Description
We're looking for an experienced Freelance Account Director to join Ogilvy Advertising, working across two key accounts spanning FMCG and government.
As Freelance Account Director, you'll play a key role in leading client relationships, overseeing integrated campaign delivery and ensuring the team consistently delivers strategically strong, creatively excellent work.
Responsibilities:
- Lead client relationships, building trust and acting as a strategic partner across both accounts.
- Oversee integrated advertising campaigns from briefing and creative development through to production and execution.
- Manage multiple projects, priorities and timelines across two distinct client portfolios.
- Work closely with creative, strategy, production and media teams to deliver high-quality work.
- Provide clear direction to account teams, ensuring projects are delivered on time, on brief and to a high standard.
- Navigate complex stakeholder environments, confidently managing feedback, expectations and approvals.
- Identify opportunities to strengthen client partnerships and provide proactive recommendations.
- Manage budgets, resourcing, scopes and project profitability.
Requirements:
- Proven experience as an Account Director within an integrated agency.
- Strong experience leading integrated campaigns and managing senior client relationships.
- The ability to confidently manage multiple accounts, stakeholders and competing priorities.
- Excellent communication, presentation and negotiation skills.
- Strong commercial acumen, including experience managing budgets and agency resources.
- A proactive, solutions-focused approach and the ability to hit the ground running.
- A collaborative leadership style and the ability to bring teams together to deliver great work.
At Ogilvy, inclusivity is essential to our success. We're committed to building a workplace that embraces various perspectives, experiences, and backgrounds, knowing that diverse teams drive more impactful work.