ColorJar Is Hiring An Account Director

For over a decade, serving clients extraordinarily has been at the heart of our firm. That’s where you come in – because to make ColorJar successful we must make our clients successful. Period.

As a top-rated Chicago-based brand strategy and design firm, our aim is to create breakthrough work for important brands – and in doing so to become Chicago’s representation among the world’s best-regarded firms.

We believe that great brands fuel great companies. To be entrusted by our clients with their brand is to be entrusted with the success of their business itself. And this trust to deliver exceptional results sits squarely within the expectations we have for you as our Account Director. 
 

ABOUT THE ROLE

You will set the tone – the master conductor who leads a multi-talented ColorJar team to a pitch-perfect performance, providing our clients with breakthrough strategy, design, and creative solutions for their most important brand-led challenges.

You will have ownership and responsibility for the entire project, getting into the details and deliverables rather than simply managing those who do, setting high-level account strategy, delivering flawless execution and providing high-touch client service. 

Success in the role reflects your serving as a trusted strategic advisor, building strong, sustaining, profitable client relationships. 

Your Account Director role includes: 

• Managing 3-5 client accounts 

• Retaining and growing these clients 

• Meeting profitability targets set by the CEO 

• Representing the ColorJar values 

• Being seen by clients as a subject matter expert who challenges their thinking and provides insightful advice

• Being a source of support, knowledge and professional inspiration for the team. 

The position reports to ColorJar’s Founder & CEO 
 

ABOUT YOU 

You bring gravitas from your 10+ years of experience with a pro-active, detail-oriented approach to the position. 

You’re decidedly Type-A in your organizational abilities yet, creative in both your approach and solutions. You’ve been there and done this - likely for others at larger firms doing it their way and you’re excited about the opportunity to get it done your way here. 

You’re comfortable interacting with client management at all levels, demonstrating superior written and verbal communication skills. You will also have strong presentation, negotiation, organizational, financial (budgeting and invoicing) skills, and apply a brand-centric, strategic and business lense to your client projects.

Your approach promotes both client and industry regard for leading expertise in your role as well as helps shape the market perception of our firm and its reputation as a leading brand strategy and design consultancy. 

ABOUT OUR CULTURE, COMPENSATION & BENEFITS 

ColorJar offers an attractive professional life by taking the big picture into account. 

CULTURE 

Our founder is a former pro athlete, and we adopt the mindset and structure of a professional sports team, not a family. We believe in goal setting and pursuing our potential – as a collective and as individuals. 

Teammates are expected to grow personally and professionally as the firm grows – to continuously improve to do the best work of their career while meeting the growing needs of the firm. 

Those who set their own goals and deliver on their responsibilities without being micromanaged tend to thrive at ColorJar. 

People like it here – some team members have been with us for as many as 9 of our 10 years. For those who have left, not one left for another agency or consultancy. 

We refuse to subscribe to the industry norm of overworking people only to bring in fresh bodies once the troops burn out. We detest fire drills. We believe in good project planning and not overextending the firm. While we tend to have one of two periods each year where extra hours are needed to deliver against established goals, we otherwise aim for a standard workweek. 

We’re impressed by results, not marathon workdays. We value and honor creativity by making space with meeting-free morning flow zones. We expect our team to get in, focus, work hard, and then get out into the world to live the rest of their lives. 

COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS 

Our compensation package is competitive among peer boutique firms, and will reflect and be in line with your level of experience and demonstrated expertise. 

Our benefits include: 

• Health insurance 

• Ample vacation 

• Company holidays 

• Subsidized gym memberships 

Last but not least, our office is first-class. 

We occupy a shared suite floor at 100 W. Fulton (the “Google Building”), in Chicago’s red-hot Fulton Market District. The beautiful concrete and glass interiors of the office are filled with: 

• Huge windows with tons of natural light 

• Free beverages 

• Unlimited snacks 

• Frequent office catering 

• A first-rate gym on our office floor with included group fitness classes 

• A Wi-Fi blanketed, employee accessible rooftop deck with views of the West Loop and the Chicago skyline