Group Account Director - Annual Reporting Team

Opportunity

The Reporting Director is responsible for managing and growing key Annual Reporting client relationships, leading project teams, and ensuring successful project outcomes.

Our work in Brunswick Creative

We believe in the power of creativity to help enhance corporate reputation. By providing corporate narratives to life, we create compelling multi-channel ideas for critical stakeholder audiences.

Our creative and production specialists execute campaigns and content across design, film, live events, and digital content to deliver impactful messages to the right audiences at the right time

Key Responsibilities

Client Management:

• Focus on developing our existing Annual Reporting offer and advise clients at Board level on award winning strategies.
• Develop new business in the UK and internationally.
• Create, develop and lead winning Annual Reporting pitches with project management, strategy and design teams.
• Have an understanding of clients' needs and strategies, determine their communication requirements and write briefs and proposals to showcase thinking.
• Provide strategic advice, overseeing the execution of projects at the highest level.
• Apply intellect, strategic thinking, and creative thinking to client issues and give tactical advice based on detailed knowledge of the client.
• Manage client expectations and take responsibility for key deliverables and be a senior point of escalation on client issues.
• Be responsible for providing rounded, appropriate responses from the client-facing teams.
• Ensure that the needs and opportunities of existing clients are mapped, the key individuals identified and development plans are in place.
• Work strategically with the new business director and reporting strategic lead on their operations from a client service point of view.
• Negotiate fee increases/justify fees.
• Demonstrate expertise in the management of projects utilizing Workiva and CtrlPrint platforms.

Internally:

• Support the Client Services Director in leading the design client service team, ensuring account management are suitably resourced, supported, engaged and working to their strengths across Annual Reporting accounts.
• Be jointly responsible for the management and motivation of client-facing staff and teams across the business and nurture and encourage team members.
• Brief teams intelligently, giving them strategic themes to develop and inspire a creative spark, direct to stay on brief and ensure there is an 'idea'.
• Be involved in ensuring that resourcing around project teams is appropriate while balancing the commercial needs of the business.
• Provide support for the wider project team through the lifespan of Annual Reporting projects.
• Withstand high pressure situations/workload.

Knowledge, Skills, and Competencies

• You have a passion for all things Annual Reporting - from strategy to creative to production - with a focus on best-in-class client service.
• You can build strong and effective relationships and enjoy networking (internally and externally).
• Always aiming to deliver at the highest standard.
• You have strong communication skills: you can present effectively, read the dynamics in a room and respond appropriately, listen to others and ask the right questions, and deliver clear and concise advice.
• You love to be organised and can prioritise, juggle multiple projects and delegate effectively.
• You have a desire to lead by example, work collaboratively and actively share learning.
• You enjoy creative problem-solving, encouraging and supporting others to do the same.
• You can demonstrate proficiency in project management tools and software.

Our Benefits

In addition to life assurance, group income protection, and employer pension contribution, we offer:

• Annual discretionary bonus
• 25 days' annual leave, excluding bank holidays (plus your Birthday off)
• Private medical cover and employee assistance programme
• Family-friendly policies
• Complimentary artisan coffee, tea and snacks, served by our own barista
• Daily breakfast in the café
• Lunch & Learn training sessions
• Cycle 2 work scheme and season ticket loans
• Flexible working, including support with your home working environment
• Eye care, including annual eye tests
• Regular social, cultural and charitable activities
• A comprehensive training and development curriculum
• Give as you Earn
• Menopause Policy

Our Commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Maintaining and strengthening a diverse workforce and inclusive workplace are pillars of Brunswick's culture and key to our future success. Valuing and supporting every colleague as an individual while helping them reach their full potential is critical to attracting and developing our greatest strength – our people. By embracing our differences and diverse perspectives we create richer experiences within our firm and enhance the quality of the ideas and advice that we deliver to our clients.

Brunswick is an equal opportunities employer and our Equal Opportunities Policy is available on request.

About Brunswick Group

Brunswick is a critical issues firm. We advise the world's leading companies on how to navigate the critical issues they face and engage with their critical stakeholders.

Our purpose is to help our clients play their role in the world more successfully. We help the leaders of the world's great value-creating organizations operate successfully across the increasingly complex and fast-changing arenas of finance, politics and society at large.

Brunswick is one firm globally, operating as a single profit centre. This allows us to respond seamlessly and effectively to clients' needs wherever they are in the world.

Background

Founded in London in 1987, Brunswick's global partnership has grown organically to 27 offices in 18 countries. We began as a M&A and financial communications firm and, over time, expanded our capabilities to provide expert advice to our clients on a range of business critical issues. We invested in new offices, sector teams and practice groups including investor engagement; shareholder activism; governance; regulatory and public affairs, including geopolitical; crisis; litigation; social issues including climate change and diversity, equity and inclusion; cybersecurity, data and privacy; employee engagement; digital communications; opinion research and analysis, and; creative services.

Our CEO is Neal Wolin, based in Washington, D.C. Our Chairman is Sir Alan Parker, based in London.