Sid Lee

Sid Lee

Account Director

New York, New York, United States · Director

Sponsorship not specified$140k-$160kDetected 2 days ago
Brand StrategyLeadershipCommunicationCollaborationMentoring

About the role

  • Over 300 artisans work as one team from offices in Montreal, Toronto, New York, Paris, London, and San Francisco.
  • Sid Lee is a member of kyu, a collective of top-tier global creative companies established by Hakuhodo DY Holdings.
  • Sid Lee also imagined C2 Montréal, one of the largest creative-business conferences in the world.

Responsibilities

  • Own and develop senior-level client relationships (internal/external), contributing strategic value
  • Lead and oversee the development and execution of integrated marketing campaigns, ensuring alignment with client objectives and brand strategy
  • Manage and drive multiple accounts/workstreams, maintaining a deep understanding of status and developments
  • Manage and optimize top-line growth and oversee profitability across the account
  • Lead account review process and regularly engage leadership on progress
  • Demonstrate a desire to innovate, change the course of things, challenge the status quo, and push the limits with the projects you lead
  • Manage conflicts, provoke discussions, and make difficult decisions
  • Partnering closely with our Group Account Director and EVP, Client Partnerships to lead the client relationship, you'll ensure strong oversight across all workstreams.
  • Collaborating with our multidisciplinary team, you'll build deep, trusting connections, fully immersing yourself in the client's business challenges and opportunities to help define their strategic direction.

Requirements

  • 8+ years of relevant experience
  • Bachelor's degree in a related field
  • Passion for sports and a strong understanding of the sports entertainment ecosystem, including fan engagement, brand partnerships, and how to connect with audiences in authentic ways.
  • Experience working with clients in fast-paced, high-profile environments is considered an asset.
  • You are an experienced thought leader who can organize, motivate and improve the creative thinking and output of those around you.
  • You are not only an account leader but you understand our clients' business.
  • You can think strategically and apply critical and analytical skills to help shape the creative work and elevate ideas.
  • You can leverage relationships in identifying opportunities to grow the business portfolio.
  • You are an experienced leader that can not only see the big picture and know how to run a business but also love rolling up your sleeves and diving into the trenches with the team.
  • You are able to pass on your experience to others through generous and patient mentorship of more junior members of the team.

Compensation

  • The base salary range for this role is $140,000 - $160,000 annually.

Benefits

  • As an Account Director at Sid Lee, you'll be the key liaison between our clients and internal teams, guiding projects with clarity and vision.

Company info

  • Sid Lee is a multidisciplinary creative collective striving to make a difference and celebrating culture with bold ideas. Over 300 artisans work as one team from offices in Montreal, Toronto, New York, Paris, London, and San Francisco. They strive to break the ordinary through brand building, brand expression and brand experience. Its creative community also includes Yard, Digital Kitchen, Sid Lee Sport, Sid Lee Architecture, and Haigo. Alongside daring clients, Sid Lee draws on its rich collection of disciplines: from craft to culture and innovation, empowering its clients to outperform their competitors, earn the trust of their customers, and increase their influence.
  • Sid Lee is a member of kyu, a collective of top-tier global creative companies established by Hakuhodo DY Holdings. Sid Lee also imagined C2 Montréal, one of the largest creative-business conferences in the world.
  • As an Account Director at Sid Lee, you'll be the key liaison between our clients and internal teams, guiding projects with clarity and vision. In this role, you'll be leading our partnership with a new client in the sports entertainment industry, steering initiatives across multiple markets and touchpoints. The client is a dynamic, fast-moving brand operating in a highly competitive environment, and you'll help ensure that ambition carries through every project.
  • Partnering closely with our Group Account Director and EVP, Client Partnerships to lead the client relationship, you'll ensure strong oversight across all workstreams. Collaborating with our multidisciplinary team, you'll build deep, trusting connections, fully immersing yourself in the client's business challenges and opportunities to help define their strategic direction.
  • Sid Lee is a multidisciplinary creative collective striving to make a difference and celebrating culture with bold ideas.
  • They strive to break the ordinary through brand building, brand expression and brand experience.
  • Its creative community also includes Yard, Digital Kitchen, Sid Lee Sport, Sid Lee Architecture, and Haigo.
  • Alongside daring clients, Sid Lee draws on its rich collection of disciplines: from craft to culture and innovation, empowering its clients to outperform their competitors, earn the trust of their customers, and increase their influence.
  • In this role, you'll be leading our partnership with a new client in the sports entertainment industry, steering initiatives across multiple markets and touchpoints.
  • The client is a dynamic, fast-moving brand operating in a highly competitive environment, and you'll help ensure that ambition carries through every project.

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