VML Canada (English)

VML Canada (English)

Account Director (Ford) - 14 month contract

Toronto, Ontario, Canada · Director

Sponsorship not specified$65k-$115kDetected 16 days ago
Data AnalysisAccessibilityProject ManagementSEOContent MarketingLeadershipCommunicationCollaborationProblem SolvingPublic SpeakingAdaptability

About the role

  • Work with a cross-functional team including creative, project management, content strategy, data and analytics as well as AEM author and QA roles
  • Participate in larger client engagement discipline discussions, providing updates or asking questions related to work that may impact site

Responsibilities

  • Develop and manage a site roadmap for the year, reporting on what was delivered, delayed, or replaced based on evolving business priorities
  • Look for opportunities to improve the process to deliver a better, more efficient consumer experience or efficient internal work stream
  • An ability to manage multiple end-to-end projects of varying sizes with various stakeholders
  • VML, part of WPP, is a leading creative company that combines brand experience, customer experience, and commerce, creating connected brands to drive growth.
  • VML is celebrated for its innovative and human first, award-winning work for blue chip client partners including AstraZeneca, Colgate-Palmolive, Dell, Ford, Microsoft, Nestlé, The Coca-Cola Company, and Wendy's.
  • WPP is the trusted growth partner for the world's leading brands.

Requirements

  • Be responsible for delivering well crafted, strategic project proposals and briefs based on site strengths and best practices as well as the consumer experience with client's business objectives in mind
  • Be the point person for agency and clients ensuring clear understanding of their direction/objectives and the ability to provide and action effective solutions on site when applicable
  • 3-5 years of experience leading multi-disciplinary teams delivering consumer-facing website content in an agency environment
  • Knowledge of website best practices and how the platform best fits within an overall communications plan
  • Working knowledge of web accessibility requirements (AODA, WCAG), SEO best practices and data analytics

Skills

  • Proficient experience working in both office and remote working situations, using associated tools (MS Teams, Zoom, etc.)

Compensation

  • Contribute proof points against bi-annual agency evaluations and Quarterly Business Review documentation

Benefits

  • In addition, VML's specialist health network, VML Health, is one of the world's largest and most awarded health agencies.

Company info

  • VML, part of WPP, is a leading creative company that combines brand experience, customer experience, and commerce, creating connected brands to drive growth. VML is celebrated for its innovative and human first, award-winning work for blue chip client partners including AstraZeneca, Colgate-Palmolive, Dell, Ford, Microsoft, Nestlé, The Coca-Cola Company, and Wendy's. The agency is recognized by the Forrester Wave™ Reports, as a Leader among Marketing Creative and Content Service Providers, Commerce Services, Global Digital Experience Services, Global Marketing Services and, most recently, Marketing Measurement & Optimization. In addition, VML's specialist health network, VML Health, is one of the world's largest and most awarded health agencies. VML's global network is powered by 26,000 talented people across 55+ markets, with principal offices in Kansas City, New York, Detroit, London, São Paulo, Shanghai, Singapore, and Sydney.
  • About WPP
  • WPP is the trusted growth partner for the world's leading brands. We unite cutting-edge media intelligence and data solutions, world-class creativity, next-generation production, transformative enterprise solutions and expert strategic counsel in a single company - powered by exceptional talent and our agentic marketing platform, WPP Open, to help our clients navigate change, capture opportunity and deliver transformational growth. For more information, visit WPP.com.
  • Account Director (Ford) - 14 month contract
  • The agency is recognized by the Forrester Wave™ Reports, as a Leader among Marketing Creative and Content Service Providers, Commerce Services, Global Digital Experience Services, Global Marketing Services and, most recently, Marketing Measurement & Optimization.
  • VML's global network is powered by 26,000 talented people across 55+ markets, with principal offices in Kansas City, New York, Detroit, London, São Paulo, Shanghai, Singapore, and Sydney.
  • We unite cutting-edge media intelligence and data solutions, world-class creativity, next-generation production, transformative enterprise solutions and expert strategic counsel in a single company - powered by exceptional talent and our agentic marketing platform, WPP Open, to help our clients navigate change, capture opportunity and deliver transformational growth.
  • For more information, visit WPP.com.

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