Account Director

Overview

SLIK is a digitally-led, award-winning collective of creatives, technologists, and storytellers that supports innovative brands in sharpening their competitive advantage. The team values strong craft, curiosity, experimentation, and a willingness to challenge conventional thinking. The culture is built around people who are resilient, bold, and high-performing.

Role Summary

This contract Account Director role is based in Sydney, New South Wales, with a hybrid arrangement that combines in-office collaboration with the flexibility to work from home on some days. The engagement is expected to start in mid to late July and runs for 11 months.

In this position, you will own important client relationships, serve as the main day-to-day contact for stakeholders, and help ensure both strategic direction and commercial goals are achieved. You will shape account plans, spot opportunities for growth, and work closely with internal creative and technology specialists to deliver campaigns and experiences that are on brief, on schedule, and within budget.

You will also help steer daily project activity, check work against client expectations, manage deadlines and resources, and address issues quickly when they come up. A key part of the role is maintaining SLIK’s quality standards across everything delivered.

Qualifications

• Well-developed account management capability, including relationship building, understanding client needs, and handling several accounts or workstreams at once.
• Strong leadership and people-management experience, including mentoring and supporting cross-functional teams.
• A commercial mindset with experience contributing to growth, identifying upsell opportunities, assisting with proposals, and supporting new business activity.
• Good project management ability, covering planning, prioritisation, budgeting, and coordination of digital or creative work.
• Background in a digital, creative, or integrated agency setting, ideally with exposure to innovative or technology-led brands.
• Clear and confident stakeholder communication skills, including the ability to present work, run client meetings, and negotiate priorities.
• A relevant tertiary qualification in marketing, communications, business, or a similar field, or equivalent professional experience.

Additional Information

Location: Sydney, Surry Hills.

Contract length: 11 months.

Start timing: Mid to end July.

Working arrangement: Hybrid, with both on-site collaboration and work-from-home flexibility.

The role sits with a team that values grit, initiative, and high standards in execution.