Account Supervisor

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

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k)

Paid time off

Parental leave

Tuition reimbursement

Flexible time off

Job summary

Leo New York is seeking an Account Supervisor to lead day-to-day client work, guide brand ideas across social, activations and consumer touchpoints, and ensure projects meet budget and timelines. You will partner with clients, advise internal teams, and drive excellence from brief through execution.

The role emphasizes leadership, strategic thinking, and superb communication, with opportunities to mentor junior staff and collaborate across departments within the Publicis network.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience in account management or advertising.
• Bachelor’s degree or relevant experience.
• On-site work expectations.

Responsibilities

• Partner with client to create innovative brand solutions across social and activations.
• Oversee projects and bring brand ideas to life from brief to execution.
• Communicate with client to set expectations and updates.
• Lead social-first and brand activations across platforms.

Skills

Proactive, solution-oriented

Strategic thinker

Presentation skills

Clear communicator

Collaborator

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor’s degree

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

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

Responsibilities

Day to Day

• 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 contact, overseeing projects and bringing brand ideas to life across social, brand activations and other consumer touchpoints, from initial concept through to execution
• Communicates with client regularly to set project expectations, negotiate deliverables and obtain updates on the client’s business
• Experience leading social-first and brand act work from brief through execution, with an understanding of how larger brand ideas translate across platforms and consumer touchpoints.
• 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.
• Proactively identifies opportunities to broaden how a brand idea comes to life, with a strong understanding of social platforms, brand activations, cultural moments and emerging formats.
• 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
• Balances strategic thinking with detail-oriented project management, championing best-in-class creative across multiple brands, workstreams and channels.
• 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.

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. 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 12/14/2026.