Account Director

Experienced agency Account Director - FMCG (food and drinks background)

Central London

2 days a week onsite

£57-60K

We're working with an independent, challenger creative agency looking for an experienced Account Director to lead one of their top client relationships — a major FMCG soft drinks portfolio spanning multiple household-name brand

About the role

This is a hands-on leadership role on a fast-moving, high-profile account. The work has evolved beyond shopper marketing and retail activation into genuinely strategic and conceptual territory — building promotional platforms and shaping creative activation ideas that support brand teams at the highest level

You'll be one of a small, senior team running the account, so this isn't a role for someone who wants layers of support beneath them. We need someone proactive, resourceful and comfortable managing a heavy and fluctuating workload directl

What you'll be doing

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• Owning day-to-day and strategic leadership of a major FMCG account
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• Developing promotional platforms and creative activation ideas in partnership with brand teams.
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• Balancing strategic/conceptual thinking with the operational reality of a lean team.
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• Acting as a trusted senior partner to the client, with genuine category credibility
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What we're looking for

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• Proven Account Director experience, ideally agency-side.
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• Deep FMCG knowledge — soft drinks category experience strongly preferred
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• A proactive, ambitious operator with an organic growth mindset.
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• Comfortable in a challenger-brand environment: flexible, entrepreneurial, willing to roll up your sleeves.
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• Strong strategic and conceptual thinking — you'll be asked to bring ideas, not just manage delivery
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