| Description | Column Five is a B2B-focused strategic-led creative agency that helps ambitious brands find and tell their best stories to drive real results. We’re looking to hire a Part-Time Account Director (~20 hours weekly) who is able to sell to and grow existing client accounts. Healthy trusting client relationships + sound strategic guidance are the ingredients to winning meaningful work that will keep our clients successful our teams fulfilled and our agency financially healthy. Our Account Directors are responsible for selling and supporting our work by establishing and growing our engagements with existing clients. This is done through being curious about the client’s brand and business strategy and positioning our team as trusted experts who can help refine the strategy over time and execute the right work to achieve our clients’ goals. By digging deeper to understand what each client truly wants and needs our Account Directors can effectively collaborate with our cross-functional teams to determine recommended solutions and pricing for the work. This position reports to our Director of Client Services who oversees our Accounts team. At Column Five you’ll work with a vibrant team of people in a fast-paced environment built on collaboration camaraderie freedom and flexibility. Each day you’ll find surprising challenges that stretch your skills and expand your creativity. As a distributed team we value responsibility and autonomy so we’ve designed our tools and processes to help you do your best work. Most importantly you’ll get the chance to grow with talented people who make you feel loved respected and welcomed. If you’re ready to roll up your sleeves we can make work a place of belonging and a source of fulfillment and joy—together. (Find out more about our core values.) Part Time ACCOUNT DIRECTOR EXPECTATIONS Within the first three months on the job you will be expected to: + Sell service and grow medium-sized engagements of moderate complexity. + Be fully competent and confident in selling our strategic creative offering structured as quarterly or annual retainers + Work autonomously in role and responsibilities. You grow your bookings from current clients by at least 15% year-over-year and support at least $3MM in annual revenue from accounts under your ownership. Day-to-day responsibilities: + Deeply understand the needs and objectives of our partners consult on solutions to meet and measure them + Educate clients on our full range of capabilities and uncover opportunities for strategic creative work together + Lead our clients and prospective clients into a deeper understanding of the role and importance of brand and content strategy as foundational to impactful storytelling + Counsel Account Teams throughout production of strategy and creative/content to ensure we’re aligning to client expectations scope and goals including reporting and communicating the value of our work + Facilitate accurate estimation and scoping presentation and onboarding of services to generate bookings from prospective and existing clients + Ongoing oversight and involvement in strategy planning ideation roadmapping production measurement and reporting + Audit and optimize our account operations to ensure we’re serving the client’s objectives keeping revenue velocity high and delivering an exceptional client experience + Keep records up-to-date in our CRM + Facilitate the accurate estimation and scoping presentation and onboarding of our services to generate bookings from prospective and existing clients + Coaching and leading by example to bring new ideas and approaches to the creative team Requirements For Account Directors At Column Five Humility to listen grow and learn. You are a culture-add to our mighty medium sized agency At least 4 years in a creative agency role in account management with a track record of sales due to your excellent relationship-building skills likely based on trust and positive results Skills in consultative selling Charisma and ability to reach our clients hearts and minds through a zoom call at 9 am Working style that is focused around genuine care and respect for the creative team responsible for executing the work and a solid track record of working collaboratively across disciplines to succeed on complex client strategy-led creative work Curious and capable of asking smart questions to determine larger opportunities and deeper challenges that a client is facing Willingness to travel up to 10% of the time Strong preference for experience with B2B brand and/or content strategy creative content campaigns and results-based retainer engagements This is not a marketer role you will be selling and growing in a consultative capacity and are measured by your sales growth and client experience results throughout the life cycle of our clients if you don't like nor don't have experience selling and growing accounts this is not the right position for you Live in the USA The right candidate will have: Agency accounts experience (4+ years in Account Management or Account Director role) Preferred exposure to B2B SaaS content marketing brand/content strategy and creative campaigns A strong track record of building client relationships and driving renewals or upsells A knack for balancing strategic thinking with hands-on execution—from writing contracts and managing budgets to pitching fresh ideas that move clients forward We’re especially interested in someone who is: Knowledgable and interested in client industries which cover crypto AI vibecoding cloud infrastructure and confident engaging with stakeholders in these spaces Fluent in finance and complex stakeholder relationships — able to value-sell to enterprise clients where big budgets require trust and patience to unlock Strategic yet scrappy—able to test new formats move quickly on opportunities and adapt to varying client budgets JOB PERKS Competitive salary Profit Sharing (based on tenure + hours worked) Remote-first company with 'work from anywhere' options once you are thriving in your position Generous 401(k) savings plan eligible after 3 months A fun engaged and inclusive team Compensation Compensation is dependent upon experience. This role has an hourly pay range of $55-75/hour as a part-time employee of Column Five. LOCATION We are a remote-first company. This means that we are open to working with you if you live anywhere within the contiguous USA How To Apply Please apply with a current resume and a cover letter that includes why you are the right person for Column Five. No phone calls please. Although we value the services recruitment agencies provide at this time we are not leveraging external 3rd party recruitment resources for this search. Should those needs change we will seek your assistance directly. Column Five is an Equal Opportunity Employer focused on creating a workplace of belonging. We encourage applicants from all walks of life and do not discriminate based upon race religion color national origin sex (including pregnancy childbirth or related medical conditions) sexual orientation gender identity gender expression age veteran status disability and other applicable legally protected characteristics. If you need reasonable accommodations for any part of the employment process let us know. Powered by JazzHR oJXAPyqGR3 |