What are the responsibilities and job description for the Managing Director position at Vice Media?
Position Summary :
The role of the Managing Director is to ensure alignment and provide leadership across the agency's offering to clients, the agency's output, and overall business operations. This requires a holistic agency point of view and cross functional collaboration with department leaders across Virtue and Vice, and their respective teams. The Managing Director is the solutions-oriented executive generalist on the ground, partnering with leaders across the world-wide network, and the primary point of contact for all management level needs for Virtue in the region. Additionally and equally important, is the development and fostering of a work environment and culture that encourages a challenger mentality, collaboration, proactive thinking, action by team members, and reinforces our differentiated point of view.
Primary Responsibilities :
- Develop an agency roadmap for the region to grow as a business, as a culture, and as a creative agency brand
- Drive growth, supporting all Virtue new business activity whether this be new clients or organic growth of existing clients
- Work closely with Business Development, account management and finance teams to ensure pipelines and forecasts are updated regularly
- Support new business pitches to grow the business
- Provide effective client leadership, in conjunction with the appropriate client services personnel
- Advance the key client relationships by building executive level trust and maintaining positive rapport through clear understanding of client's business, sound strategic leadership and partnership commitment
- Partner with department leaders in performance review processes; help to coach team members to maximize success, set goals for career development, and advocate for high performing team members
- Ensure all solutions meet client needs as well as align with our capabilities as an agency
- Provide oversight of internal and external resources being used to execute and deliver programs
- Financial management of client accounts (as needed) and overall agency P&L
- Lead monthly operating reviews
- Ongoing improvements and optimizations to our org structure & operations
Requirements :
Candidates, please note that if you are contacted by anyone with an email other than [redacted] purporting to be recruiting on behalf of VICE Media, it is not legitimate, and you should not engage.
The salary range is subject to change and may be amended in the future. Experience, education, skills, and other factors are considered when determining the salary offered.
Pay Range Details : 300,000 USD