Account Director

Account Director – Retail Marketing & POS

📍 Hybrid | Watford (2 days per week onsite) + Home Working

At Paragon Brand Services, we don't just manage accounts—we build long-term partnerships that help some of the world's leading brands deliver exceptional experiences for their customers.

We're looking for an experienced Account Director to join our team, leading strategic client relationships while delivering innovative Point of Sale solutions for our clients.

This is an exciting opportunity for someone who combines commercial acumen with outstanding client management skills and has a strong background in 2D or 3D POS—ideally both.

What you'll be doing

You'll act as the trusted partner to your clients, taking ownership of operational delivery, commercial performance and strategic growth. Working closely with internal creative, production and supply chain teams, you'll ensure projects are delivered seamlessly while identifying opportunities to add value and drive innovation.

You'll be responsible for:

• Building and developing senior client relationships.
• Leading the successful delivery of retail marketing and POS programmes.
• Driving account growth, profitability and continuous improvement.
• Managing budgets, forecasting and commercial performance.
• Collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver best-in-class solutions.
• Identifying new opportunities across our full portfolio of services.

What we're looking for

We're interested in commercially minded Account Directors who thrive in a fast-paced agency or retail marketing environment and enjoy solving complex client challenges.

You'll bring:

• Significant Account Director or Senior Account Manager experience.
• Proven experience delivering 2D POS, 3D POS or ideally both.
• Print/Direct Mail campaign experience
• Excellent stakeholder management and presentation skills.
• Commercial awareness with experience managing budgets and account profitability.
• A collaborative approach and passion for delivering exceptional client service.
• The ability to travel to our client's Watford office two days per week.

Why Paragon Brand Services?

At Paragon, collaboration, innovation and customer focus are at the heart of everything we do. You'll join a talented team where your ideas are valued, your development is supported, and you'll have the opportunity to work with globally recognised brands on exciting retail marketing programmes.

All qualified applicants will be considered fairly and without discrimination on the basis of race, ethnicity, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, disability, age, religion or belief, marital or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

We recognise how challenging the current job market can be, and Paragon Talent Solutions are committed to providing the best possible candidate experience throughout the recruitment process.

If you are interested in this opportunity, we kindly ask that you apply via this LinkedIn advert rather than by email or LinkedIn direct message. This helps us ensure that every application is reviewed fairly, consistently and efficiently through our established recruitment process.

If you require any reasonable adjustments or additional support during the application process, please let us know and we will be happy to assist.