Account Director

Leo New York; New York (NY); On-site; USD 97,000 - 156,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage

Dental

Vision

Disability

401(k)

Parental & family care leave

Family forming assistance

Tuition reimbursement

Flexible time off

Job summary

Publicis Groupe in New York seeks an experienced Account Director to lead a major bank account, guiding strategy, creative direction, and cross-functional teams. You’ll partner with strategy, creative, production and leadership to deliver on-time, on-brand initiatives across channels.

The ideal candidate has 8+ years in program and account management, exceptional client leadership, and a track record of managing multiple large-scale relationships.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience managing programs and accounts.
• Strong account leadership and client advisory skills.
• Expert in project management with cross-functional teams.
• Supervisory experience leading multiple workstreams.
• Proven ability to manage multiple major client relationships.

Responsibilities

• Serve as primary day-to-day contact across large-scale projects.
• Lead teams through research, creative, production and reapplication.
• Anticipate client needs and advance the relationship.
• Inspire confidence and grow opportunities with the client.

Skills

Account management

Client leadership

Project management

Communication

Strategic thinking

Job description

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.

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.

Overview

We are looking for a proven Account Director to join a leading global bank account. This is an exciting opportunity to play an important role leading popular brands and products. This critical account role is a key client partner leading a variety of workstreams and will work collaboratively with partners in strategy, creative, project management, production, and executive leaders. Ideal candidate will have: video production experience and an ability to manage multiple client partners with confidence who sit across marketing, research and product.

Preferred Skills

• Ability to manage complex, fluid businesses.
• Superb written and verbal presentation skills - a clear communicator with the ability to motivate and guide others
• Proactive, solution-oriented, strategic thinker
• Enthusiastic collaborator who enjoys working with other people and has the drive to make things happen in partnership with others.

Responsibilities

• Team player with ability to drive results & create momentum through teamwork with internal teams, external teams, and agency partners, providing business and consumer insight, to help deliver seamless, breakthrough, on-strategy, and on-time work.
• Act as a primary day-to-day client contact across several large-scale projects, managing the client relationships daily
• Lead teams through centralized research, qualification, creative, production and global reapplication for a variety of projects.
• Anticipate project and/or client needs to always be one step ahead daily of what needs to be accomplished.
• Inspire Agency and Client confidence and seek opportunities to advance the client relationship and build agency business

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience of managing programs
• Account team leader/senior client advisor
• Project management expert
• Experience in a supervisory role
• Ability to manage multiple major client relationships with multiple workstreams

Additional Information

Our Publicis Groupe motto “Viva La Différence” means we’re 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.

• medical coverage
• dental
• vision
• disability
• 401K
• parental and family care leave
• family forming assistance
• tuition reimbursement
• flexible time off

If you require accommodation or assistance with the application or onboarding process specifically, please contact [e-mail].

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Compensation Range: USD $97,375.00 - USD $155,961.00/Annually. This is the pay range the Company believes it will pay for this position at the time of this posting. Consistent with applicable law, compensation will be determined based on the skills, qualifications, and experience of the applicant along with the requirements of the position, and the Company reserves the right to modify this pay range at any time. Temporary roles may be eligible to participate in our freelancer/temporary employee medical plan through a third-party benefits administration system once certain criteria have been met. Temporary roles may also qualify for participation in our 401(k) plan after eligibility criteria have been met. For regular roles, the Company will offer medical coverage, dental, vision, disability, 401k, and paid time off. The Company anticipates the application deadline for this job posting will be 9/28/2026.