Account Director – Culture, Creative Industries & Placemaking
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Job Summary
Account Director Culture Creative Industries & Placemaking
Location: London (hybrid)
Agency: Four Agency Worldwide
About the Role
Four Agency Worldwide is looking for an inspiring commercially sharp and creatively fearless Account Director to help lead some of the most exciting work happening across the UK and global cultural landscape.
You will sit at the heart of Fours worldclass culture creative industries and placemaking offer directing teams shaping strategy generating ideas and guiding clients through transformational programmes. Youll bring energy curiosity and precision to projects spanning globally renowned cultural institutions and prizes emerging creative sectors major destinations and transformative placemaking initiatives.
Youll be joining a fastpaced growth-focussed collaborative team across multiple locations and services internationally. This is the opportunity to work at the intersection of creativity strategy and community impact while pushing boundaries to deliver work that is culturally resonant and sectorleading.
At Four we hire people who can grow skills client relationships and careers.
Key Responsibilities
Strategic Client Counsel & Leadership
- Set and manage client expectations across major consumer and cultural accounts.
- Act as the trusted senior adviser understanding sector dynamics anticipating client needs and crafting solutions grounded in cultural insight and commercial awareness.
- Build and leverage a strong network of sectorrelevant contacts to unlock opportunities inform thinking and elevate client work.
- Serve as the main point of contact for programme strategy planning and budget oversight.
Creative & Cultural Insight
- Demonstrate creativity and problemsolving flair generating ideas that cut through noise and create impact in cultural creative and placemaking environments.
- Keep abreast of media cultural and creativesector trends translating them into meaningful actionable direction for clients.
Team Leadership & Development
- Motivate mentor and empower account teams to produce highquality ontime onbudget work that exceeds expectations.
- Lead with clarity briefing effectively providing timely and constructive feedback and supporting team development and growth.
- Participate in team management and contribute to building a highperforming passionate creativelyminded team.
Media Relations & Thought Leadership
- Bring strong media intelligence and sectorspecific insight to guide narrative development and earnedmedia strategy.
- Build and nurture excellent media relationships ensuring clients work reaches the right audiences in arts culture public realm and policy spaces.
Business Growth & Opportunity Development
- Drive new business - leading proposals shaping pitches and representing Four across the cultural and creative industries.
- Identify and develop opportunities for organic growth within existing accounts including crossselling across practices.
- Represent Four at industry events cultural gatherings destination forums and sectorshaping conversations.
Financial & Commercial Management
- Ensure programmes are delivered efficiently effectively and profitably.
- Develop and manage budgets for existing clients and new business proposals.
- Complete daily timesheets support billing maintain utilisation targets and fully understand client contractual structures.
What Youll Bring
- A proven track record of leadership team management and strategic client counsel at Account Director level (or ready to step up).
- Excellent communication skills: persuasive confident and capable of articulating complex ideas with clarity and impact.
- Strong commercial acumen and experience directing multiple culturallyfocused client portfolios profitably.
- Creativity curiosity and a solutionsdriven mindset.
- A collaborative spirit commitment to bestinclass delivery and a passion for culture creativity and placemaking.
Why join Four
Work at the forefront of culture creativity and place. Four is home to some of the most dynamic clients and projects across arts destinations cultural institutions creative industries and publicrealm transformation. From the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-fiction and the ANNWM Prize for Immersive Storytelling to global communications for Louvre Abu Dhabi to innovative cultural districts such as Londons Kings Cross .
Youll join a sociable inclusive and collaborative agency that invests deeply in learning growth and sector leadership giving you the platform to develop influence and shape the future of cultural and creative communications.
Equality & Diversity
We are proud of our inclusive diverse community and were committed to reflecting the world we live in. We encourage applications from all backgrounds particularly from underrepresented groups and were constantly working to improve representation across our business.
We never discriminate on the grounds of age disability sex sexual orientation gender identity gender reassignment marriage or civil partnership pregnancy or maternity race or religion.
Ready to Apply
Apply now and take the next exciting step in your career:
We welcome applications from people with disabilities and neurodivergent individuals and were happy to provide reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process.
Please note: We do not accept CVs from recruitment agencies.
Required Experience:
Director
Key Skills
About Company
The Marmelo team is now part of Four, following the acquisition of the business in 2021.
