Senior Account Director – Events & Experiential Marketing
Dún Laoghaire, Dublin | Hybrid | €85,000–€100,000 + Benefits
CPL is partnering with an events & experiential agency to recruit a Senior Account Director.
A strong opportunity for an experienced Account Director ready to step up, lead a team of four, and shape how an expanding agency delivers best-in-class experiential work.
Responsibilities
- Lead key client relationships, ensuring strategic clarity from brief to execution
- Oversee delivery across Events, Experiential, Creative, Strategy and Production teams
- Strengthen processes, workflow, forecasting, pricing and profitability
- Set the benchmark for account leadership and operational excellence
- Introduce improved tools, reporting structures and clearer ways of working
- Drive commercial growth and proactively identify new opportunities
- Manage budgets, margins, and financial performance across accounts
- Mentor, develop and expand the Account Management team
- Ensure long-term client satisfaction and partnership growth
The Ideal Candidate Must Have
- 8+ years in agency account leadership (experiential/events a strong advantage)
- Experience as an Account Director with readiness to step into a senior leadership role
- Proven ability to manage senior client relationships and strategic conversations
- Strong commercial instincts: confident in forecasting, pricing and margin management
- Experience mentoring teams and raising delivery standards
- A proactive, structured approach to process improvement
- Ability to operate with autonomy and influence across teams
- Curiosity for culture, live experiences and the Irish experiential landscape
Get in Touch! For further information please contact Fiona Ralph on [email protected] or call 01 4825372 #LI-FR3