Media Account Director

Job description

An amazing opportunity to join a fast growing, boutique paid media agency at an exciting stage of their journey.

Launched in 2021, The Nest has quickly established itself as an accomplished player on the independent agency scene, winning multiple national and international clients including exciting scale-ups and market leading brands.


Job role

As Account Director you’ll be responsible for guiding the strategy and servicing of some of our top accounts, ensuring that our clients get the best results and service from the agency.

Supporting the new business drive - delivering pitches and onboarding new clients - will be a key part of this role.

Reporting directly into the business owners, you’ll help with the ongoing development of the agency proposition, and drive the direction of The Nest.


Who you are

You might be an experienced media account director looking for a new challenge, or an exceptional senior media manager ready to take the next step.

You’ll be ambitious and keen to progress in a senior role within an advertising agency.

You’ll have a passion for client services and a head for strategic thinking.

You’ll be excited by the prospect of working for a boutique media agency, working in a fast moving environment and helping to deliver great work for our clients.

You’ll be eager to put your stamp on the business, contributing to the direction and vision of The Nest.

You'll always be looking for better ways of doing things, working with the team to improve our output and delivering better results for our clients.

You'll support the Directors in creating a positive working environment and ensuring we have a happy team and happy clients.

Experience in, and an understanding of, forecasting, reporting and managing agency revenue and client finances would be desirable.


A few things you might expect to be doing in your day-to-day…

Working with the business owners on the running and direction of the agency - depending on your strengths this might include marketing, new business, finances and more.

Overseeing client servicing across our most important accounts.

Developing media strategies for client campaigns or pitches

Planning and buying media across a broad range of channels

Training and supporting the wider agency team, including line management responsibilities.

The Package

Key Benefits

- Up to £60k per year depending on experience
- 30 days holiday - plus bank holidays
- Personal and business performance bonus scheme up to 20% of salary
- Private health insurance
- Pension with matched contributions up to 6% (12% total monthly input)
- Flexible hybrid working solution between remote and our Bristol city centre office
- IPA training and development courses
- Monthly gym or health membership contribution up to £40
- £100 birthday meal contribution

Our commitment to you:

Growth - We’re a growing agency and are committed to supporting our team to grow and develop with us.

Flexible work culture - we want to ensure work-life balance is right for all of our team.

Variety - you’ll be working across multiple channels and sectors.

Working for great clients in a supportive, relaxed and fun environment.

The Agency

The Nest

Who we are:

We are a fast growing, independent paid media agency based in the lovely city of Bristol.

We work with lots of clients across a range of sectors, offering an end-to-end media planning and buying service including; audience insights, media strategy, channel planning, media buying, and campaign management & reporting.

We’ve recently added several new clients to our portfolio and have some exciting projects in the pipeline for you to get involved with.

We work on a hybrid model, splitting time between our office on King Street and working from home.

We're a relatively small team so hands-on attitude is a must.