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Account Director

Account Director

Bakery AgencyAustin, TX, US
27 days ago
Job type
  • Full-time
Job description

Account Director

Bakery is looking for an Account Director to lead integrated client work across creative, strategy, production, and project management. You'll be the day-to-day business lead for important clients, guiding a multidisciplinary team and ensuring the delivery of bold, culture-driven, high-quality work. This is a hands-on leadership role that requires both strategic oversight and a willingness to get into the details when needed.

The ideal candidate is a proven business partner who brings resourcefulness, clarity, and initiative to a fast-moving, creative environment. You're comfortable managing multiple priorities, navigating complex challenges, and collaborating across internal and client teams. You know how to motivate and mentor others, push work forward, and deepen relationships over time.

You'll lead an integrated team within Bakery and, at times, work closely with our sister companiesKEN Media and Supernatural Productionas well as external partners. Success in this role means more than just keeping things on track. It means growing the business, elevating the work, and helping the client become the best version of themselves.

  • Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States. We are not able to sponsor visas at this time.

Bakery is an independent creative and culture agency designed to ignite people's obsession in great products. From our headquarters in Austin, TX, we work with highly ambitious brands like Johnnie Walker, Nike, Shiner Beer and Tree Hut to infuse cultural value and drive desire at every interaction point, increasing their fandom and helping them make things people want. Bakery is a 2022, 2024 and 2025 AdAge Small Agency of the Year.

Primary Responsibilities

  • Lead the creative process from briefing to execution across multiple client deliverables.
  • Build and maintain relationships with clients and our team leads.
  • Assist clients on project brief development and communicating needs correctly to our strategy, creative, and production teams.
  • Effectively set and manage client expectations, ensure delivery of the highest quality product and service, as well as solicit and act on client feedback.
  • Develop and manage project scope, budget and schedules. Attention to detail and ability to project manage across work streams and teams.
  • Ability to motivate, support and understand your teams. You must be able to work with people across data, strategy, design, creative and technology.
  • Identify resource requirements, necessary skill sets and team allocation to each project.
  • Deliver timely project reports and organize necessary meetings.
  • Direct and maintain strict project documentation.
  • Improve and implement best practice techniques for managing risks, issues and conflict resolution.
  • Track and report project efficiency, finances and general performance on a weekly basis.
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