Client Partner (Integrated, B Corp agency with incredible benefits)
Also known as: Account Lead | Account Director
Manchester (Hybrid)
Full-Time
Competitive salary (£55k to £65k, dependent on experience)
Are you a strategic leader who thrives on growth, connection, and creativity?
This agency don’t settle for the ordinary - and neither should you. They’re looking for an experienced Client Partner who knows how to lead big ideas and bigger results across high-profile accounts. You’ll steer the client relationship, drive profitability, and make a real difference across the agency.
You’ll be working for a hybrid marketing agency obsessed with delivering integrated, brilliant, accountable work. The team includes the best minds from network and boutique agencies, working together to create immersive, high-performing brand experiences. If you're passionate about performance, creativity, and culture - you’ll love it here.
You’ll join a bold, collaborative agency where no two days are the same and curiosity is our default setting. Ready to lead from the front?
What You'll Do
Lead Clients & Teams
· Own relationships with senior stakeholders—clients, marketing leads, and procurement teams
· Manage and mentor a Client Manager, supporting their growth and performance
· Represent the agency with credibility, energy, and confidence
Drive Growth
· Lead organic growth initiatives and identify new opportunities within client accounts
· Set and monitor commercial targets, reporting regularly on profitability
· Champion results-driven strategy and performance across all workstreams
Shape Strategy & Creative
· Collaborate with strategy and channel experts to shape briefs that solve real business problems
· Develop integrated comms strategies across creative and performance marketing
· Lead presentations, facilitate workshops, and host Quarterly Business Reviews with impact
Own Delivery & Commercials
· Negotiate contracts and fees with senior stakeholders
· Monitor performance, budgets, reporting and project outcomes
· Keep internal systems (CRM, project tools) accurate and up to date
Inspire Culture & Inclusion
· Champion the agency’s culture of excellence and their B Corp commitment
· Promote inclusion and psychological safety through active listening, empathy and action
· Lead by example: open, honest, kind, accountable
✨ You’ll Be Working With…
Internal: Client strategy, delivery, ops, creative and performance teams, HR, senior leadership & board
External: Client-side marketers, brand teams, procurement, other agencies, freelancers, suppliers
What You Bring
✅ 7+ years of agency-side client services or strategy experience
✅ Proven ability to grow accounts and build deep client relationships
✅ Strong commercial acumen and confidence with contracts and negotiation
✅ Comfortable presenting, selling, and leading at senior level
✅ Excellent interpersonal, collaboration, and communication skills
✅ Passion for brand, comms and performance marketing
Bonus if you’re already working at Account Director level and ready for your next move.
Core Values (That You’ll Live & Breathe)
· Love What You Do – Passionate and always learning
· Stand Together, Succeed Together – Teamwork over ego
· Constantly Curious – Ask, explore, evolve
· The Truth, Kindly Told – Candid, constructive, considered
· Own It – Step up, deliver, be dependable
· Everyone Matters – Inclusion isn’t optional—it’s essential
What You Get
Up to 38 days leave (incl. life-balance days, Xmas closure, service bonuses)
Access to professional mental health support
Nutritionist, PT access, fresh fruit, breakfast
Private health insurance (covers pre-existing conditions)
Enhanced parental leave
£1,000 refer-a-friend bonus
Hybrid working – Tues/Thurs office days in Manchester
Learning, Lunch & Learns, IPA training, peer review feedback
Monthly socials, buddy system & culture-led events
Quarterly
Building a More Inclusive Future
The agency are proud of their culture—but always improving it. They champion DEI from training and flexible work to mental health support and neurodivergent-inclusive spaces. Everyone matters there, and they don’t just say that—they build it into how they work.
Ready to lead with purpose, passion, and impact?
Apply now and join the agency that’s redefining what it means to deliver brilliant work, brilliantly.