Account Supervisor

Publicis Group; New York (NY); On-site; USD 75,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Publicis Groupe in New York is seeking an Account Supervisor to lead day-to-day advertising execution, provide strategic planning leadership, and oversee account teams. You will manage client relationships, budgets, and ensure creative output aligns with client and agency objectives.

The role involves guiding reports, delivering timely solutions, and driving cross-functional collaboration across departments to maximize impact for multiple brands.

Qualifications

• Excellent leadership and strategic thinking to guide the account team.
• Strong written and verbal communication with clients and internal partners.
• Experience managing multiple brands and budgets.
• On-site work expectations.

Responsibilities

• 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

Skills

Leadership

Strategic thinking

Communication

Presentation skills

Cross-functional collaboration

Problem solving

Team mentorship

Education

Bachelor’s degree or relevant experience

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.

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

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.

Responsibilities

• 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

Mindset

• 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

Competencies/Soft Skills

• 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

Qualifications

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

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. Our benefits package includes medical coverage, dental, vision, disability, 401K, as well as parental and family care leave, family forming assistance, tuition reimbursement, and 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.

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Compensation Range: USD $75,050.00 - USD $120,159.00/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 9/7/2026.