Want to build brands that change the world from the ground up?

Manifest, Campaign’s Global Consultancy of the Year, is hiring an Account Director for its Central Brand Studio in London! Collaborate with a passionate team to deliver cutting-edge branding projects for global clients, pushing creative boundaries while fostering innovation and collaboration.

A Manifest Account Director in a sentence

Oversee the delivery of bold, beautiful, and brilliant branding projects, fostering trust and confidence with clients and the Manifest team to achieve creative and commercial success.

How This Role Supports Manifest’s Mission

The Account Director of the Central Brand Studio (CBS) upholds Manifest’s mission to build brands that change the world through the execution of exceptional brand consultancy projects. Acting as a vital bridge between clients, creative teams, and senior leadership, this role amplifies the impact of the CBS’s work across the agency and supports global teams in delivering remarkable creative outcomes.

Where does this role sit within the agency?

An Account Director sits within the Implementation element of the business. You are the bridge between the wider team and the CBS Executive Committee. You live and breathe the Manifest values and provide a daily example of the working culture we are trying to create, while maintaining a healthy disregard for the impossible.

Key Responsibilities

Client Leadership

• Serve as the key and senior point of contact for CBS clients, establishing trusted, consultative relationships
• Deliver strategic oversight for brand consultancy projects, ensuring alignment with client business goals and objectives
• Proactively identify opportunities to grow accounts through innovative branding and design solutions
• Working in partnership with the wider Manifest local studios to successfully migrate clients from branding services to creative and campaigning services where relevant

Creative and Project Excellence

• End-to-end management and programming of the delivery of brand strategy, positioning, identity development, and research projects with Manifest’s hallmark characteristics: bold, beautiful, brilliant
• Coordinate central resources in support of the Group’s studios to optimise efficiency and creative output
• Champion Manifest’s systems and tech stack to ensure team utilisation and operational effectiveness
• Ensure design and motion services provided by CBS support both central and local studio needs seamlessly