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Mythology is looking for an Account director to join its team in New York.

About Mythology

Mythology is an independent creative agency in New York. We’re a multidisciplinary team of creative instigators producing big work across branding, advertising, and retail design – helping clients like Warby Parker, Mattel, and A24 solve their existential business challenges. On the retail and experiential side, our concepts don’t stay on the page: they get engineered, fabricated, permitted, and built. This role is for the person who gets them there.

The role

You’ll lead our retail and experiential accounts end to end – from concept through construction from our New York City agency. You’re the connective tissue between clients, our creative teams, and the partners who build the work: fabricators, GCs, millworkers, and client AORs. A deep working command of build-out schedules, SOWs, and budgets is imperative – you’ll own all three, and clients and teams alike will trust you because of it.

What you’ll do:

• own client relationships. Be the senior day-to-day contact for retail and experiential accounts – building trust with client stakeholders, anticipating needs, navigating hard conversations, and turning good projects into long-term partnerships
• own scopes, schedules, and budgets. Author and manage SOWs, drive build-out schedules from design development through install and punch list, and keep budgets honest – flagging risk early and protecting both the client’s budget and the work
• run the build. Steer vendors, fabricators, GCs, and client AORs – sourcing the right partners, negotiating well, and orchestrating them as one team so what opens matches what we designed
• lead and mentor. Work closely with the internal creative team, setting the standard for how Mythology shows up in the room and on the job site

Who you are:

• someone people genuinely enjoy working with – generous, collaborative, low-ego, and the kind of person who makes both the work and the team around them better
• deeply fluent in how physical projects get built; SOWs, build-out schedules, budgets, drawing sets, and the realities of fabrication and construction
• you might come from architecture, interior design, design/construction project management, or the account side of an experiential or retail design studio – the path matters less than the skills
• an experienced client lead – we care more about your judgment, taste, and track record than a specific number of years
• a clear, confident communicator who can present to a CMO, wrangle a fabricator, and walk a job site in the same afternoon
• genuinely excited by creative work and protective of it; you know great client service is what makes brave work possible

Details

Based in our New York studio at 324 Lafayette Street. To apply, send a note and your résumé via the apply for job button below with “account director” in the subject line. Tell us about an account you grew or a project you willed into existence – we love a good story, and want to hear about the work you’re most proud of.

www.mythology.com