Svp, Account Director
Greater New York City Area
Hired as a Senior Account Executive and quickly rose to assume full responsibility for the Advertising group within an award-winning, independent marketing communications agency • Responsible for average 22% annual revenue growth via new business, RFP-response, development and presentation of pitches and client upselling• Industries included financial (American Express Corporate Card, Amex Personal Savings, BNY Mellon), travel (Amex Consumer Travel Network, American Express Vacations, Tourist Office of Spain, Emirates Airlines, Rail Europe, Tourist Office of Chile and the ETC) and other (Invest in Britain Bureau, Welsh Development Agency, Interexchange)• Oversight of multi-channel marketing programs including advertising, DM, social and web, collateral, internal communications, event planning, corporate identity, product videos and sales presentations• Won and managed American Express corporate card marketing, generating $18m in agency revenue.• Executive management of advertising department across creative, production, media and account functions (total staff 12), including responsibility for staff hiring, personnel growth, goal-setting and benchmarking group output• Achieved a 99.9% record of on-time project delivery across all agency functions• Full P+L responsibility for advertising group, generating positive results for 46 straight quarters through challenging business cycles