Account Supervisor; Chicago, Denver, NYC

Position: Account Supervisor (Chicago, Denver, NYC)
Motive is a dynamic agency and creative collective operating at the speed of culture. We're a collective of deep thinkers, creative makers, cultural connoisseurs, and executional aces. We create meaningful engagements between brands and their audiences, cultivating relationships that drive tangible results for our clients. And we do it with sharp strategy and powerful creative executed across all the media and touch-points key to our targets' lives.

As pioneers in the area of content, digital engagement, and innovative experiential programs, and award winners for work in TV, event, digital and social, Motive has created a culture where every individual is given an opportunity to stretch and flex their creative and executional muscles daily. We are a team of hard-working, fast-moving, energetic, passionate, driven, straight-talking creative thinkers. We like being challenged and we love the collaboration necessary to overcome the challenges and succeed.

If this sounds like a place you would thrive, let's see if we can make something happen.

ACCOUNT SUPERVISOR

Location: Denver, Chicago or NYC

Level: Mid-Senior (6+ Years Experience)

Motive is looking for an Account Supervisor who thrives at the intersection of strategy, client relationships, and creative execution. You'll oversee day-to-day account work, guide project strategy, oversee internal teams, and ensure integrated campaigns deliver impact across traditional, digital, social, experiential, retail, and partnership channels.

If you're proactive, highly organized, and enjoy connecting clients, creative teams, and strategy to produce exceptional work-you'll fit right in.

What You'll Do (Key Responsibilities)

• Serve as a strategic lead and primary client partner, understanding your clients' business, category, and audience inside and out.
• Work across global time zones, managing an international client team.
• Lead key account relationships, providing guidance, strategic insight, and clear direction across projects and priorities.
• Translate client objectives into clear, actionable briefs, scopes of work, and project plans.
• Oversee internal teams through concept development, production, and final delivery-ensuring projects stay on brief, on budget, and on schedule.
• Collaborate across creative, strategy, production, business affairs, and partner agencies to drive integrated licensing and partnership campaigns.
• Manage SOWs, budgets, and revenue tracking, while identifying opportunities for account growth.
• Mentor and guide Account Executives and Senior AEs, fostering collaboration, skill development, and a positive team culture.
• Anticipate challenges, proactively communicate updates, and solve problems with a steady, solutions-focused approach.
• Liaise with multiple partners in entertainment space to define creative mandatories and guardrails, and secure alignment on program objectives among all stakeholders.

What You Bring (Candidate Requirements)

• 6+ years of integrated agency experience.
• Hands-on experience managing complex, fast-moving accounts across traditional, digital, experiential, content/TVC, and partnerships.
• Experience with QSR is strongly preferred.
• Proven ability to write strategic briefs, guide creative development, and elevate work with clarity and insight.
• Strong relationship-building, presentation, and communication skills.
• Highly organized, detail-oriented, and a natural problem-solver.
• Collaborative, self-motivated, and able to provide mentorship to junior team members.
• Experience working with a global client is a plus.
• Experience working with entertainment license partnerships is a plus.

Who You Are

• A strategic thinker who can balance client needs, creative ambitions, and operational execution.
• A proactive connector-bringing clarity, structure, and insight to complex initiatives.
• A leader who guides, mentors, and inspires teams while keeping projects on track.
• Someone who elevates the work, challenges assumptions, and helps clients and teams achieve their best.

Motive is an equal opportunity employer! We believe that a diverse team makes us stronger and smarter.

Motive recruits, employs, trains, compensates and promotes regardless of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, disability, age, veteran status, and other protected status as required by applicable law. We offer an inspiring working environment and great benefits, including health, dental, vision, matching 401-k, unlimited flex time off, and more. The starting salary for this position is between $80,000 and $110,000 annually, based on experience.

Motive has a clear vision: to be a creative leader where a diverse mix of talented people want to come, to stay and do their best work. We know our company succeeds only through the hard work and dedication of our passionate and creative employees.