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# Client Director at Landor

- **Company:** Landor
- **Location:** Shanghai, China
- **Posted:** 2026-06-24
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-10
- **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/landor/jobs/8025166

## Job description

Landor is looking for a Client Director to join our Shanghai studio. Could this be you?

We are Landor.

World-leading brand experts,

underpinned by the most expansive strategic & creative capabilities in our category.

We make brands more valuable and less vulnerable.

We build brands differently. We work with our clients to define and solve their business problems through the lens of brand. We strategically join the dots between our design, experience, governance and measurement capabilities, and always connect our brand work to business outcomes.

Landor companies also include amp (sonic branding), bdg (workplace & architectural experts), Deep Local (creative technologists) and ManvsMachine(3D motion design).

We are part of WPP.

## About WPP

WPP is the trusted growth partner for the world’s leading brands. We unite cutting-edge media intelligence and data solutions, world-class creativity, next-generation production, transformative enterprise solutions and expert strategic counsel in a single company – powered by exceptional talent and our agentic marketing platform, WPP Open, to help our clients navigate change, capture opportunity and deliver transformational growth. For more information, visit [WPP.com](https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://wpp.com/__;!!H_q-o1I4kFo!jm9SEmgIqKRKKXc6ZafUBTsnPp4bWQTFp7XWAzkkcjS5rLi29HXQMT-aWK3BV78YjQC1Tb95W5VT-4LofUjwCZXvJcDfdvgaMQ$).

## What you’ll do

Help clients gain agility and find opportunities where others see adversity. Be a valued partner to your clients on brand-led business transformation.

- Lead key client relationships on one or more client brands.
- Become an expert on your client’s organisation and brand, spotting opportunities and aligning their business needs with Landor’s capabilities.
- Deliver client services excellence and client satisfaction across all our clients and their brands.
- Collaborate seamlessly with other functions including Strategy, Design, Naming, Research and Brand Experience.
- Previous experience successfully leading Steer a team of people to ensure that all projects are delivered on time, on budget, and on scope.

## What you’ll need

- both international and local client projects within a brand/consulting agency.
- Good communication skills, with the ability to communicate confidently with clients at all levels.
- A solutions-driven outlook, fuelled by curiosity and an innovative mind.
- Strategic and intellectual agility – you can connect the dots and recommend next steps in a linear course of action.
- Good commercial sense, able to drive organic growth and maintain projects profitability.

Our commitment to diversity and inclusion

We believe diversity brings creativity, which is at the heart of everything we do. We are actively engaging in creating an environment free of discrimination.

Landor is committed to a policy of Equal Employment Opportunity and will not discriminate against an applicant or employee based on race, colour, religion, creed, national origin or ancestry, sex, age, physical or mental disability, veteran or military status, genetic information, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, or any other legally-recognized protected basis under federal, state, or local law.

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## About Landor

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Landor is a global brand consulting and design firm that helps businesses create agile brands through strategy, identity, experience, and innovation.
- **Entity Type**: Subsidiary of Public Company (WPP plc, NYSE: WPP)
- **Headquarters**: New York City, New York, United States
- **Founded**: 1941
- **Founders**: Walter Landor

## Core Business
- **Primary industries**: Brand consulting, design services, brand strategy, customer and employee experience.
- **Target customers**: B2B – large enterprises and world‑famous brands (e.g., Barclays, BMW, Procter & Gamble, Samsung).
- **Mission**: “Make a positive difference to our people, our clients and our world.”

## Products & Services
- **Consulting**: Brand research & valuation, brand strategy & architecture, naming & verbal identity, innovation.
- **Design**: Corporate identity, packaging design, motion graphics, brand guidelines, visual/verbal/sonic identity.
- **Experience**: Brand‑led customer and employee experiences (physical, digital, behavioural), retail and workplace design, prototyping.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation / Market Cap**: Not disclosed (Landor is a subsidiary of WPP, a public company with a market cap of ~$12B as of mid‑2026).
- **Key Metric**: Annual Revenue – $100M–$500M (LinkedIn estimate; not publicly reported).
- **Notable Investors / Partners**: Owned by WPP; clients include Barclays, BMW, FedEx, Nike, Procter & Gamble, Marriott, Samsung, Sony, and Taj Group.
- **Growth Signals**:
  - Headcount: 873 employees (+0.7% YoY). [LinkedIn]
  - Active job postings: 28 (monthly increase +40%, quarterly +75%, yearly +87%). [LinkedIn]
  - Operates in 30+ countries with 26 offices across 19 countries. [Built In]

## Competitive Advantages
- **Heritage & credibility**: Founded in 1941, Landor pioneered many modern branding research, design, and consulting methods.
- **Scale & global reach**: 1,300+ minds, 30 locations, part of WPP—the world’s largest marketing services group.
- **End‑to‑end offering**: Covers strategy, design, and experience under one roof, enabling seamless brand transformation.
- **Iconic client roster**: Works with some of the world’s most valuable brands, providing strong case‑study credibility.

## Strategic Focus
- **Current priorities**: Connecting business strategy to brand through data‑driven insights; bringing brand to life across visual, verbal, sonic, and motion design; creating brand‑led customer and employee experiences that encompass physical, digital, and behavioural touchpoints.
- **Future direction**: Continued expansion into experience design and digital branding, leveraging WPP’s technology and media assets to offer integrated solutions.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture & values**: Employee rating 3.1/5 (719 reviews); culture scored 3.2, work‑life balance 2.9, compensation 2.7 – mixed but with strong creative and collaborative environment. [LinkedIn]
- **Remote / hybrid**: Offers a remote work program; many roles are in‑office (New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Cincinnati, Mumbai, London, etc.). [Built In]
- **Perks**: Healthcare benefits (medical, dental, vision), 401(K), life insurance, generous parental leave, paid sick days, paid holidays, PTO. [Built In]
- **Career development**: Global mobility across 26 offices; opportunities to work on iconic brands; clear seniority levels (Director, Specialist, Senior, Manager). [LinkedIn]
- **Typical time on‑site**: Varies by role; some positions designated “In‑Office.” [Built In]

## Sources
1. [Landor.com](https://landor.com/)
2. [LinkedIn Company Page](https://www.linkedin.com/company/landorglobal)
3. [Greenhouse Careers Page](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/landor/jobs/7918585)
4. [Built In – Company Profile](https://builtin.com/company/landor)

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