Alex Priestley

I work as a freelancer on various projects and offer services as an Account Director, Senior Account Manager and Senior Project Manager in creative agencies. I have skill and experience in client management, business development, financial reporting and tracking, creative resource and planning, presenting, team building and recruitment, ATL and BTL campaigns, digital campaigns, end-to-end creative campaigns, social media and branding. I have worked with a wide range of agencies, from boutique to 'big-hitters' and across project from a plethora of industries (finance, tech, FMCG, luxury brands, etc).

Most recently I worked as Senior Account Manager at Cubaka, a social first creative agency. I was the lead on 4 major accounts: Virgin, Mattel, bp and Sixt. The work was production focused, and as such I managed internal creative teams and external production teams whilst maintaining strong relationships with key client stakeholders. I

was responsible for all estimating, budget and time tracking, creative review and resourcing. The projects ranged from concepting stages to post-production requirements and toolkit creation.

As the freelance Senior Account Manager I was the interim client lead, brought in to manage BAU CRM activity For KFC. My contract was extended and I was brought onto be the client lead on a major app development project and the advertising activation of a very large upcoming campaign. The role allowed me to work closely with strategy, project management, business development and creative teams, as well as with the clients themselves.

I worked for Hybrid as the accounts lead on all creative clients with a focus on Higher Education and Technology clients. The role called for impeccable client management and end-to-end management of both national and international brand, content and advertising projects. The work included video production and editing, brand concepting and strategy, brand creative, content creation, UI and UX and other design centric work.

A large part of the role was new business generation and creating proposals, pitches and supporting on tenders.

I managed a team of creatives in the UK and Malaysia, reporting directly to the Creative Director, and have line-managed more junior Account Managers. I often worked closely with the in-house media and digital teams and managed a roster of freelancers. As a senior member of staff, I was also involved in operational review and updates.