Motive

Motive

Account Director (Denver)

Denver, CO · Director

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 43 days ago
Account ManagementLeadershipCommunicationCollaborationMentoring

About the role

  • Motive is a dynamic agency and creative collective operating at the speed of culture.
  • We're a collective of deep thinkers, creative makers, cultural connoisseurs, and executional aces.
  • And we do it with sharp strategy and powerful creative executed across all the media and touch-points key to our targets' lives.

Responsibilities

  • Act as a senior strategic partner for clients, guiding marketing strategy and campaign development.
  • Build strong, trust-based relationships with senior client stakeholders.
  • Identify and lead organic growth opportunities within accounts, helping to expand Motive's footprint.
  • Collaborate closely with Strategy to ensure creative briefs are focused, insight-driven, and aligned with broader business objectives.
  • We create meaningful engagements between brands and their audiences, cultivating relationships that drive tangible results for our clients.
  • Lead planning and scoping for projects-developing timelines, budgets, teams, and operational plans in partnership with production and project management.
  • Navigate and manage program changes with internal and external stakeholders, ensuring positive solution-oriented outcomes supporting program, client, and agency success.
  • Lead and mentor an integrated account team, including AADs, Account Supervisors, and junior staff.
  • Provide feedback, coaching, and support to ensure continued professional growth of team members.
  • Owns independent brand-level financial leadership, ensuring accuracy, profitability, and fiscal responsibility across accounts.

Compensation

  • The starting salary for this position is between $120,000 and $145,000 annually, based on experience.

Benefits

  • You are responsible for the management, growth, and overall health of client relationships-balancing strategic leadership, team oversight, and operational excellence.

Company info

  • We are a team of hard-working, fast-moving, energetic, passionate, driven, straight-talking creative thinkers.
  • We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Account Director to serve as the senior point of contact for a client in a highly regulated industry (tobacco/nicotine).

This listing is sourced directly from Motive's careers page and normalized into a canonical job model.