Freelance Account Director

Freelance Account Director

About Team One : Team One is Publicis Groupe's fully integrated media, digital, and communications agency built to help premium brands thrive in a rapidly evolving world. We're known as the 'architects of aspiration' helping luxury brands reach modern affluents and next-gen consumers through culturally fluent strategies and experiences, unmatched access, and the agility to move at the speed of culture. We're a team of 400+ creators, doers, and difference-makers across six North American officesLos Angeles (our HQ), Dallas, New York, Chicago, Atlanta, and Boise. Together, we're proud partners to iconic brands, including Lexus and the Lexus Dealer Association, Marriott International, The Ritz-Carlton, Barclays, The RealReal, HKS Architects, Metabo HPT, KB Home, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Mo?t Hennessy, Citi, and Cathay Pacific Airlines. We take pride in our industry-shaping creativity, connection, and exceptional culture (that has landed us awards like Fast Company's Best Workplace for Innovators and Ad Age's "Best Places to Work" in 2024).

About This Position

We're looking for a part-time Freelance Account Director for the next few months to help us exponentially grow client's product adopting in the U.S. The ideal candidate will have experience working with clients in Japan and / or working with the gaming industry. This will be a part-time position - around 20 hours per week. This role will manage key client relationships, a multi-discipline agency team, and champion Team One's mission to create remarkable work. This client work integrates a full communications plan as managed by Team One, including media planning and buying, strategy, creative, production and measurement.

What You'll Do

• Be the expert on clients' business; provide senior-level thought leadership
• Establish and foster strong working relationships with the clients and agency counterparts in Japan
• Guide the agency to "get the assignment right" with the cross-functional team's input, collaboration, inspiration, and knowledge base
• Bring clarity around client expectations early in a project - make sure their "voice" is heard within the agency
• Maintain clients' respect and confidence as a trusted adviser and confidante, offering sound judgment and proven business acumen in a range of options to address various issues and opportunities; be willing to engage clients on difficult issues
• Intimate guidance of "day-to-day" client initiatives, including but not limited to business-building, strategic, media, and creative projects
• Play a leadership role in major presentations to clients by focusing all conversation on key objectives and outcomes
• Manage client expectations regarding timing, schedules, and process alongside PM
• Collaborate with Data & Analytics to ensure timely sharing of clear takeaways and recommendations for clients
• Champion agency process to ensure quality of work and guide the work through the client approval process

What You Bring

Why It's Great to Work Here

We live by our C.O.R.E. values :

Our Publicis Groupe motto "Viva La Diffrence" means we're better together, and we believe that our differences make us stronger. It means we honor and celebrate all identities, across all facets of intersectionality, and it underpins all that we do as an organization. We are focused on fostering belonging and creating equitable & inclusive experiences for all talent. Publicis Groupe provides robust and inclusive benefit programs and policies to support the evolving and diverse needs of our talent and enable every person to grow and thrive. Our benefits package includes medical coverage, dental, vision, disability, 401K, as well as parental and family care leave, family forming assistance, tuition reimbursement, and flexible time off. If you require accommodation or assistance with the application or onboarding process specifically, please contact USMSTACompliance@publicis.com. All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines. Compensation Range : $119,510.00 - $179,850.00 Annually. This is the pay range the Company believes it will pay for this position at the time of this posting. Consistent with applicable law, compensation will be determined based on the skills, qualifications, and experience of the applicant along with the requirements of the position, and the Company reserves the right to modify this pay range at any time. Temporary roles may be eligible to participate in our freelancer / temporary employee medical plan through a third-party benefits administration system once certain criteria have been met. Temporary roles may also qualify for participation in our 401(k) plan after eligibility criteria have been met. For regular roles, the Company will offer medical coverage, dental, vision, disability, 401k, and paid time off. The Company anticipates the application deadline for this job posting will be 12 / 20 / 25.