Account Director

WHO WE ARE

Sid Lee is a multidisciplinary creative collective striving to make a difference and celebrating culture with bold ideas. Over 300 artisans work as one team from offices in Montreal, Toronto, New York, Paris, London, and San Francisco. They strive to break the ordinary through brand building, brand expression and brand experience. Its creative community also includes Yard, Digital Kitchen, Sid Lee Sport, Sid Lee Architecture, and Haigo. Alongside daring clients, Sid Lee draws on its rich collection of disciplines: from craft to culture and innovation, empowering its clients to outperform their competitors, earn the trust of their customers, and increase their influence.

Sid Lee is a member of kyu, a collective of top-tier global creative companies established by Hakuhodo DY Holdings. Sid Lee also imagined C2 Montréal, one of the largest creative-business conferences in the world.

ROLE

As an Account Director at Sid Lee, you’ll be the key liaison between our clients and internal teams, guiding projects with clarity and vision. In this role, you’ll be leading our partnership with a new client in the sports entertainment industry, steering initiatives across multiple markets and touchpoints. The client is a dynamic, fast-moving brand operating in a highly competitive environment, and you’ll help ensure that ambition carries through every project.
Partnering closely with our Group Account Director and EVP, Client Partnerships to lead the client relationship, you’ll ensure strong oversight across all workstreams. Collaborating with our multidisciplinary team, you’ll build deep, trusting connections, fully immersing yourself in the client’s business challenges and opportunities to help define their strategic direction.
Your role will be instrumental in overseeing projects from start to finish, while continually looking for opportunities to grow and strengthen the account. You’ll nurture a culture of collaboration within your team, ensuring that every member contributes to an environment where bold ideas can take root and thrive.
Because this role is focused on a sports entertainment client, we’re looking for someone who brings a genuine passion for sports, understands the landscape, and has a strong grasp of what resonates with fans, audiences, and partners in this space.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Own and develop senior-level client relationships (internal/external), contributing strategic value;
• Lead and oversee the development and execution of integrated marketing campaigns, ensuring alignment with client objectives and brand strategy;
• Anticipate and address marketing needs with an expert knowledge of the client's business.
• Grow existing business and participate in new business pitches;
• Foster a positive and collaborative team environment, promoting open communication and knowledge sharing;
• Manage and drive multiple accounts/workstreams, maintaining a deep understanding of status and developments;
• Manage and optimize top-line growth and oversee profitability across the account;
• Ensure quality control in all phases, ensuring flawless execution and delivery;
• Lead account review process and regularly engage leadership on progress;
• Demonstrate a desire to innovate, change the course of things, challenge the status quo, and push the limits with the projects you lead;
• Manage conflicts, provoke discussions, and make difficult decisions;
• Be a career manager for your team: outline expectations, career paths and growth opportunities.

REQUIREMENTS

• 8+ years of relevant experience;
• Bachelor’s degree in a related field;
• Passion for sports and a strong understanding of the sports entertainment ecosystem, including fan engagement, brand partnerships, and how to connect with audiences in authentic ways.
• Experience working with clients in fast-paced, high-profile environments is considered an asset.
• Leadership skills. You are an experienced thought leader who can organize, motivate and improve the creative thinking and output of those around you. 
• Business savvy. You are not only an account leader but you understand our clients’ business. You also understand and know how to run an agency business. 
• Strategic thinker. You can think strategically and apply critical and analytical skills to help shape the creative work and elevate ideas.
• Growth mindset. You can leverage relationships in identifying opportunities to grow the business portfolio. 
• Entrepreneurial and invested. You thrive in smaller environments that require wearing multiple hats and love building things from the ground up. You are an experienced leader that can not only see the big picture and know how to run a business but also love rolling up your sleeves and diving into the trenches with the team.
• Relationship builder. You know how to develop and maintain relationships with the internal teams as well as senior level clients and agency partners.
• Coach + Mentor. You are able to pass on your experience to others through generous and patient mentorship of more junior members of the team.
• Cultural player. You are a positive, collaborative and a contagious spirit who is integral to creating the agency spirit.
• Fluent in English, both oral and written.

The base salary range for this role is $140,000 - $160,000 annually. Final compensation will be determined based on experience and qualifications.

Sid Lee is strongly committed to hiring a diverse staff and believe all experiences and perspectives bring value to our clients. Sid Lee does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, gender, disability, age, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, ethnic origin, or any other characteristic protected by state or federal law.