Business Director (12-Month FTC)

The Business Director is responsible for leading a team of direct reports to deliver best in class OOH planning for our clients and agencies. They will foster strong relationships with senior agency and client contacts to deliver billings growth targets, innovative work, and commercial objectives. THIS ROLE IS FOR A 12 MONTH MATERNITY COVER

ABOUT US_

At Talon, our purpose is to be the independent agency of choice providing a pioneering global platform for brands to connect with audiences in the outside world. We want to reimagine the industry to deliver greater value for our clients whilst inspiring people and caring for our planet. We’re passionate about OOH and are on a mission to drive the growth of this sector within the media industry – changing perceptions of it as a legacy medium to one that is highly effective, creative, sustainable, and measurable for our clients.

In our first 10 years, our desire to offer intelligent, creative, technology-led OOH solutions and a full-service OOH offering saw us grow into a team of over 300 people located in key cities across the globe. In that time, we have been awarded for our approach to our people, our clients and our industry and want to continue and expand upon these successes.

THE ROLE_

The Business Director will lead, motivate, and nurture a high performing team and the successful candidate must have proven leadership and team management credentials, excellent OOH knowledge and evidence of innovative thinking that has yielded business value for clients.

WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR_

• Proven experience successfully leading & managing direct reports within your current team.
• Experience working across large + demanding accounts / agencies.
• Excellent client servicing skills, with proven experience of building strong client and agency relationships at a senior level.
• Proven results driving commercial success.
• Excellent strategic planning skills, and experience in working on large strategic responses for both agencies and clients.
• A high level of attention to detail
• Strong organisational planning

WHY US_

Talon ensures everyone feels welcome, has all of the tools readily available to be able to succeed. Talon takes seriously their responsibility as an employer, not only to employees but also to their customers and anyone they work with, including the planet. There is a constant striving from all levels to improve and ensure the way we work is better than yesterday.”