Account Director (all genders)
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Position Overview & Specifications
Your role
FRASER is an independent, owner-led creative agency with teams across Berlin, Zurich, Cape Town and Dubai. We work across the full funnel — from creative strategy and brand to campaigns, content and performance marketing. We bring senior creative talent and different perspectives together to create work that delivers real results for ambitious brands.
Your role
- Lead client relationships across key FRASER accounts, acting as a trusted strategic and commercial partner.
- Own projects and campaigns from initial brief through strategy, creative development, production and delivery.
- Translate client needs and business objectives into clear briefs and actionable direction for internal teams.
- Work closely with Creative, Strategy, Social, Production and Performance teams to develop integrated work across channels.
- Manage project scopes, timelines, budgets and deliverables, ensuring projects stay on track and commercially sound.
- Lead client presentations, status meetings and project kick-offs with confidence and clarity.
- Build strong relationships with clients and understand their business, challenges, audiences and ambitions beyond the immediate brief.
- Anticipate challenges, identify opportunities and proactively bring solutions to clients and internal teams.
- Help ensure the quality and ambition of FRASER's work remains high throughout the client and creative process.
- Contribute to pitches, new business opportunities and the growth of existing client relationships.
- Support and mentor more junior account team members, helping to establish strong ways of working across the agency.
Your profile
- 7+ years of experience in account management / client services, ideally within a creative, advertising or integrated agency.
- Deep understanding of how creative agencies and advertising work, from briefing and strategy through creative development, production and delivery.
- Proven experience managing significant client relationships and complex integrated projects.
- Strong understanding of creative processes and the ability to work confidently with Creative Directors, Art Directors, Copywriters, Strategists and Producers.
- Experience managing budgets, timelines, scopes and multiple stakeholders simultaneously.
- Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the confidence to challenge clients and internal teams when needed.
- Commercially minded and able to identify opportunities for account growth and new business.
- Highly organised, proactive and comfortable working in a fast-moving agency environment.
- Fluent German and excellent English are essential.
- Based in Berlin and comfortable working closely with the team in the office.
- International agency experience is a plus.
What we offer
- The opportunity to shape a globally relevant social media arm of a growing agency with relevant big clients and substantial business
- A senior leadership team that is close and passionately ambitious
- Fantastic colleagues and a collaborative environment
- Competitive salary
- Employee benefits program
- Chance to help shape the agency and influence its growth
- Flat hierarchy fostering a transparent and collaborative work culture
- International environment with diverse employees, clients, and locations
- Experienced team: work alongside seasoned professionals
- 30 days of vacation per year (based on a 5-day workweek)
- Opportunity for workation from European countries or South Africa
- Flexible working hours and locations, including 3 days on site in our great office and 2 home office
- A great roof terrace in the heart of Kreuzberg and always a fridge full of cool drinks
We are an equal opportunity employer. This role, like all at FRASER, is open to talent regardless of age, creed, gender, or race. We hire for ability and skill. And we look forward to getting to know you.
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Candidate Selection & Onboarding Process
Application & Resume Screening
Submit your tailored CV/Resume directly to the talent acquisition portal.
Technical & Competency Interviews
Virtual interviews with the hiring manager and multidisciplinary team.
Formal Offer & Benefits Negotiation
Written agreement outlining compensation, equity, retirement vesting, and relocation allowances.
Onboarding & Corporate Integration
Equipment provisioning, team orientation, and commencement of duties.
United States Work Authorization & Sponsorship Guide
Under United States immigration law (INA § 101(a)(15)(H)), foreign nationals seeking full-time professional positions typically navigate either non-immigrant specialty occupation classifications or immigrant visa sponsorship:
Requires a relevant Bachelor's degree or higher. Employers must file an approved Labor Condition Application (LCA) with the US Department of Labor confirming the prevailing wage rate.
Canadian and Mexican citizens qualify under USMCA (TN status). F-1 STEM graduates benefit from 36-month aggregate work authorization through E-Verify enrolled employers.
Candidate Preparation Blueprint: Technology
Based on transatlantic hiring benchmarks for Account Director (all genders) roles across Fraser Gmbh's corporate sector, successful applicants typically excel across three core dimensions:
Demonstrated portfolio evidence, architecture/system design case studies, or validated professional certifications directly applicable to Technology.
STAR method competency responses highlighting cross-functional leadership, conflict resolution, and delivering measurable enterprise ROI under tight timelines.
Total compensation expectation aligned within the benchmarked Salary Disclosed on Application bracket, including retirement vesting and health parity.
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