Senior Account Director

**Location: Los Angeles**

**Contract: Permanent**

**Salary:** $160,000 – $185,000 per annum, depending on experience

**About YourStudio**

YourStudio is a dynamic strategy and creative agency specialising in next-generation experiences and environments for global brands. With studios in London, Melbourne, New York and LA, we work supportively as one global team to deliver award-winning retail experiences that are recognised globally.

**The Opportunity**

As a Senior Account Director, you will lead the Studio’s most commercially significant relationships with strategic depth and commercial confidence — bridging the day-to-day rigour of account management with the broader vision of the studio's client services function and ensuring revenue and creative growth.

You are a trusted partner to clients at the most senior levels and a driving force behind YourStudio's reputation for delivering exceptional, growth-oriented relationships. Success in this role means clients stay, grow, and advocate for the studio — while the team develops and thrives.

**What you’ll do**

**Strategic Client Leadership**

* Own and lead a major Tier 1 account, plus an additional account as the business feels is appropriate, setting the strategic direction for the relationship and ensuring long-term client satisfaction, growth and retention.
* Operate as the senior point of contact for key clients — building partnerships that go beyond project delivery to genuine strategic advisory.
* Anticipate client needs, challenges, and market shifts, proactively bringing ideas and solutions that add value before they are asked for.

**Account Growth & Business Development**

* Drive measurable revenue growth across your account through strategic account planning, farming, and the identification of new opportunities.
* Lead pitches, proposals, and scoping exercises for both existing and prospective clients as required, working with creative and strategy teams to build compelling, commercially sound responses.
* Collaborate with the Client Services Director on cross-studio growth initiatives and pipeline development.

**Project & Commercial Oversight**

* Maintain oversight of all projects within the portfolio — ensuring delivery is on time, on budget, and consistently meets the studio's quality standards.
* Hold accountability for the commercial performance of accounts, including P&L management, forecasting, and financial reporting.
* Identify and address risks.

**Leadership & Culture**

* Model the high-performance behaviors and commercial thinking expected at a senior level.
* Collaborate globally with the Client Services Director, Creative Directors, and Delivery teams to ensure our clients get the absolute best of YourStudio.

**What you’ll bring**

* You have significant experience leading major accounts within a creative, design, or experience agency environment.
* A proven track record of growing accounts—both in terms of revenue and creative bravery—through nurturing deep relationships.
* You’re a pro at managing complex budgets and negotiating at a senior level.
* You can translate a client’s wildest ambitions into a clear, actionable studio plan.
* You are a trusted, empathetic communicator who can hold your own with global brand leaders and junior team members alike.
* You lead with composure through complexity and ambiguity, always staying solutions-focused.

**What we offer**

We offer a competitive salary, available upon request, plus our benefits package, which includes:

* We value culture and collaboration, for this reason we operate a 3 day in the office and 2 day WFH hybrid working policy
* Generous holiday allowance, including 25 days plus bank holidays, a well-being day, 2 community days and your birthday off! Alongside additional extra service allowance
* Private Healthcare
* 2 week Working Abroad Opportunity
* Opportunities to work from our global studios whilst travelling
* Dedicated learning platform
* Enhanced parental leave policies
* Lunch club, Thursday office drinks, Summer and Christmas parties

**We would love to hear from you!**

YourStudio is an equal opportunity employer — we welcome applications from all backgrounds and encourage you to apply even if you don't meet every requirement. Accommodations are available upon request throughout the recruitment process.