Account Director
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About the Role
Create Group is hiring an Account Director to manage high-value client relationships, drive organic growth, and guide internal teams. The role requires Arabic fluency, 6-8 years of agency account management experience, and a track record of owning senior client relationships.
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Responsibilities
- Take ownership of a portfolio of accounts, with growing strategic and commercial responsibility
- Serve as the senior day to day client contact, building relationships at Director level and above
- Translate client business challenges into clear, inspiring briefs for internal teams
- Drive organic growth by spotting new opportunities within existing accounts
- Provide strategic counsel that positions us as a long term partner
- Mentor and develop the account team around you
Requirements
- Arabic fluency is essential
- Around 6 to 8 years in account management within an agency environment, with a track record of owning senior client relationships
- Experience navigating complex, multi stakeholder accounts
- Real exposure to strategy work and pitching, and the appetite to do more of both
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About Create Group
- Create. is a creative agency crafting bold ideas and compelling content across brand, film, and digital.
- Named Campaign Magazine's Digital Agency and Independent Creative Agency of the Year in both 2024 and 2025.
Role Overview
- We're looking for an Account Director ready to take a meaningful step up.
- Reporting into the Business Director, you'll join a super talented, multi disciplinary team.
What You'll Do
- Take ownership of a portfolio of accounts, with growing strategic and commercial responsibility
- Serve as the senior day to day client contact, building relationships at Director level and above
- Translate client business challenges into clear, inspiring briefs for internal teams
- Drive organic growth by spotting new opportunities within existing accounts
- Provide strategic counsel that positions us as a long term partner
- Mentor and develop the account team around you
What We're Looking For
- Arabic fluency is essential, with the cultural fluency to lead regional client relationships with confidence
- Around 6 to 8 years in account management within an agency environment, with a track record of owning senior client relationships
- Experience navigating complex, multi stakeholder accounts
- Real exposure to strategy work and pitching, and the appetite to do more of both
- Someone who brings a point of view, anticipates rather than waits, and is ready to lead
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