Account Supervisor

SkyWater Search Partners; Minneapolis (MN); Hybrid; USD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

SkyWater Search Partners is partnering with a leading indie Advertising Agency to find an Account Supervisor. You will lead client services, bridge between clients and internal teams, and ensure campaigns are strategically grounded, creatively excellent, and delivered flawlessly.

You will mentor junior staff, collaborate across creative, strategy, media and production, and help grow accounts. The agency is headquartered in Minneapolis and offers a hybrid work environment; target base salary

Qualifications

• 5+ years in an agency environment, with 1–2 years leading client accounts at a strategic level.
• Strong strategic and creative mindset rooted in insights.
• Integrated marketing knowledge across branding, digital, traditional media.
• Excellent written and verbal communication; able to present clearly.
• Ability to manage multiple accounts with changing priorities.

Responsibilities

• Serve as trusted advisor to clients, deeply understanding their businesses, brand goals, competitive landscape, and success metrics.
• Translate insights into strategic campaign briefs, ensuring the work aligns with client objectives.
• Prepare and deliver client presentations with clarity, confidence, and strategic thinking.
• Mentor and support more junior account team members in their growth.
• Collaborate with creative leads, strategy, media planners, production, and other internal teams.

Skills

Client leadership

Strategic thinking

Communication skills

Team mentorship

Organizational ability

Leadership

Job description

We have partnered with a leading indieAdvertising Agency on their search for anAccount Supervisor!
As theAccount Supervisor,you will be a key leader ontheclient services team. You’ll help to ensure that clients receive outstanding creative work—strategically grounded, creatively excellent, and delivered flawlessly. You will act as a bridge between the clients and internal teams (creative, strategy, media, production), guiding campaign execution and fostering strong relationships.

Key responsibilities include:

Client Leadership & Strategy

• Serve as a trusted advisor to clients, deeply understanding their businesses, brand goals, competitive landscape, and success metrics.

• Translate insights into strategic campaign briefs, ensuring the work aligns with client objectives.

• Help identify new growth opportunities within existing accounts.

Communication & Presentation

• Prepare and deliver client presentations with clarity, confidence, and strategic thinking.

• Handle feedback from clients: assess, translate into internal action, manage expectations.

• Be a point of escalation for issues or scope changes; proactively mitigate risks to campaign success.

Team Collaboration & Mentorship

• Work closely with creative leads, strategy, media planners, production, and other internal teams to ensure collaborative and aligned execution.

• Mentor and support more junior account team members (Account Executives, Coordinators) in their growth.

• Contribute to maintainingculture—inclusive, scrappy, nimble, collaborative, insight-driven.

• Experience at a small to mid-sized agency is also a huge plus!

Experience

5+ years in an agency environment (or equivalent), with at least 1-2 years leading or supervising client accounts at a strategic level.

Strategic & Creative Mindset

Ability to think beyond execution, to ask the right questions, push for distinction, and ensure work is rooted in insight.

Integrated Marketing Knowledge

Comfortable across channels—branding, digital/social, traditional media, content—knowing what works where and why.

Strong Communication Skills

Written, verbal, presentation?level; able to build trust with clients and internal teams alike.

Organizational Ability

Able to manage multiple accounts/projects simultaneously, with changing priorities and deadlines.

Leadership & Collaboration

Experience mentoring or managing junior staff, with a collaborative, supportive leadership style.

The agency is headquartered in Minneapolis, MN, and operates in a hybrid work environment. While we are prioritizing candidates based in the Minneapolis area, we are open to those willing to relocate within a reasonable timeframe. The target base salary range for this role is $80,000–$100,000, depending on experience.