We're Hiring: Account Director

In The Media•17th Jul 2026

Job Vacancy: Account Director

  • Company: The Communications Clinic

  • Location: Dublin (Hybrid)

  • Role Type: Full-time, Permanent

  • Reporting to: Head of PR and Advisory

About The Communications Clinic

The Communications Clinic is Ireland’s leading Communications Specialists. We pride ourselves on delivering high-impact, strategic advice to a prestigious portfolio of clients across Irish business, politics, and the public sector. We are now seeking an ambitious, highly connected, and dynamic Account Director to join our leadership team.

Role Overview

As an Account Director at The Communications Clinic, the buck stops with you regarding client satisfaction, service innovation, and the overall quality of work.

This is a senior leadership role designed for an individual who wins, grows, and maintains business, while directing high-performing teams to deliver outstanding, proactive service. The ideal candidate will possess a deep understanding of, and an active network within, Irish business and politics, paired with the commercial acumen required to meet financial targets.

Key Responsibilities

1. Client & Strategic Advisory

  • Strategic Advice: Provide top-tier strategic advice to clients, predicting their needs, solving complex problems, and consistently finding ways to add value

  • Service Delivery: Plan and manage the high-quality delivery of services to clients, driving the development of creative, effective, and elite campaigns

  • Account Reviews: Lead regular formal and informal performance reviews with clients and plan strategic activity for agreed periods.

2. Business Development & Commercial Growth

  • Growth and Retention: Maintain close, trust-based relationships with clients to protect existing accounts and organically uncover expansion opportunities

  • Lead Generation: Source new business leads by widening relationships within client organisations and forming broader business networks

  • Pitch Leadership: Develop and lead creative pitches to secure high-profile new clients and consistently hit assigned financial targets

  • Marketplace Profile: Build a prominent professional profile in the marketplace for both yourself and The Communications Clinic

3. Team Leadership and Development

  • People Management: Lead, motivate, and take a genuine interest in the career development of the people working within your team

  • Quality Assurance: Monitor, drive, and take ultimate accountability for the high-quality delivery of client work across your account team

  • Mentorship & Feedback: Assess areas for individual development, provide clear direction, and deliver constructive, regular feedback

  • Continuous Improvement: Constantly improve our offerings, set exceptional standards, and ensure our clients receive unexpected, added-value insights.

Skills and Experience Required

  • Expert-Level PR Practitioner: Possession of all foundational PR and advisory skills (to the highest level) required of junior roles, with a proven track record of operating at a senior level

  • Political and Business Acumen: A deep, active, and proven network across Irish business and politics

  • Strategic Leadership: Exceptional ability to lead multi-disciplinary teams and manage complex stakeholder environments

  • Commercial Drive: Strong skills in strategic selling, budget management, and running successful pitch campaigns

  • Planning: Excellent long-term and short-term strategic planning capabilities.

Ideal Personal Attributes

  • Relationship Builder: Naturally adept at establishing strong, lasting relationships both internally and externally

  • Ambitious and Standards-Driven: Holds exceptionally high personal and team standards with a hunger to grow the business.

  • Creative and Curious: Brings fresh, innovative ideas to the table and maintains a healthy curiosity about media, political, and business trends.

  • Positive and Resilient: Approaches fast-paced, high-stakes environments with a constructive, solution-focused attitude.

To Apply

Please submit your CV and a brief cover letter outlining your suitability for the role to Eoinm@communicationsclinic.ie with the subject line "Application: Account Director".

Closing Date for Applications: 28/08/26