Freelance Account Director- CPG

Freelance Account Director - CPG

Were seeking a Freelance Account Director to join our Chicago team (Hybrid - 4 days in-office) on a fixedterm contract with the possibility of extension or conversion to fulltime based on business needs and performance.

This is a handson leadership role for someone who thrives in fastmoving CPG environments enjoys partnering closely with clients and creatives and can step in quickly to lead integrated work at scale.

What Youll Be Doing

Lead the daytoday stewardship of a major CPG brand across brand promotional seasonal social and digital work.

Act as a trusted client partner confidently guiding senior stakeholders.

Partner closely with an SVP Account Director to grow the business in a competitive landscape.

Translate business objectives into clear briefs strong strategic direction and actionable feedback.

Oversee scopes timelines budgets and crossfunctional workstreams.

Collaborate seamlessly with creative strategy media production and analytics teams.

Mentor and support midlevel and junior talent while keeping work moving efficiently and on time.

What Were Looking For

Proven leadership on large complex CPG accounts with heavy production demands.

Deep experience delivering integrated campaigns across broadcast digital video social print and OOH.

Comfort using data performance insights and retail considerations to inform creative decisions.

Polished communicator with strong client presence and sound judgment.

Calm solutionoriented leader who thrives in fastpaced environments.

Strong financial stewardship across scopes burn forecasting and staffing.

Bonus Points If You Bring

A fresh strategic or cultural perspective that elevates audience relevance.

Strong storytelling and creativeevaluation instincts within retail environments.

Experience with highvolume social content talentdriven work or creator ecosystems.

A track record of introducing smarter processes or efficiencies.

Why Contract Talent Love This Role

Clear scope & real impact step into meaningful leadership not a stopgap role.

Senior partnership work closely with SVP leadership and integrated teams.

Fulltime focus 40 hrs/week with clear expectations and priorities.

Hybrid rhythm consistent inoffice collaboration without fulltime remote ambiguity.

Upside potential opportunity to extend or convert based on business needs.

Our Publicis Groupe motto Viva La Différence means were 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.

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