Motive is a dynamic agency and creative collective operating at the speed of culture. Were a collective of deep thinkers creative makers cultural connoisseurs and executional aces. We create meaningful engagements between brands and their audiences cultivating relationships that drive tangible results for our clients. And we do it with sharp strategy and powerful creative executed across all the media and touch-points key to our targets lives.

As pioneers in the area of content digital engagement and innovative experiential programs and award winners for work in TV event digital and social Motive has created a culture where every individual is given an opportunity to stretch and flex their creative and executional muscles daily. We are a team of hard-working fast-moving energetic passionate driven straight-talking creative thinkers. We like being challenged and we love the collaboration necessary to overcome the challenges and succeed.

If this sounds like a place you would thrive lets see if we can make something happen.

ACCOUNT DIRECTOR

Location: Denver or Chicago

Motive is looking for an Account Director who thrives at the intersection of strategy creativity and relationship this role youll serve as the senior steward of key client businessleading with clarity insight and conviction while helping guide the work the team and the long-term health of the partnership.

If you love shaping smart integrated marketing programs building trust with clients championing great creative and empowering teams to do the best work of their careers we cant wait to meet you.

What Youll Do (Key Responsibilities)

Client Leadership & Growth

• Act as a senior strategic partnerguiding marketing strategy and campaign development across multiple brands.

• Build strong trust-driven relationships with senior client stakeholders.

• Identify and drive organic growth opportunities to expand Motives footprint.

• Assess account health regularly and collaborate with agency leadership to strengthen and evolve partnerships.

Strategic & Creative Direction

• Translate client goals and briefs into actionable insight-driven creative workstreams.

• Partner closely with Strategy to ensure briefs are focused inspiring and aligned with broader business objectives.

• Champion outstanding creativeadvocating for ideas that are original culturally sharp and strategically grounded.

Integrated Project Oversight

• Oversee and lead work across a wide range of deliverables: TVC/content digital social shopper experiential promotions and partnerships.

• Lead planning scoping timelines budgets and staffing in partnership with key internal collaborators.

• Ensure quality and accountability from briefing through deliveryevery detail every time.

Team Leadership & Development

• Provide structure clarity and steady leadership for your team; delegate effectively and create opportunities for others to grow.

• Mentor an integrated account team including AADs Account Supervisors and junior staff.

• Foster a collaborative high-performance culture built on curiosity integrity and results.

• Offer consistent coaching and feedback to support ongoing professional development.

Financial Stewardship

• Own brand-level financial leadershipensuring accuracy profitability and smart fiscal management.

• Monitor utilization billability and profitability adjusting to maintain healthy performance.

• Cultivate deeper client partnerships to uncover long-term and out-of-scope growth opportunities.

• Develop grounded projection schedules and communicate them proactively to leadership.

Agency Collaboration & Contribution

• Partner with internal studios and external agency partners (IAT) to steward fully integrated campaigns.

• Contribute to pitch development new business efforts and broader agency innovation.

• Help shape internal processes culture and workflow improvements across the organization.

Who You Are

• A natural relationship builder who brings stability clarity and strategic thinking to every conversation.

• A proactive leader who can elevate discussions anticipate challenges and solve them before they land.

• A champion of great work who understands how strategy creative and execution move together.

• A mentor who invests in developing people and building high-performing teams.

• A resilient collaborative problem-solver who finds momentum in complexity.

• Someone whos ready to help shape the future of the businessnot just manage the present.

What You Bring (Experience & Skills)

• 10 years in integrated marketing or advertising preferably in a fast-paced agency environment.

• Strong experience across CPG categories; beverage experience is a plus.

• Proven ability to lead large multifaceted accounts spanning digital social content traditional experiential and shopper/retail.

• Demonstrated success growing client relationships and unlocking new opportunities.

• Exceptional communication presentation and relationship-building abilities.

• Strong leadership skills with experience managing and developing cross-functional teams.

• Confidence in budget management timeline planning and resource coordination.

• A proactive collaborative mindsetand the drive to produce the best work of your career.

Motive is anequal opportunity employer! We believe that a diverse team makes us stronger and smarter.

Motive recruits employs trains compensates and promotes regardless of race religion color national origin sex disability age veteran status and other protected status as required by applicable law. We offer an inspiring working environment and great benefits including health dental vision matching 401-k unlimited flex time off and more. The starting salary for this position is between $110000 and $140000 annually based on experience.

Motive has a clear vision: to be a creative leader where a diverse mix of talented people want to come to stay and do their best work. We know our company succeeds only through the hard work and dedication of our passionate and creative employees.