Strategic Accounts Lead – Creative Studio

AKQA; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Job summary

Map Project Office, part of the AKQA Group and WPP, is looking for a Senior Account/Project Manager to lead client relationships and drive project delivery. Reporting to the Business Director, you will oversee multiple projects from brief to completion, balancing client needs with scope, timelines and budgets.

Working with senior creative teams, you’ll spot opportunities for growth, manage forecasts and invoicing, and mentor junior colleagues while helping shape Map’s studio culture in a hybrid,

Qualifications

• Proven experience in an Account Manager or Senior Account Manager role within a creative/agency environment.
• Strong project management across multiple workstreams.
• Excellent client relationships and stakeholder management.
• Commercially minded with experience budgeting projects.

Responsibilities

• Manage multiple projects from brief to completion.
• Act as primary client contact for assigned accounts.
• Work with creative teams to develop responses to briefs.
• Create proposals and scopes of work with the team.
• Monitor revenue, pipeline, and project health.
• Lead new business conversations and RFP/RFQ responses.
• Own financial performance including forecasting and invoicing.
• Ensure staffing with Resource Manager.
• Maintain project administration quality.
• Mentor junior team members.
• Shape Map's studio culture.

Skills

Account management

Project management

Client relationship

Budget management

Stakeholder management

Communication skills

Job description

Map Project Office, part of the AKQA Group and WPP, is looking for a Senior Account/Project Manager to lead client relationships and drive project delivery. Reporting to the Business Director, you will oversee multiple projects from brief to completion, balancing client needs with scope, timelines and budgets.

Working with senior creative teams, you’ll spot opportunities for growth, manage forecasts and invoicing, and mentor junior colleagues while helping shape Map’s studio culture in a hybrid,