Strategic Marketing Account Lead

Agency Helix; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 167,000 - 257,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive package

Annual leave per UAE Labour Law

Varied client portfolio

Job summary

Agency Helix is a creative and digital marketing agency based in Abu Dhabi. We seek an Account Manager to be the main day-to-day contact for a portfolio of clients, translating goals into clear direction for our creative, content and media teams and delivering work on time and to brief.

You will manage several accounts, lead client meetings, and provide monthly performance reports with clear insights and next steps.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of account management experience in a creative, digital or social media agency in the UAE or wider GCC.
• Proven experience managing several clients at once, including senior stakeholders.
• Solid understanding of social media, content production, paid social and campaign metrics.
• Excellent written and spoken English, with confident presentation skills.
• Strong organisation and time management; comfortable with tight deadlines and multiple priorities.
• Working knowledge of project management and social publishing tools.
• Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Communications, Business or a related field, or equivalent experience.

Responsibilities

• Own the day-to-day relationship across a portfolio of client accounts.
• Lead briefings with your team, translating client objectives into clear, actionable briefs for creative, content and media.
• Run kick-off and status meetings, keeping clients and the internal team aligned.
• Manage timelines, deliverables and client approvals through our workflow tools (e.g. Sprout Social, ClickUp).
• Prepare and present monthly performance reports with clear insights and next steps.
• Monitor scope and budgets, flag out-of-scope requests and raise change orders.
• Identify growth opportunities within your accounts and support renewals.
• Keep accounts organised with contact reports, status trackers and handover notes.

Skills

Account management

Client relationship

Social media metrics

English communication

Presentation skills

Time management

Project management

Team coordination

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Sprout Social

ClickUp

Meta Business Suite

Job description

Agency Helix is a creative and digital marketing agency based in Abu Dhabi. We seek an Account Manager to be the main day-to-day contact for a portfolio of clients, translating goals into clear direction for our creative, content and media teams and delivering work on time and to brief.

You will manage several accounts, lead client meetings, and provide monthly performance reports with clear insights and next steps.