Freelance Account Director

Akcelo; Sydney; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 180,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Flex Fridays

Annual ski trips

Social events

Free breakfast

Job summary

Akcelo is seeking a Freelance Account Director to lead client relationships, grow revenue, and drive strategic growth across allocated portfolios. You will inspire teams, present forecasts, and ensure successful onboarding and retention of clients.

You will work within a fast-growing agency environment, collaborating on high-profile brands while leveraging Akcelo’s capabilities to deliver exceptional customer experiences.

Qualifications

• Experience overseeing client portfolios within an agency environment.
• Entrepreneurial flair with a drive to identify and seize new opportunities.
• Ability to adapt to change and embrace innovative approaches.
• Strong leadership to inspire and develop junior team members.
• Confidence in presenting forecasts and strategic plans to clients.

Responsibilities

• Overseeing client relationships within assigned portfolio.
• Building and growing new and existing client relationships.
• Developing strategic client growth plans to exceed revenue targets and broaden service offering.
• Preparing accurate client forecasts and implementing strategic client growth plans.
• Meeting clients regularly to understand business problems and opportunities.
• Overseeing the onboarding of new clients and retention of existing clients.
• Mentoring, growing and overseeing junior team members as required.
• Preparing client presentation decks, scopes and project plans.
• Overseeing the delivery of all work and implementing risk mitigation strategies to ensure alignment to timings and budget.
• Identifying opportunities to provide additional services to clients and mobilising Akcelo capabilities accordingly.

Skills

Client leadership

Business development

Strategic planning

Forecasting

Team mentoring

Job description

We are on the lookout for a Freelance Account Director who is available for an immediate start!

Come aboard and join one of Australia’s fastest growing agencies. We are a new breed of agency designed for the experience era. An innovation partner that helps organisations navigate the next stage of their brand journey.

Being a strong brand-experience focussed business; working with some of the world’s most famous brands, we provide white-space opportunities for businesses by connecting creativity with experience design to solve business problems.

We work on some of the most innovative, creative and experiential projects that we promise will challenge and provide you with professional growth. You will be a ‘brand champion’ and help grow new and existing client relationships at Akcelo.

With great progression, the chance to work with the latest technology and some of the world’s most famous brands, a normal day in the role of the Account Director includes:

• Overseeing client relationships within assigned portfolio
• Building and growing new and existing client relationships
• Developing strategic client growth plans to exceed revenue targets and broaden service offering
• Preparing accurate client forecasts and implementing strategic client growth plans to meet and exceed these forecasts
• Meeting clients regularly to understand business problems, and opportunities
• Overseeing the successful onboarding of new clients and retention of existing
• Motivating the Akcelo team around the clients business goals, being an advocate for the client inside the agency
• Preparing all client presentation decks, scopes and project plans
• Overseeing the delivery of all work and implementing risk mitigation strategies to ensure alignment to timings and budget
• Seeking new opportunities to provide additional services to clients where appropriate including activating the right Akcelo capability to assist the client with any brief that they require, or might require in the future
• Mentoring, growing and overseeing junior team members as required.

Sound like something that you would love to be a part of? Well, take a look at what we provide our team here at Akcelo:

• A workplace that doesn’t just have the word flexibility written in a policy
• A company that really values its people... you will not just be another number!
• Unbelievable employee benefits like flex fridays, annual ski trips, social events, team office drinks, free breakfast and loads more!
• A workplace that offers learning and development opportunities, an unbelievable work environment with state of the art facilities and loads of perks!

To be in the running for this great role, you should have:

• Demonstrated experience overseeing client portfolios within an agency environment
• An entrepreneurial flair - you are always searching for ‘what’s next’
• A passion to seek out new ideas/ways of doing things and embrace change
• The ability to inspire, motivate and develop those around you
• A positive and solution focussed attitude
• Experience and confidence in preparing and presenting client forecasts
• Comfortability presenting and articulating ideas and concepts clearly
• A natural born leader who enjoys motivating and developing others
• The willingness to grow with and alongside the business
• You love being part of a team!
• An open attitude and excited by change - you are a problem solver
• The passion to champion your team within the agency

Are you interested?

Akcelo is committed to nurturing, creating and building a diverse environment. We welcome all applications from all walks of life.