Media Account Director

Havas Lynx Group; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - GBP 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A global advertising agency is seeking an Account Director in Manchester. You will manage client relationships, lead a team, and ensure campaign success. Ideal candidates will have media agency experience, client-facing skills, and a desire to innovate. The role offers a supportive environment, hybrid working, and excellent benefits including generous holiday and professional development opportunities.

Benefits

28 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays

Hybrid working

Enhanced family leave

Sabbatical opportunities

Life insurance

Wellbeing programme

Qualifications

• Experience in a similar role within a media agency.
• Desire for or experience in healthcare is beneficial.
• Confidence and eagerness to learn.

Responsibilities

• Build excellent relationships with clients as key contact.
• Take ownership of clients and campaigns with measurable goals.
• Inspire and develop a high-performing team.

Skills

Media agency experience

Client facing experience

Communication planning

Generative AI tools experience

Job description

Are you passionate about creating advertising that not only informs but also transforms lives within the healthcare sector?

At Havas Lynx, a global advertising agency at the forefront of healthcare communications, we combine unmatched creativity, extensive expertise, and a deep understanding of the pharmaceutical and healthcare field. Our communications resonate deeply with audiences and adhere to the highest standards of healthcare advertising.

Committed to driving meaningful change—a change built on a foundation of rich experience, inspired by innovation, and confirmed through our proven track record—we work in close partnership with healthcare professionals, patients, carers, and leading pharmaceutical brands to navigate the complex challenges of today’s healthcare landscape. Our approach blends strategic insights and deep scientific acumen with cutting‑edge creativity and digital innovation, crafting campaigns and solutions that significantly improve people’s lives.

We’re a team of over 400+ people in Manchester and London, with a history spanning over 35 years and an ever‑evolving future. You can get a feel for the #LYNXLife through our YouTube #LYNXLife playlist, Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter.

Everything this company achieves—every life it saves, every penny it makes, every policy it changes, every award it wins—is down to everyone who works here.

Please note that this role is based in London or Manchester, and our current hybrid working arrangement requires office attendance on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays.

Our Role:

As Account Director you will build excellent relationships with clients, being the key point of contact for all media related queries. You will take ownership and have full commercial responsibility of the clients and campaigns you are responsible for, ensuring that all campaigns have measurable goals.

You will build a high‑performing team, inspiring them to deliver an efficient, effective and profitable service, sharing your knowledge and assisting the ALT to support and develop them. Working with the rest of the AMP team you will develop exceptional media strategies based on astute insights and relevant industry trends.

You will build your profile around the agency, educating others about the benefit you can bring and when to involve you in their projects.

This role could be a great fit for you if:

• You have previous experience in a similar role with a media agency background
• Healthcare experience is desired but not essential
• Experience working on client accounts
• Client facing experience
• Communication planning and activation experience
• Confidence and eager to learn and develop
• Ideally, you have experience working with Generative AI tools and data, along with AI certifications from platforms such as Coursera, Section AI, or LinkedIn Learning

What you can expect from us

A supportive and challenging environment in which you will have the opportunity to learn, grow, and make an impact that matters. We put a huge investment into #LYNXLife and our #LXAcademy internal programmes. It’s a unique initiative that aims to reward hard work, reduce pressures, and ensure that we can all enjoy our time at Lynx. Our strategy is to build capabilities internally and inspire the best talent, so we can continue to deliver on our mission.

You can also expect a whole host of benefits, including:

• Hybrid Working – 3 days in the office (flexible working options are available for in‑office days)
• Starting holiday allowance of 28 days annual leave + Bank Holidays, with increasing allowance connected to length of service
• Option to buy, carry or sell holidays
• Early Friday finish throughout the year
• Seasonal working hours
• Enhanced family leave, pay and return to work benefit scheme
• Extensive L&D support
• Sabbatical opportunities
• Season ticket interest free loans for travel
• Cycle to work scheme
• Life insurance (4x salary)
• Company pension scheme
• Fully compensated company events
• Wellbeing programme including sports clubs, discounted gym memberships, free onsite flu vaccinations, extended lunch breaks on Wellness Wednesdays and much more
• 24/7 access to a free, confidential and independent Employee Assistance Programme

Get in touch to find out how we can make an impact that matters together.