Account Director (AI)

Location: Paris, France; office presence expected at least 2 days per week

Company

OLIVER designs, builds, and operates bespoke in-house agencies and marketing ecosystems for brands, using AI solutions to improve creative efficiency and decision-making.

What you will do

• Lead, develop, and motivate a multidisciplinary team of Project Managers, Creatives, and Social Strategists, with direct line management responsibility for five reports.
• Act as the primary senior client contact and build strategic relationships grounded in trust and transparency.
• Translate brand, marketing, audience, and platform insights into clear creative direction.
• Oversee the full creative process from briefing and development through production, presentation, and distribution across social, video, POS, OOH/DOOH, and web.
• Plan resources, manage complex multi-market workloads, and improve delivery processes without compromising creative quality.
• Manage the studio's budget, forecasting, cost control, profitability tracking, financial reporting, and invoicing.

Requirements

• Strategic experience leading content creation in an international environment, with strong social media expertise.
• English and French proficiency required.
• Experience managing and developing multidisciplinary teams, including direct line management.
• Strong project management, planning, prioritization, presentation, and senior client relationship skills.
• End-to-end content expertise covering concepting, production, distribution, performance, and iteration.
• Experience with financial tracking, budget management, and commercial performance reporting.

Nice to have

• Experience in or strong working knowledge of the FMCG sector.
• Formal qualifications or equivalent experience gained through work, study, volunteering, or self-directed learning.

Culture & Benefits

• Collaborative and creatively ambitious studio environment focused on exceptional work.
• Responsible adoption of Gen AI, with a focus on AI literacy, quality standards, governance, and critical evaluation of AI outputs.
• Values centered on ambition, imagination, inspiration, continuous learning, inclusion, anti-racism, and results.
• Commitment to sustainability through science-based emissions reduction targets and sustainability practices across project lifecycles.
• Inclusive equal-opportunity workplace where individual differences are valued and respected.