Account Director

🕒 September 18

🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $121k - $155k / year

⏰ Full Time

🔴 Lead

🧑‍💼 Account Executive

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Rain

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201 - 500 employees

Founded 1998

📣 Marketing

📱 Media

Marketing • Media

Rain is a growth-focused, full-service marketing and media agency. It combines brand strategy, creative, media buying, and analytics to drive measurable customer acquisition and scale businesses. Rain specializes in video-first and converged TV media—across linear TV, CTV, addressable, programmatic, and YouTube—while using AI-enabled proprietary tools and a tech/data partner ecosystem to optimize performance in real time. The agency also runs specialty practice areas (e. g. , HypeHer for women’s sports) and serves a range of sectors with integrated creative, DRTV, and OTT capabilities.

📋 Description

• Serve as the primary client contact and strategic partner • Lead cross-functional teams across media, analytics, strategy, creative, web development, finance, and project management • Own integrated campaign strategy and execution from briefs and planning through performance evaluation and optimization • Establish goals, budgets, KPIs, and priorities with clients and internal teams • Develop understanding of clients’ businesses, industries, competitive landscapes, and growth opportunities • Identify opportunities to expand agency scope and develop solutions with agency subject-matter experts • Lead client meetings and present performance, creative, strategic, and financial recommendations • Ensure deliverables meet quality standards and align with client objectives • Oversee budgets, forecasts, invoicing, and overall client health • Drive seamless execution across media, analytics, strategy, creative, and other agency disciplines • Identify dependencies and bottlenecks and resolve them before they become client-facing issues • Evaluate performance, identify insights, and drive testing and optimization decisions • Build testing roadmaps for creative, audience, and channel mix • Collaborate with channel leads on reporting, learnings, trends, creative fatigue signals, and next steps • Translate technical details into clear, client-ready recommendations tied to business goals • Partner with senior leadership to address performance, financial, and staffing needs • Monitor account profitability and scope creep and support budget and SOW conversations • Lead, coach, and develop Client Services team members • Foster collaboration, cross-functional relationships, efficient workflows, and an accountable team culture

🎯 Requirements

• 8+ years of advertising agency experience, preferably in media and/or creative • 1–3+ years of management or mentorship experience • Proven success leading integrated, cross-channel strategies and building strong client relationships • Strong understanding of full-funnel media, performance marketing, and associated KPIs • Experience with digital media, including Paid Social, Paid Search, Video, Programmatic, and CTV • Traditional media experience, including Linear, Audio, and OOH • Experience working with DTC brands and leading strategic creative development • Ability to build pivots and conduct sales and performance data analysis • Experience leading large, cross-functional teams and managing multiple priorities • Exceptional communication and presentation skills, with strong critical thinking and problem-solving abilities • Willingness to travel and support clients beyond standard hours when needed • Website strategy and development management experience is a plus • Chicago-area residence is a plus

🏖️ Benefits

• Quarterly profit-sharing program • 401(K) plan with employer match and immediate eligibility • 4-6 weeks PTO • 12 paid holidays • 12-18 weeks paid family and medical leave • Monthly Work-From-Home allowance • Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance • Flexible First work environment • Investment in employees, technology, and tools