Associate Director, Account Management

Agency: Omnicom Media Job Function: Media Job Subfunction: Media Planning and Buying Job Description: Associate Director, Account Management Role Overview  The Associate Director, Account Management is a senior creative leadership role responsible for bringing creator-led ideas to life across influencer and social platforms. This role partners closely with the Creative Director to translate brand strategy into social-first, culturally fluent creator content, ensuring creative quality and consistency from concept through execution.  The Associate Director is both a hands-on creative leader and a team mentor, guiding   day-to-day creative development while collaborating cross-functionally with Creator Activation, Strategy, Account, and Production teams. This role plays a critical part in maintaining Creo’s creative standards across always-on and tentpole influencer programs.

Creative Development & Execution  Lead day-to-day creative development for influencer and creator led campaigns, from brief through delivery.  Translate creative direction and brand priorities into:   Creator briefs  Content concepts  Platform native executions  Ensure creative output is:   Social first  Culturally relevant  Platform appropriate  Oversee creative quality across concepts, content drafts, revisions, and final deliverables.  Creator-Led Storytelling  Partner with Creator Activation to ensure creative ideas are executable within creator constraints and timelines.  Support creator briefing sessions by:   Clarifying creative intent  Providing examples and inspiration  Guiding tone, narrative, and format  Review creator content to ensure alignment with creative vision, brand guidelines, and platform best practices prior to launch.  Collaboration & Cross Functional Partnership  Work closely with:   Creative Director on vision and direction  Creator Activation on creative development, execution and delivery  Account and Strategy teams on alignment to client objectives  Collaborate with production partners to bring ideas to life efficiently and at scale.  Participate in internal and client facing reviews, clearly articulating creative rationale and recommendations.  Creative Standards & Consistency  Help uphold Creo’s creative standards across influencer content.  Ensure influencer work ladders into broader brand platforms and maintains consistency across channels.  Support the development of creative examples, best practices, and case study materials as needed.

6–8+ years of experience in creative roles within social or influencer environments.  Strong understanding of:   Influencer and creator ecosystems  Social platforms and content formats  Cultural trends and audience behavior  Proven experience developing creative ideas for social-first AND creator-led campaigns.  Ability to balance creative ambition with executional realities.  Strong communication and presentation skills, with comfort presenting and pitching work internally and to clients to achieve buy-in.  Collaborative mindset and comfort working in a highly integrated, fast-moving environment.  

Illinois, New York: $70,000.00-$125,000.00 Omnicom’s policy requires employees to work in the office for a minimum of three days a week, unless additional in-office days are directed by their agency or manager. Our objective is to increase this requirement over time, and many of our agencies as well as Omnicom’s corporate group already require five days of in-office attendance. Omnicom is committed to hiring and developing exceptional talent. We agree that talent is uniquely distributed, and we’re focused on developing inclusive teams that can bring the best solutions to everything we do. We strongly believe that celebrating what makes us different makes us better together. Join us—we look forward to getting to know you. We will process