About the role
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.
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McCann helps brands build the most meaningful brand platforms that drive exponential growth and leave a lasting impact on culture. Founded 100+ years ago with their own platform, “Truth Well Told”, McCann is the world’s leading advertising agency network, creating some of the most creatively and commercially impactful advertising globally. McCann is the founding unit of McCann Worldgroup marketing services company, part of the Interpublic Group (NYSE: IPG).
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About McCann Worldgroup
McCann Worldgroup, part of the Interpublic Group (NYSE: IPG), is a leading global creative solutions company. The company is united across 100+ countries by a mission to build enduring brands together. McCann Worldgroup was named Network for the Year by the Andys in 2024, Network of the Year by the EPICA Awards for the sixth time and ranked Most Effective Agency Network by the Global Effie Index 2023, for the fifth time. The core McCann Worldgroup network is comprised of McCann, MRM, CRAFT, and FutureBrand, and partners with Momentum Worldwide, Weber Shandwick and UM to deliver solutions across the entire marketing spectrum.
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About the role
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.
#LI-MC2
#LI-Hybrid
Part of the MW Network
McCann helps brands build the most meaningful brand platforms that drive exponential growth and leave a lasting impact on culture. Founded 100+ years ago with their own platform, “Truth Well Told”, McCann is the world’s leading advertising agency network, creating some of the most creatively and commercially impactful advertising globally. McCann is the founding unit of McCann Worldgroup marketing services company, part of the Interpublic Group (NYSE: IPG).
Not the right fit? Search for Account Director jobs in Calgary, AB
About McCann Worldgroup
McCann Worldgroup, part of the Interpublic Group (NYSE: IPG), is a leading global creative solutions company. The company is united across 100+ countries by a mission to build enduring brands together. McCann Worldgroup was named Network for the Year by the Andys in 2024, Network of the Year by the EPICA Awards for the sixth time and ranked Most Effective Agency Network by the Global Effie Index 2023, for the fifth time. The core McCann Worldgroup network is comprised of McCann, MRM, CRAFT, and FutureBrand, and partners with Momentum Worldwide, Weber Shandwick and UM to deliver solutions across the entire marketing spectrum.