Freelance Group Account Director

DEPT®; Toronto; Remote; CAD 138,000 - 186,000; Full time

Job summary

DEPT® is seeking a freelance professional to support a key account for a short-term period (early December to late January). You will oversee teams delivering digital content and campaigns, manage client briefs, and ensure profitable growth while steering creative delivery with strategic input.

Strong leadership and the ability to collaborate with designers, copywriters and developers are essential. You will work with clients spanning brand and performance campaigns, including paid social and

Qualifications

• Agency experience servicing clients in a fast-paced environment.
• Proven track record managing large client and agency teams.
• Experience with complex campaigns including paid social and CRM.
• Experience with both brand and direct-response campaigns.
• Strong leadership and ability to foster proactive team culture.
• Experience working with director and C-level clients on strategy development.
• Excellent project management with focus on efficiency and innovation.
• Brilliant written and verbal communication skills.
• High attention to detail and problem-solving abilities.
• Ability to react quickly in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Oversee teams creating digital content and advertising campaigns.
• Deliver and track profitable growth for clients.
• Ensure innovation across deliverables including content, technology, media and data.
• Contribute strategic insights to the creative process.
• Oversee budget management for campaigns and ongoing activities.
• Manage relationships with platforms and partners.
• Present work clearly to internal and external stakeholders.
• Meet deadlines, often under pressure.

Skills

Agency experience

Client management

Leadership

Project management

Strategic input

Budget management

Stakeholder communication

Job description

Time frame: Early December - Late January

Rate: $100 – $135CAD per hour

Location: Canada, ideally Toronto, but we would consider remote candidates who are willing to work EST timezone.

DEPT® is a Growth Invention company built to help the world’s most ambitious brands grow faster. Operating at the intersection of technology and marketing, our 4,000+ specialists deliver growth invention services across Brand & Media, Experience, Commerce, CRM, and Technology & Data. We’re 50|50 tech and marketing, partner-led, and first to move. Clients include Google, Lufthansa, Meta, eBay, and OpenAI. We have been certified B Corp and Climate Neutral since 2021.

JOB PURPOSE

This role is part of our Global Studios team. We create emotive yet conversion-focused ideas, products and campaigns at scale and speed. Our specialty is hyper-personalised, digital communications that change perceptions, shape new behaviours, and shift market share for our clients.

We are looking for some short term support in December and January to maintain a key account. You will build strong relationships with clients and support across multiple areas including strategic input, and overseeing the delivery of a wide variety of substantial integrated campaigns.

You will be required to manage and oversee client briefs from, planning, assigning and reviewing creative and managing the overall agency workload in partnership with the producers, design and copy leads.

You will be working closely with designers, copywriters, developers and other parts of the agency to ensure successful campaign deliveries; which are profitable without compromising the creative integrity.

Therefore, you must be a great team player with strong interpersonal skills.

WHAT YOU’LL DO:

• Oversee teams creating digital content and advertising campaigns
• Deliver and track profitable growth for clients.
• Ensure constant innovation across all deliverables, including content, technology, media, and data.
• Contribute to the creative process with strategic insights and ideas.
• Oversee budget management for campaigns and ongoing activities.
• Manage relationships with platforms and partners.
• Present work internally and externally, ensuring clarity and impact.
• Complete work to deadline, often under pressure.

WHAT YOU BRING:

• Extensive experience in roles servicing clients in an agency environment.
• Proven track record in managing large client and agency teams.
• Experience with complex campaigns, including paid social and CRM.
• Confident with both brand and conversion/direct-response campaigns.
• Strong leadership skills, able to create a proactive and energized team culture.
• Experience working directly with director and C-level clients on strategy development.
• Excellent project management skills, with a focus on efficiency and innovation.
• Brilliant written and verbal communication skills.
• Advanced problem-solving skills and high attention to detail.
• Ability to react quickly within a fast-paced environment.

The anticipated hourly pay range for this position is $100 – $135CAD. Rate is based on relevant experience, expertise, and organizational impact.

We are a Growth Invention company built to help the world’s most ambitious brands grow faster. Operating at the intersection of technology and marketing, we create what is next by pioneering ideas, acting fast, and moving further because standing still just is not in our DNA.

We are drawn to people who stay curious, move with intent, and never stop inventing. Our culture runs on three values: better together, relentlessly curious, and get sh*t done. It is how we work, how we grow, and how we make things that matter.

At DEPT®, you will find the freedom to explore, the space to collaborate, and the trust to make a real impact for our clients, for each other, and for the world we are helping to build.

DIVERSITY, EQUITY & INCLUSION

At DEPT®, we take pride in creating an inclusive workplace where everyone has an equal opportunity to thrive. We actively seek to recruit, develop, nurture, and retain talented individuals from diverse backgrounds, with varying skills and perspectives.

Not sure you meet all qualifications? Apply, and let us decide! Research shows that women and members of underrepresented groups tend not to apply for jobs when they think they may not meet every requirement, when in fact they do. We believe in giving everyone a fair chance to shine.

We also encourage you to reach out to us and discuss any reasonable adjustments we can make to support you throughout the recruitment process and your time with us.

Want to know more about our dedication to diversity, equity, and inclusion? Check out our efforts here .

We are hoping to engage a freelancer from early December - late January.