Account Director

Responsibilities

• Act as the senior strategic owner of assigned accounts, maintaining trusted client relationships and ensuring long-term account health
• Serve as senior counsel to clients, shaping communications strategy and advising on approach and positioning
• Translate strategy into clear campaign and programme direction to deliver measurable client value
• Set the direction for media engagement, storytelling, and reputation considerations
• Lead the onboarding and day-to-day direction of new accounts
• Provide senior oversight of account scope, budgets, resourcing, and commercial performance
• Lead, coach, and develop junior colleagues through clear direction and workload management
• Identify opportunities to grow existing accounts through expanded scopes of work
• Contribute strategic thinking and client insight to business development and pitches

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Public Relations, Communications, Marketing, or related field
• 5-7 years of agency account-management experience
• Experience leading large or complex accounts and providing senior client counsel
• Strong strategic communications capability and campaign development skills
• Deep understanding of media engagement, storytelling, and messaging
• Commercial and operational awareness regarding budgets and profitability
• Demonstrable people-leadership and coaching skills
• Experience contributing to business development and pitches
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting clients in artificial intelligence, big data analytics, or advanced technology

About the Company

Acorn Strategy is a full-service communications consultancy and award-winning integrated marketing, public relations, and digital consultancy with offices in Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Melbourne, Perth, and London.