Account Director

About the role

dentsu Creative is looking for an Account Director in Jakarta. The role sits at the intersection of clients, ideas and the teams that bring them to life: understanding what the business needs, challenging the brief when there is a better opportunity, and bringing the right people together so that Creative and Strategy teams have the clarity and confidence to push further. It is a full-time, permanent position.

Key responsibilities

• Lead key client relationships, building the trust needed to influence conversations, challenge thinking and shape the work.
• Turn business challenges into clear briefs and stronger opportunities, helping clients focus on what really needs solving.
• Bring together specialists from Creative, Strategy, Media, CXM and other areas to create integrated work with a clear purpose.
• Lead and develop the account team, setting direction, raising the quality of thinking and helping people grow.
• Keep the business healthy across scope, budgets, timelines and priorities.
• Grow the relationship beyond the current brief, bringing proactive ideas and identifying ways to create more value for clients.

Required profile

• At least 10 years of experience in Account Management, Client Services or a similar role within a creative, advertising or integrated agency.
• Able to move between business conversations with senior clients and creative conversations with the team.
• Strong at finding the opportunity behind a brief and turning ambiguity into a clear direction.
• Has led teams and knows how to bring out the best in different people, disciplines and perspectives.
• Commercially sharp, with experience managing budgets, scope, timelines and the health of client relationships.
• Curious, confident and willing to bring their own point of view.