Account Supervisor

Company description

A global creative constellation built for what’s next—uniting the human vision of the Leo Burnett network with the innovation of Publicis Worldwide.

Leo is HI × AI:
Human Insight, Human Ideas, Human Impact—supercharged by the data and technology to move faster, go further, and deliver everywhere.

Leo brings together 15,000+ people across 90 countries, combining global scale with creative firepower to drive outsized impact for brands.

An Account Supervisor is responsible for executing the fundamentals of advertising with excellence – from providing thought leadership in strategic planning, to building during creative development, to ensuring the creative output achieves clients’ and the agency’s objectives. They are delivering the day-to-day work with excellence, while building trust with all internal departments, clients and partner agencies. They oversee any AEs/AAEs and manage up accordingly.

They should provide day-to-day leadership and are responsible for maximizing the client’s budget by looking for timely, strategic solutions.

• Partners to create innovative, business solutions based on expert knowledge of the client’s business, industry, market trends and encourages new ideas from direct reports
• Act as a key client contacts, overseeing all aspects of key projects of brand idea from initial concept through to execution
• Communicates with client regularly to set project expectations, negotiate deliverables and obtain updates on the client’s business
• Manages ways to bring ideas to life across departments, gains support and ownership of all key stakeholders to execute project plans and productions on time and budget.
• Management of direct reports, fostering and enabling their growth and best performance
• Makes suggestions for broadening the range of strategies and tactics employed on a given project or brand
• Ensures creative product is developed according to deliverables
• Manages project scope & defines project resource requirements
• Maintains quality assurance and develops ideas for continuous improvement
• Reinforces roles and accountabilities internally and with the client
• Identifies opportunities to incorporate sister agencies and ensures strategic alignment so that the best ideas get to market
• Guides, advises, assists and inspires all team members with the explicit goal of developing the next generation of account management talent at the agency
• Applies understanding of key financial measures to brand management and uses financial analysis to evaluate opportunities

• Be a leader – you are the day-to-day leader, executing the tasks with excellence, whether doing it yourself or delegating
• Be solution-oriented – you know the fundamentals now so you’re not just executing, but thinking beyond the ask, anticipating what client really needs

• Proactive, solution-oriented, strategic thinker who is passionate about ideas, brands, the agency and our client’s business
• Excels in crafting strategy, and detail-oriented project management and best in class creative, overseeing 6+ brands
• Approaches each assignment with curiosity, open-mindedness and forward-thinking to contribute to solutions
• Superb written and verbal presentation skills with the ability to presents ideas with clarity and persuasive impact
• A clear, persuasive communicator with the ability to motivate, inform, involve & guide teams to achieve shared objectives
• Enthusiastic collaborator who enjoys working with other people and has the drive to make things happen in partnership with others;
  Able to reconciles a variety of perspectives and brings them to collective agreement and action
• Thinks through problems by quickly narrowing in on core issues and identifying innovative and effective solutions
• Ability to manage with optimism and calm in the context of a complex, fluid business
• Act in accordance with a set of world class professionals and personal standards

• 4+ years of experience
• Bachelor’s degree or relevant experience
• On-site work expectations

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