About the role
Agency
McCann
Job Function
Account Management and Growth
Job Subfunction
Account Management
Job Description
The Role
We are looking for an Account Director with a strong integrated marketing background to join our team in Calgary. The role will support a leading global agriculture client’s Canadian business across multiple portfolios of brands. The account operates within a highly integrated model spanning strategy, creative, digital, media, social, and field activation.
We are looking for someone who can independently run initiatives, and contribute to brand and portfolio planning, translating strategy into integrated marketing programs.. This person will take a leadership role on the day-to-day management of the client’s business, looking beyond their marketing needs as a proactive partner in reaching their objectives. The Account Director works closely with creative, strategy and production to champion big ideas and make them a reality.
The Team
The McCann Canada Business Leadership team is comprised of driven, inspired, and nimble individuals capable of rising to any occasion. Our goal is to create work that allows brands to play a meaningful role in consumers’ lives.
What you will do…
Help deliver impactful creative solutions that drive brand growth and resonate with agricultural audiences Drive the brand forward in a highly competitive and fast-paced environment
Who you will be…
Bachelor’s degree in related field required
7+ years related experience in marketing 5+ years agency experience preferred Experience working with high-touch clients in a highly matrixed organization Experience working on a fast-paced business in a highly competitive and evolving industry
The Company
McCann Canada is committed to a diverse workforce as an Employment Equity employer (Women, People with Disabilities, Aboriginal Peoples, and Visible Minorities) and aims to maintain an inclusive and equitable workplace where employees feel valued, respected, and supported. If you require an accommodation, we would be happy to work with you to meet your needs.
McCann Canada uses artificial intelligence in our recruitment process to enhance job postings and streamline the screening and selection of prospective candidates. Our team will then review top applicants, ensuring that human judgement guides our hiring decision.
This posting represents an active vacancy that we are currently hiring for.
Notice: Online Hiring Scams
Please be aware that individuals not associated with McCann Canada have fraudulently used our name and branding to solicit applications for fake jobs, to conduct fake job interviews, and/or to make fake job offers.
McCann Canada will never contact you from a personal email account (@gmail.com, @hotmail.com, etc.) nor ask for money in exchange for recruitment services such as background screenings, equipment costs, etc. No financial information will be requested for recruitment purposes (bank account, credit card details, etc.). Interviewers will not ask for confidential or personal information (driver’s license or passport, a social security number, credit card, or banking information). Interviews are conducted in person or via web conferencing, not through text or messaging apps (Whatsapp, Messenger, SMS, etc.).
If you have provided personal information in connection with a fake job offer or interview and you are concerned, we suggest you take appropriate action and contact local law enforcement in your area.
Omnicom’s policy requires employees to work in the office for a minimum of three days a week, unless additional in-office days are directed by their agency or manager. Our objective is to increase this requirement over time, and many of our agencies as well as Omnicom’s corporate group already require five days of in-office attendance.
Omnicom is committed to hiring and developing exceptional talent. We agree that talent is uniquely distributed, and we’re focused on developing inclusive teams that can bring the best solutions to everything we do. We strongly believe that celebrating what makes us different makes us better together. Join us—we look forward to getting to know you. We will process your personal data in accordance with our Recruitment Privacy Notice.
Link to Recruitment Privacy Notice: https://www.omc.com/privacy-notice/
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About McCann
We build enduring brands that move people and markets through the radical creativity of Truth Well Told™.
We don’t make campaigns, we build brands. We don’t follow trends, we uncover enduring human truths. That has been the promise of Truth Well Told since our founding in 1912 – a promise we renew every day building the world's most iconic brands by finding the truth and telling it well.
McCann brings together a powerful set of capabilities across FutureBrand and Brand Identity & Design, Truth Central and Creative Intelligence, and McCann Content Studios and Social and Influencer - integrating intelligence, identity and content.
Truth Well Told unites our people across 100+ countries, as does our commitment to our values of bravery, integrity and generosity.
Named one of the World's Most Innovative Companies by Fast Company in 2025 and 2024, McCann was the most awarded agency at Cannes Lions 2023 and ranked Most Effective Agency Network by the Global Effie Index 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020 and 2019.
