Freelance Account Director

To accomodate a busy period at Armadillo, we are looking for a Freelance Account Director to join us on an initial 2-3 month period beginning in Feburary 2025. This would be outside of IR35, and would ideally be working hybrid with remote and office working (Central Bristol office).

Due to Armadillo's Christmas shutdown, all applications will be reviewed early January 2025, so there will be a short delay to our response times for this role.

Account Director Role

The Account Director is responsible for leading the day-to-day relationship with client stakeholders up to senior level, taking responsibility for all projects managed by your team and directly managing larger projects as required. As Account Director, you will direct the delivery of work from the Armadillo team profitably, efficiently and on-budget.

Account Director Responsibilities

• As Account Director, you will own and maintain excellent client-agency relationships with client stakeholders at all levels
• Present major or complex project scope and budget proposals, project and status updates, and creative work to clients - demonstrating effective verbal communication skills whether in person or virtually, securing client’s understanding, buy in and project approval
• Producing written work such as project presentations, proposals, budgeted scopes of work, timing plans, reports and client comms for Senior Manager levels
• At Account Director level, you will be expected to provide expertise, guidance and support for both junior CS team members, as well as team members in other disciplines to help them meet project goals and deliverables
• Identify opportunities to delivery efficiency for the client, accurately estimating resource requirements within and outside of Armadillo, costing to ensure profitability for Armadillo in line with our business targets
• Monitor, reconcile and manage resource deployment against client projects - directing team resources as required to ensure profitable delivery of projects within budgeted hours, and reporting accurately on project health of all projects to more senior CS team members when required
• Creating and issuing invoices to clients accurately and on time, recording invoicing in line with Armadillo’s invoicing process - track and report on client invoicing and provide updates for senior team members as required
• Convert business growth opportunities to additional sales by engaging client stakeholders with the rationale for additional projects
• Understanding the client’s strategic goals, and supporting the development of strategic plans and responses to client briefs, demonstrating excellent understanding of client’s strategic requirements by providing valuable inputs, insights and feedback for the Strategy team
• Prepare complex timing plans to the highest standard
• Write briefs to the highest standard for complex or major projects, whether for creative, analysis or strategy requirements and support more junior team members with producing their briefs
• Lead the task management and resource allocation across all projects for the client - take overall responsibility for coordinating client stakeholder input and Agency team members in all disciplines