About the role
We're looking for an experienced Freelance Account Director to join a busy experiential agency on a contract basis. You'll take the lead on senior client relationships across live events, brand activations and integrated experiential campaigns, working closely with creative, strategy and production teams to keep projects moving and clients confident.
This role suits someone who can step into an agency quickly, get under the skin of the account, build trust with senior stakeholders and add value from day one.
What you'll be doing
- Leading day-to-day relationships with senior clients
- Overseeing experiential and brand experience projects from brief through to delivery
- Managing scope, budgets, timings and client expectations
- Working closely with creative, strategy and production teams
- Supporting pitches, new briefs and account growth
- Spotting opportunities to develop the client relationship
- Keeping multiple projects and stakeholders moving at pace
What we're looking for
- Strong Account Director-level experience within experiential, events or brand experience
- Experience working in agencies similar to Jack Morton, Imagination, Momentum, Seen Presents or other leading experiential businesses
- Excellent senior client handling skills
- Commercial confidence around budgets, scope and account growth
- Comfortable managing complex projects with multiple workstreams
- Strong understanding of how creative, production and strategy teams work together
- Calm, organised and able to hit the ground running
Nice to have
- Experience supporting pitches and growing existing accounts
The work
You'll be joining a fast-moving experiential team, working on live events and brand activations that require sharp account leadership and calm delivery under pressure. This is a contract engagement for someone available to start quickly and hit the ground running.