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Saudi Arabia, Riyadh Employment contract · Job Posted May 03, 2026
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A leading global advertising agency is looking for a senior Account Director with strong 360 advertising experience across brand, integrated communications, and activations. This is a key leadership hire for the Riyadh office, reporting directly to the CEO, and will play a critical role in shaping high-impact, fully integrated campaigns for major regional and global clients. The ideal candidate will come from a strong agency background delivering end-to-end 360 campaigns across ATL, BTL, digital, social, brand strategy, and experiential/activations, with a proven ability to lead complex, multi-disciplinary teams.

Job Responsibility

  • Lead senior client relationships across key accounts, acting as the main strategic partner
  • Own and deliver fully integrated 360 campaigns spanning brand, creative, digital, social, media, and activations
  • Work directly with the CEO on account strategy, growth plans, and key client opportunities
  • Oversee end-to-end campaign delivery from insight and concept through to execution and post-campaign analysis
  • Lead cross-functional teams including strategy, creative, production, experiential, and media
  • Drive strong creative and strategic outputs that are culturally relevant to the KSA market
  • Manage large-scale activation projects including events, experiential builds, and brand experiences
  • Identify and convert organic growth opportunities within existing accounts
  • Ensure strong commercial performance including forecasting, budgeting, and profitability across accounts
  • Act as a senior presence in client presentations, pitches, and stakeholder management sessions
  • Contribute to the overall growth and positioning of the agency in the Saudi market

Requirements

  • Extensive experience at Account Director level (or strong Senior Account Director ready to step up) within a leading advertising or integrated agency
  • Proven track record delivering 360 campaigns across brand, creative, digital, social, and activations
  • Strong experience in experiential marketing, activations, and large-scale brand experiences
  • Experience working with high-profile regional or global clients, ideally in KSA or the wider Middle East
  • Strong strategic and commercial mindset with experience managing budgets and account performance
  • Confident working directly with CEOs, senior stakeholders, and demanding client teams
  • Strong leadership skills with experience managing multidisciplinary agency teams
  • Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial, high-growth environment
  • Arabic language skills are a strong advantage but not essential

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Arabic language skills are a strong advantage but not essential

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