Freelance Account Director: Lead Growth & Brand Experience

Akcelo Pty Ltd; Sydney; On-site; AUD 83,000 - 152,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flex Fridays

Annual ski trips

Social events

Team office drinks

Free breakfast

Job summary

Akcelo Pty Ltd is seeking a Freelance Account Director for an immediate start in Sydney. You’ll manage prominent client portfolios, drive growth plans, forecast accuracy, and align projects with timelines and budgets.

You’ll mentor junior staff and champion client goals within a fast-growing agency environment. You will build strong client relationships, identify opportunities for expanding services, and ensure onboarding and retention excellence across assignments.

Qualifications

• 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

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 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.

Job description

Akcelo Pty Ltd is seeking a Freelance Account Director for an immediate start in Sydney. You’ll manage prominent client portfolios, drive growth plans, forecast accuracy, and align projects with timelines and budgets.

You’ll mentor junior staff and champion client goals within a fast-growing agency environment. You will build strong client relationships, identify opportunities for expanding services, and ensure onboarding and retention excellence across assignments.