Senior Account Director

This is a US hire for a London-founded global branding agency – a deliberate, work-backed move into New York, not a speculative one. The clients, the reputation, and the results already exist on American soil; what’s missing is someone to own them. 

You would be the founding face of the agency in the US. Not building from a blank page, but taking ownership of an operation with more than a decade of pedigree behind it.

The Role
You’ll own senior relationships with existing US clients and convert inbound interest into new business. Growth here is consultative – client conversations, industry engagement, and a network you build and let convert on its own timeline, including deals that take a year to pay off.

You’ll also stand up the operation itself: office setup, hiring as things scale, visas, compliance, the administrative essentials. This is prestige client work and genuine operational groundwork in the same role. A year in, the shape of it isn’t fully knowable today – that ambiguity is the point, and the reason it carries real influence over how the US chapter takes form.

The Package
$200,000 – $250,000
New York-based
Genuine influence over the shape of the US studio

The Person
You’re a senior client services leader – Account Director or Senior Account Director level – inside a brand, design or creative agency, likely already in New York.

You’ve grown accounts and driven new business, and can point to senior relationships you personally owned and grew, not just managed. You’re at ease in the room and on the circuit, comfortable with ambiguity, and willing to do the work of building something alongside the client work.