're passionate about creating an inclusive place to work that celebrates and values diversity and inclusion and ultimately, enriches our culture.

So, if working with leading global brands on award-winning campaigns sounds like your ideal day, look no further!

Joining our growing experiential arm, you'll strategically lead a portfolio of household brands in the FMCG sector and beyond. Bringing your innovative thinking to the table to help deliver impactful campaigns including pop-ups, sampling, PR stunts and more.

Reporting to our Head of Experiential, this role will play a key part in shaping how we continue to deliver award-winning campaigns for our clients.

• Delivering strategic direction to your client across your portfolio of brands
• Leading the delivery of projects with accountability for the fiscal targets, accurately forecasting contribution across your accounts, ensuring it is delivered as planned
• Managing relationships with external providers including producers, events organisers etc, to foster a cohesive and effective partnership
• Working alongside the Director of Experiential to identify and drive opportunities to grow your portfolio including contributions, new services, and new categories
• Reviewing and analysing the delivery of projects with a view to achieving future efficiencies whilst ensuring all work is delivered with the highest of standards and surpasses client's expectations
• Actively developing your knowledge of the landscape in which your clients' brands operate, keeping abreast of the latest developments in the marketplace, business performance and wider environmental influences and proactively sharing this with the wider team

• Proven experience working as an Account Director or Senior Account Manager, delivering experiential campaigns for clients in the FMCG sector, ideally in the drinks space
• Proven abilities in growing client revenues
• Innovative, a great idea generator and a strategic thinker concerning brands
• A first-class communicator who can comfortably negotiate and challenge
• Exceptional financial management skills and commercial acumen

• Contributory pension scheme
• Annual company bonus scheme
• Private Medical Insurance
• Life Assurance
• Continuous learning and development
• Enhanced parental benefits

• The last Friday of every quarter is a ZEAL Day off
• Christmas closure
• Work from home budget to help you achieve your dream set up
• Dog friendly offices
• A wealth of social events from our seasonal gatherings to our quarter review get-togethers

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