# Account Director (Freelance)

**Company**: DEPT®
**Location**: Toronto, ON
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: contract
**Category**: Marketing
**Industry**: Consulting

**Apply**: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/dept/jobs/8258255?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply
**Canonical**: https://yubhub.co/jobs/job_413cfabb-604

## Description

This is a short-term freelance contract opportunity with an ASAP start. 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.

As an Account Director, you will be responsible for building strong relationships with clients at all levels, including strategic input, and overseeing the delivery of a wide variety of substantial integrated campaigns. You will manage client briefs from start to finish, planning, assigning, and reviewing creative work, and managing the overall agency workload in partnership with producers, design, and copy leads.

Responsibilities:

- Manage client accounts and projects from briefing through delivery, ensuring work is completed on time, on budget, and to a high standard.

- Build and maintain strong client relationships, acting as a trusted advisor and managing expectations.

- Coordinate cross-functional teams, balancing workloads and communicating client feedback effectively.

- Oversee project scope, budgets, contracts, and resources to maximise account performance and profitability.

- Lead account planning, proposals, presentations, and new business opportunities.

- Drive process improvements and ensure consistent delivery across all projects.

- Monitor account performance and provide strategic recommendations based on client objectives and results.

- Mentor and support junior team members, resolving project challenges and escalations.

- Lead and develop project teams, delegating work effectively and fostering collaboration.

- Support hiring, onboarding, performance management, and professional development.

- Encourage innovation, continuous improvement, and high-quality delivery across the team.

- Manage change effectively and communicate priorities to ensure smooth execution.

Requirements:

- Experience delivering integrated, multi-channel marketing campaigns.

- Strong account, project, budget, and stakeholder management skills.

- Excellent organisation with the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.

- Strong communication, problem-solving, and decision-making abilities.

- Experience leading and developing high-performing teams.

- Commercial awareness with business development and client growth experience.

- Knowledge of digital production and creative workflows.

- Proactive, adaptable, and solutions-focused with strong attention to detail.

- Proficiency with Microsoft Office and project management tools.

## Skills

### Required
- account management
- project management
- budgeting
- stakeholder management
- communication
- problem-solving
- decision-making
- team leadership
- digital production
- creative workflows

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