Account Director

Company: O'Neils Recruitment
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Location: Thatcham
Job Description:

Account Director – Health & Beauty

Location: Maidenhead (Hybrid Working) Salary: £45K – £55k+ plus benefits

Are you an experienced Account Director with a passion for retail, experiential marketing and building exceptional client partnerships?

We’re recruiting on behalf of an award-winning brand experience agency looking for a commercially minded Account Director to lead a major Health & Beauty retail account. This is an exciting opportunity to take ownership of high-profile campaigns, develop long-term client relationships and drive strategic growth within a fast-paced agency environment.

The Role

Reporting to the Senior Account Director, you’ll lead the strategic and operational delivery of a key client programme, ensuring outstanding campaign execution, commercial success and client satisfaction.

You’ll act as a trusted advisor to clients, identifying growth opportunities, developing innovative experiential and retail solutions, and collaborating with internal specialists to deliver market-leading campaigns.

Key Responsibilities

  • Leading and developing senior client relationships
  • Driving account growth and identifying new commercial opportunities
  • Translating client challenges into effective retail and experiential marketing solutions
  • Managing budgets, forecasts, revenue and profitability targets
  • Leading client presentations, programme reviews and governance meetings
  • Working closely with Campaign Management, Creative and Marketing teams to ensure seamless delivery
  • Supporting new business opportunities and retailer-funded initiatives
  • Ensuring campaigns are delivered on time, on budget and exceed expectations

About You

You’ll bring a strong background in client services, experiential marketing, shopper marketing or retail activation and have experience managing complex client programmes.

We’re particularly interested in candidates who have:

  • Health & Beauty, FMCG, Wellness or Lifestyle sector experience
  • A proven track record of growing client accounts
  • Strong commercial and financial management skills
  • Excellent stakeholder management and influencing abilities
  • Experience delivering retail activations, brand experiences and marketing campaigns
  • A strategic mindset combined with hands‑on delivery expertise
  • Outstanding presentation and communication skills

What’s on Offer?

  • Salary from £45,000+
  • Hybrid working (2-3 days office / 2 days home working)
  • 23 days holiday plus bank holidays, increasing with service
  • Holiday buy and sell scheme
  • Private medical and dental healthcare
  • Life assurance
  • Employee wellbeing programme
  • Digital GP service
  • Pension, cycle-to-work and car lease schemes
  • Retail discounts and additional lifestyle benefits

As this opportunity is based in the UK, candidates will need to have the appropriate right to work in the UK. Right-to-work documentation will be checked as part of the recruitment process.

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Posted: October 17th, 2026