Account Management

I’ve read quite a few posts pertaining to Account Director freelance hourly rate. Seen everything from $85-140 per hour. Trying to understand the realistic hourly rate. Any help is appreciated.

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Would anyone be kind enough to refer me for any client-facing roles in any of your companies (UK-based with visa sponsorship), please? I have an overall experience of 15 years in customer service, b… more

Up until now, I’ve largely worked on design/illustration projects on my accounts followed by mostly digital and social. Now, I’m on a new account which produces national commercials for a large brand.

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How normalized is working weekends for your agency? Not for pitches, just to keep your accounts current. I'm noticing a shift in norms

What’s the salary range for an account sup in NY?

I think I'm underpaid, despite leadership being very vocal about me being the best SAE in the company. Speaking about $ with coworkers is a big no-no here, so it's hard to get a read on where … more

What's the best advice you've ever received? Did you follow it?

Anyone switch out of an agency account director role to something else that has better work life balance and equal or better pay?

Hi all. I’m struggling with client management and starting to absolutely hate my role. I feel like I have plateaued in my ability to provide counsel. At the same time, I’ve dropped my effort overall d… more

Are you happy in your current role? If not, how long did it take after you started for your sentiment to change?

Running headfirst into a tough week. What do you do on Sunday evenings to get your mind in the right place when you know it's going to be a heavy week?

I need to revise our company rate cards and create a new retainer rate card for a client. Would anyone be willing to share a rate card or point me in the direction of competitive 2023 rates, for a cre… more

Who gets holiday gifts from their agency? Is this in lieu of a raise or bonus?

Currently interviewing for a role at Big Spaceship in NYC. I’ve done some research and spoke to a few who work there. Would love to know if anyone has any insight on what it’s like to work there!

In your experience, have big salary increases come from changing agencies or internal raises? For an AE, what would your advice be in retrospect?

Is it normal to have nothing to say in status meetings. I genuinely have nothing to contribute.

Open enrollment time. I'm in my early 30s and healthy, should I take the high deductible plan? should I add an HSA?

When you’ve been in a department for 3 years and get turned down twice for a promotion because of favoritism!

My agency is enforcing a 3 times a week RTO plan starting in January. Went into the office today to get back into the rhythm - spent all day sitting or open floor plan surrounded by other people on Te… more

As an account person, we can pivot to many different agency arenas (strategy, project management, media planning). In this market I have to consider making a move like this. What’s the hardest to come… more

My manager switches between saying things like "this should only take 5 minutes" and "you need to double or triple check everything" 😒☹️

How do I get a job with this field?

Anyone in here have any account/project coordinator positions available for a current project coordinator? Trying to help a friend and my company has no openings.

Any other agencies require their account management teams to fill out a "state of the union" about your clients to present to leadership as a quarterly business review?

How many times have you been passed over for promotion due to shrinking client budgets? H1 2024 projections are looking weak, how long can this go on?