Job name: Account Director – Sky Content

UK (Osterley) – with ability to commute between UK and other territories

Sky Creative is Sky’s European Brand and Creative hub providing Brand Strategy, Brand Design, Advertising, Promotions and Broadcast Creative for multiple stakeholders across our European Markets.

The hub will consist of an in-house capability and a matrix of external agency and post production partners.

The hub exists to drive excellence in Sky’s Brand and Creative output, and we are committed to diversity and inclusivity.

The Account Director will be responsible to manage marketing campaigns aligned to one of the business verticals (sky content/ sky products / sky ticket).

What you’ll do:

Partner with the Creative Director to lead a project team including creative, production and strategy to deliver effective advertising campaigns

Ensure clear client briefs are received on time and crafted for the creative and production teams to work from

Accountable for contact reports and project updates, to be cascaded to both internal and external teams as part of owning and driving the plan forward

Champion collaboration across all department to create fully joined up, through-the-line creative campaigns

Work with Head of Commercial Ops & Production teams to forward plan activity and ensure shifting plans for work are managed, recognised and escalated as necessary

Actively ensure relevant stakeholder approval on all creative work at every stage of the project

Accountable for the overall fiscal control and rigour of projects. Collaborate with production to ensure budgeting, tracking and reporting is efficient and accurate

Anticipate risks and issues, proactively recommend solutions at all stages of the strategic/creative/production development process

Distil complex creative and business ideas into simple narratives and sell them in at HoD level and above that help achieve business goals

Present in a confident manner, manage feedback effectively and negotiate in a pragmatic way when required, while driving for clear and consolidated feedback

Manage the relationship with Marketing, media agency and others across multipe territories to enable the best, joined-up creative output across all briefs within the parameters we set

What you’ll bring:

The successful candidate will have a fundamental understanding of TTL advertising creative & branding. They will be able to balance the demands of operational detail with simplicity of communication and the ability to present to and influence senior leaders across the organisation.

Finally, they will be ambitious to make Sky Creative best in class with a commitment to building the very best diverse culture to deliver world-beating work.

Specific skills and experience required includes:

Fluent in German and English

5+ years of Account Management experience in leading large, complex fully integrated campaigns

Proven track record of working within a high-performing team in agile and fast-paced environments across multiple territories

Good commercial understanding and proven experience running projects to budget and time

Thorough understanding of the time scales involved in creative development and delivery – managing internal teams to support and deliver on time and to the required standard

Natural skills in building and maintaining relationships at a very senior level, e.g. Head of Department, with evidence of turning these into success stories at the highest level

Evidence of successfully leading creative processes and keeping creative teams on track during development, exercising excellent judgement about how and when this is done

Ability to present clear creative and business narratives in a concise and confident manner to senior stakeholders, e.g. HoDs and Marketing Directors

Proven track record of aligning complex stakeholder groups to achieve a common goal and delivering complex projects

Passion and enthusiasm for the power of creativity to help solve business problems with an ability to input strategically on briefs and add value during the creative development process

Experience working across a breadth of creative disciplines and an understanding of how to get different creative functions to collaborate for a better output

The ability to maintain a high-level, customer-focused, strategic outlook but get into the detail when an issue requires it

A reciprocal working style with a pragmatic, proactive and positive attitude towards solving problems creatively

The rewards:

There’s a reason people can’t stop talking about #LifeAtSky. Our great range of rewards really are something special, here are just a few:

Sky Q, for the TV you love all in one place

A generous pension package

Private healthcare

Discounted mobile and broadband

Inclusion:

Recognised as an ‘Inclusive Top 50 Employer’ and a ‘Times Top 50 Employer for Women’, we’re working hard to ensure we’re a truly inclusive place to work. This means we don’t just look at your CV. We’re more focused on who you are and the potential you’ll bring to Sky. We also know that everyone has a life outside work, [Flexible working line TBD]

And we’ll do everything we can to support you during your application. If you need us to make any adjustments to our recruitment process, speak to our recruitment team who will be happy to support you.

Why wait?

Apply now to build an amazing career and be part of a brilliant team. We can’t wait to hear from you.

To find out more about working with us, search #LifeAtSky on social media. A job you love to talk about.

Just so you know: if your application is successful, we’ll ask you to complete a criminal record check. And depending on the role you have applied for and the nature of any convictions you may have, we might have to withdraw the offer.