Senior Account Executive

Leo Chicago; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 60,800 - 84,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage

Dental

Vision

Disability

401K

Parental and family care leave

Family forming assistance

Tuition reimbursement

Flexible time off

Job summary

Leo Chicago is seeking a Senior Account Executive to manage client relationships and campaign execution. The successful candidate will lead projects from concept to completion, ensuring high-quality deliverables while collaborating with cross-functional teams. Candidates should demonstrate both hard and soft skills in brand stewardship, communication, and project management. Benefits include medical and dental coverage, a 401K plan, and flexible time off, with a competitive salary range of $60,800 to $84,000 annually.

Qualifications

• Experience within a creatively driven agency environment.
• Ability to manage high-volume workloads efficiently.
• Strong understanding of workflows and budget tracking.

Responsibilities

• Manage projects from start to finish ensuring timely delivery.
• Coordinate with multiple teams to align project goals.
• Represent Creative team in client interactions.
• Communicate client requests effectively to internal teams.
• Oversee administrative tasks and maintain project documentation.
• Foster collaboration with clients and internal teams.

Skills

Brand stewardship

Account management

Strong organizational skills

Effective communication

Leadership

Collaboration

Attention to detail

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

As a Senior Account Executive, you are the engine that brings strategic and creative ambitions to life. You manage the day-to-day business with increasing autonomy, ensuring work is delivered flawlessly, efficiently, and with a deep understanding of client objectives. You contribute meaningfully to strategic development, and serve as a trusted partner to both clients and internal teams. This role offers the opportunity to support complex campaigns while serving as a connective force across integrated agency teams (IAT). A successful Senior Account Executive demonstrates strong ownership, proactive leadership, and the ability to anticipate needs before they arise—helping drive creative excellence and consistent, high-quality execution across all workstreams.

Responsibilities

• Own projects from start to finish—managing workflows, timelines, budgets, and cross-functional alignment to ensure smooth delivery and creative excellence.
• Serve as the connecting thread across Strategy, Production, Media, Legal, Creative, and partner agency teams to support national multimedia, and smaller ad hoc campaigns.
• Represent the Creative team in client interactions, advocating for high-quality, effective work that meets campaign objectives and resonates with target audiences.
• Interpret and communicate client requests and feedback clearly to internal teams, ensuring alignment and efficient execution across all stakeholders.
• Support trafficking spots out to media partners, ensuring assets are accurate, approved, and delivered on time.
• Manage key administrative responsibilities, including running and updating weekly status meetings and documents, maintaining timelines, resource management and documenting next steps.
• Partner closely with internal teams and clients to maintain momentum, transparency, and shared accountability.

Qualifications

• Hard Skills
  • Brand stewardship and account management experience within a creatively driven agency environment
  • Assist in managing high-volume tactical workstreams, supporting consistency, quality, and timely delivery.
  • Ability to lead ad hoc projects, uniting the IAT
  • Strong understanding of timelines, workflows, and budget tracking
• Soft Skills
  • Confident, proactive leader with a strong sense of ownership
  • Clear, thoughtful communicator able to interpret and translate client feedback into actionable direction
  • Highly organized and detail-oriented, with the ability to manage multiple workstreams simultaneously
  • Collaborative partner who builds trust across disciplines and teams
  • Calm, solution-oriented, and adaptable in fast-moving environments
  • Ability to lead projects with confidence, knowing when to manage up/inform the right parties when necessary
• Any Knowledge / Ability Mandatories
  • Demonstrate ability to manage projects independently and also demonstrate strong collaboration skills
  • Comfort working cross-functionally with multiple different teams from different focus areas and internal/external agencies

Benefits

• Medical coverage
• Dental
• Vision
• Disability
• 401K
• Parental and family care leave
• Family forming assistance
• Tuition reimbursement
• Flexible time off

Compensation

Compensation Range: $60,800- $84,000 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.

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.

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