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Movers+Shakers

Creative agency linking brands to culture

Account Director

Full-TimeUpdated on 10/23/2026
$130k - $150k
Expert
New York, NY, USA
In PersonMust be based in the New York City area; proactively travel to meet clients.
Sales & Account ManagementAccount Management

About the job

Requirements
  • At least 12 years of experience in an account services or marketing role, including at least 6 years in a management role; deep consumer packaged goods experience is ideal.
  • Deep social media expertise.
  • Ability to develop marketing strategies, plans, and programs in social media and brand marketing.
  • Experience building, managing, and motivating a high-performing team.
  • A measurable track record of client growth and retention.
  • Highly developed communication skills, polish, and presence.
  • Ability to partner with top-level client executives.
  • Ability to set and hold boundaries and lead difficult conversations.
  • Flexibility and creativity in solving problems.
  • Proven new-business or revenue-generation experience through both outbound and inbound efforts.
  • Exceptional organizational skills.
Responsibilities
  • Lead a large client portfolio, driving relationship and revenue growth across multiple household brands.
  • Lead client relationships from coordinator to chief marketing officer, building trust-based partnerships and eliciting and articulating client needs and goals.
  • Identify and unlock opportunities for profitable revenue and relationship growth with existing and new clients.
  • Lead cross-functional teams to deliver innovative work and foster ownership and accountability.
  • Proactively travel to meet clients in person.
  • Make sound business decisions and manage competing priorities.
  • Develop and maintain annual, quarterly, and monthly revenue forecasts and projections.
  • Use customer relationship management systems, including Salesforce, and track and manage pipeline, revenue, contracts, invoicing, profitability, and customer satisfaction against established goals.
  • Participate as needed in new-business intake and outbound efforts.
Desired Qualifications
  • Deep consumer packaged goods experience.

About the company

Movers+Shakers is a disruptive creative agency that connects brands to culture to drive brand love. It creates campaigns that make brands culturally relevant across mainstream and emerging social platforms, with TikTok campaigns generating over 100 billion views. It differentiates itself as the 'TikTok whisperers' by focusing on platform-native storytelling to reach audiences. Its goal is to spread joy by helping brands achieve cultural relevance and strong audience love.

Company Size

51-200

Company Stage

N/A

Total Funding

N/A

Headquarters

Santa Monica, California

Founded

2016

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What believers are saying

  • 2026 e.l.f. work signals major clients still trust its trend-making engine.
  • Stagwell's Q1 2026 record new business strengthens cross-sell opportunities for Movers+Shakers.
  • Updated 2026 case studies cite 125 million Arm & Hammer views and 2 million engagements.

What critics are saying

  • TikTok algorithm shifts can break its core distribution advantage overnight.
  • Brand safety backlash, like 2025 cult headlines, threatens premium creative fees.
  • Stagwell integration commoditizes Movers+Shakers, and a failed earnout ends independence.

What makes Movers+Shakers unique

  • E.l.f.'s Vanity Vandals in April 2026 shows repeatable viral creative.
  • Arm & Hammer's 2026 TikTok series proves cross-category, performance-driven storytelling.
  • Stagwell's 2023 acquisition gives Movers+Shakers enterprise scale and adjacent agency capabilities.

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Benefits

  • Remote Work Options
  • Flexible Work Hours

Company News

Rolling Stone
Nov 20th, 2023
How This Viral TikTok Trend Became Linked to a 'Sex Cult'

Last month, Movers+Shakers was acquired by the communications company the Stagwell Group for $15 million, prompting headlines in advertising and marketing trade publications.

Adweek
Nov 2nd, 2023
Stagwell Acquires Fast-Growing Creative and Social Agency Movers+Shakers

Stagwell has acquired agency Movers+Shakers in a move that adds social media prowess to the Stagwell network.

CosmeticsDesign
Oct 10th, 2023
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To develop the idea around Oladupé, Olaplex teamed up with Movers+Shakers, an agency that helps create consumer brands that appeal to online consumers, and more specifically, social media shoppers.

Adweek
Dec 20th, 2022
The Best Ad Agency Holiday Cards of 2022

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Business Wire
Nov 9th, 2022
Celeb Chef David Burtka Embraces The Holiday Cooking Mess Knowing Arm Hammer™ Plus Oxiclean Laundry Detergent Has It Covered

EWING, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ARM & HAMMER™ Laundry introduces The Great Holiday Stain-Off campaign, encouraging the foodie cooks at home to embrace mess this holiday season. The Great Holiday Stain-Off will feature social media influencer families participating in a video series on ARM & HAMMER™ Laundry’s TikTok page (@armandhammerlaundry). The brand will also collaborate with dad, actor and professional chef, David Burtka to share his favorite tips and tricks for keeping the holidays fun and stress-free. The campaign was created by the #1 Fastest Growing Agency according to Adweek, Movers+Shakers, in collaboration with the A&H marketing team. David Burtka shares his holiday cooking, promoting family fun, entertaining and cleaning experiences, and must-haves to make the holidays less stressful and more carefree for family and friends