Artefact (NetBooster) MENA is looking for an Account Director to join our UAE team, based in the heart of Dubai’s Internet City.

Do you want to work in a growing and developing Digital Agency, whilst being able to balance a busy work environment with the electric lifestyle that Dubai has to offer? Weekends at the beach? Exuberant lifestyle? Warm Weather? Tax free salary! Join a happy and motivated team who work hard for our clients, but equally know how to enjoy life too!



Role: As a senior member of the Artefact team, you will be accountable to deliver high quality account strategies, solutions, technical input and guidance to our clients and your own internal team of Account Managers and Account Executives/interns with the aim of supporting the growth of your team, clients and the business overall.



Key responsibilities include, but are not limited to:



Think strategically whilst managing Artefact’s Agency:Client relationships and guiding your team (and where appropriate, the wider Artefact team) to work towards client objectives.
The Account Director should be able to also work with agency partners to serve the clients accounts, potentially participating and leading Artefact’s responses in wider all agency meetings or meetings with suppliers.
Work collaboratively with the wider Artefact team members to create and execute effective digital strategies across paid media (search, social, display).
Lead, train and effectively delegate with your Account Management team setting priorities and assigning work packages but also acting as an escalation point for any technical questions (technical troubleshooting, reporting etc.)
Responsible for resourcing new projects and allocating resources to specific tasks and clients in order to optimise results for your existing clients / other team clients / new clients.
Lead optimisation activities on client’s accounts for maximum performance using all the best practices whilst being ultimately responsible for performance and forecasting.
Asist in Business Development where required. Be able to lead a pre-sales meeting including preparation for pitches (presentations, forecasting and modelling)

Required skills and experience

5-10 years proven agency experience in paid media (paid search, paid social, paid display)
Have an in depth knowledge (based on your years of experience) to troubleshoot, in some rare cases execute but ultimately lead strategy and growth plans for clients across their paid media campaigns
Be able to view the full funnel view of awareness through to conversion and use this understanding to discuss with your teams and your clients to continue growing your account and improving results
Experience in web analytics tools is mandatory and you should proficiently be able to assess the performance of web traffic to spot trends, issues or opportunities based on your clients objectives and active campaigns
You should have proven hands on experience, or at least the understanding, of bid management platforms as well as programmatic advertising (through any tool)
Experience in search engines or social platforms outside of Google and Bing, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn or Snapchat is desirable
Ability to speak other languages is desirable
Experience in web design, SEO, CRO, UX is desirable but not a necessary skill
Outstanding customer service skills
Strong independent decision-making, organisational, planning and problem-solving skills

Additional benefits: Aside from working with a great team of people in a beautiful part of the world, we also provide a range of benefits including: 24 days holiday (in the first year) and 30 days holiday per annum thereafter; private employee healthcare scheme; return flights to your home country.

How to apply: If this role appeals to you, we would love to know! You can apply online below or at www.artefact.com/ae-en/careers/ and upload your CV and covering letter including your salary expectations. Alternatively you can email your CV and cover letter to talents-mena@artefact.com