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About the role
Agency
McCann
Job Function
Account Management and Growth
Job Subfunction
Account Management
Job Description
The Role
We are looking for an Account Director with a strong integrated marketing background to join our team in Calgary. The role will support a leading global agriculture client’s Canadian business across multiple portfolios of brands. The account operates within a highly integrated model spanning strategy, creative, digital, media, social, and field activation.
We are looking for someone who can independently run initiatives, and contribute to brand and portfolio planning, translating strategy into integrated marketing programs.. This person will take a leadership role on the day-to-day management of the client’s business, looking beyond their marketing needs as a proactive partner in reaching their objectives. The Account Director works closely with creative, strategy and production to champion big ideas and make them a reality.
The Team
The McCann Canada Business Leadership team is comprised of driven, inspired, and nimble individuals capable of rising to any occasion. Our goal is to create work that allows brands to play a meaningful role in consumers’ lives.
What you will do…
Help deliver impactful creative solutions that drive brand growth and resonate with agricultural audiences Drive the brand forward in a highly competitive and fast-paced environment
Who you will be…
Bachelor’s degree in related field required
7+ years related experience in marketing 5+ years agency experience preferred Experience working with high-touch clients in a highly matrixed organization Experience working on a fast-paced business in a highly competitive and evolving industry
The Company
McCann Canada is committed to a diverse workforce as an Employment Equity employer (Women, People with Disabilities, Aboriginal Peoples, and Visible Minorities) and aims to maintain an inclusive and equitable workplace where employees feel valued, respected, and supported. If you require an accommodation, we would be happy to work with you to meet your needs.
McCann Canada uses artificial intelligence in our recruitment process to enhance job postings and streamline the screening and selection of prospective candidates. Our team will then review top applicants, ensuring that human judgement guides our hiring decision.
This posting represents an active vacancy that we are currently hiring for.
Notice: Online Hiring Scams
Please be aware that individuals not associated with McCann Canada have fraudulently used our name and branding to solicit applications for fake jobs, to conduct fake job interviews, and/or to make fake job offers.
McCann Canada will never contact you from a personal email account (@gmail.com, @hotmail.com, etc.) nor ask for money in exchange for recruitment services such as background screenings, equipment costs, etc. No financial information will be requested for recruitment purposes (bank account, credit card details, etc.). Interviewers will not ask for confidential or personal information (driver’s license or passport, a social security number, credit card, or banking information). Interviews are conducted in person or via web conferencing, not through text or messaging apps (Whatsapp, Messenger, SMS, etc.).
If you have provided personal information in connection with a fake job offer or interview and you are concerned, we suggest you take appropriate action and contact local law enforcement in your area.
Omnicom’s policy requires employees to work in the office for a minimum of three days a week, unless additional in-office days are directed by their agency or manager. Our objective is to increase this requirement over time, and many of our agencies as well as Omnicom’s corporate group already require five days of in-office attendance.
Omnicom is committed to hiring and developing exceptional talent. We agree that talent is uniquely distributed, and we’re focused on developing inclusive teams that can bring the best solutions to everything we do. We strongly believe that celebrating what makes us different makes us better together. Join us—we look forward to getting to know you. We will process your personal data in accordance with our Recruitment Privacy Notice.
Link to Recruitment Privacy Notice: https://www.omc.com/privacy-notice/
Not the right fit? Search for Account Director jobs in Calgary, Alberta, Canada
About McCann
We build enduring brands that move people and markets through the radical creativity of Truth Well Told™.
We don’t make campaigns, we build brands. We don’t follow trends, we uncover enduring human truths. That has been the promise of Truth Well Told since our founding in 1912 – a promise we renew every day building the world's most iconic brands by finding the truth and telling it well.
McCann brings together a powerful set of capabilities across FutureBrand and Brand Identity & Design, Truth Central and Creative Intelligence, and McCann Content Studios and Social and Influencer - integrating intelligence, identity and content.
Truth Well Told unites our people across 100+ countries, as does our commitment to our values of bravery, integrity and generosity.
Named one of the World's Most Innovative Companies by Fast Company in 2025 and 2024, McCann was the most awarded agency at Cannes Lions 2023 and ranked Most Effective Agency Network by the Global Effie Index 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020 and 2019.