HELLO

M+C Saatchi is building the agency model of the future. At the heart of this transformation is M+C Saatchi Consulting — our global engine that unites Consulting, Experience, Data and Brand into one culturally powered growth platform. We’re looking for a dynamic and strategic Client Director with a strong background in brand to join our team. In this senior client-facing role, you’ll report into the regional Consulting Director, helping to build, nurture, and grow long-term partnerships with our key clients. You’ll act as a trusted advisor, understanding clients’ business challenges, anticipating needs, and connecting them with our Consulting offer. This is a hands on and relationship-led role that blends commercial acumen with an understanding of marketing and brand development and client needs.

CLIENT DIRECTOR (6+ YEARS)

As a Client Director, you will play a pivotal role overseeing key client accounts and leading strategic initiatives. You will cultivate senior client relationships, translate objectives into clear strategic direction, and guide integrated delivery with no surprises.  

ABOUT THE ROLE

This role has responsibility across the agency, setting the standard for quality across strategy, creative, client interaction and delivery. You are a confident working with brands with strong client and category knowledge, comfortable rolling up your sleeves to deliver while also coaching and developing others.

This role is based in our Dubai office (hybrid: 4 days in office, Friday WFH) and is suited to someone with 6+ years experience in brand agencies.  

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Client Partnership & Strategy

• Serve as the lead day-to-day partner for key client stakeholders, building trusted relationships.

• Understand business objectives, challenges and category context to proactively identify opportunities.

• Define the overall strategic task with planning and build a clear story for the client.

• Ensure clients are aligned on briefs and workstreams with no surprises.

Leadership & Delivery

• Own day-to-day quality control across projects: strategy, creative, client interaction and delivery.   

• Work collaboratively across the agency to get the most out of all teams for the benefit of the client and the work.

• Identify operational issues early and resolve before they become significant.

People & Team

• Coach junior team members and set expectations across more junior members of the Client Services team (when hired).

• Uncover what happy and successful means for direct reports and support development accordingly.

• Identify future team capacity needs and flag where additional support is required.

Commercial / Growth

• Support profitable account stewardship through forecasting, scope control and smart resourcing.

• Identify and help shape opportunities to expand scopes, supporting proposals and pitch responses when needed.  

Applications close on Wednesday, April 1, 2026.

WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR:

6+ years experience in account leadership within a brand agency, consultancy, or integrated background. Strong background and expertise in brand. Strong client management skills with confidence influencing senior stakeholders. Commercial instincts and experience managing scopes, timelines and quality. A collaborative leadership style with a high bar for effectiveness and craft. Passion for creating world-class brands.  

WHAT WE OFFER

For the right team member, we will offer a competitive salary and benefits package which includes:

• Great holidays: 23 days annual holiday, plus birthday day off.

• Great flexibility: 4 days in office and Friday WFH, plus 10 days of working from anywhere in the world.

• Great benefits: private healthcare plan and perks.

• Great professional development: a mentoring progamme at global level and generous training budgets to support your career pathway.

• Great fun: a blended working culture and celebration days to socialise, bond and learn together.  

ABOUT OUR LOCAL OFFICE

We were born out of the need for strategic and brutally effective creativity in the region. With every successful campaign, we have grown, and cherry-picked the best professionals to work with us from all over the region and the world. In 2012, we opened our Abu Dhabi office and expanded our team with our Dubai office in 2016 and then our Riyadh office in 2023. From these offices we manage a number of local and global brands across the Middle East and Europe. Brutal Simplicity of Thought is the creative philosophy of M&C Saatchi. It defines the way we work and the work we produce. We believe: It’s easier to complicate than simplify. Simple ideas enter the brain quicker and stay there longer. Brutal Simplicity of Thought is therefore a painful necessity.  

ABOUT M+C SAATCHI GROUP

M&C Saatchi Group is a creative federation of companies who navigate, create, and lead meaningful change for clients across five specialist divisions connected through people, culture, data, technology and creativity, M&C Saatchi Group aims to unlock new value for clients and leave a positive impact on the world. M&C Saatchi Group’s work is informed by two core principles - Brutal Simplicity of Thought and Diversity of Thought. Together they guide how problems are solved and integrated specialist teams are built. Headquartered in London, M&C Saatchi Group have circa 2,500 employees globally. Our global operations span 23 countries with major hubs in the UK, Europe, Middle East & Africa, Asia and Australia.  

OUR AMBITION

At M+C Saatchi Group, our ambition is to create and curate Cultural Power for our clients. We do this by connecting specialist expertise, powered by creativity, data and technology, to help build famous brands and solve the most complex business and societal challenges.