Sr. Manager, Client Experience

Stagwell Media; Maryland; On-site; USD 75,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

PTO plan

401k program

Parental leave

Pre-tax commuter benefits

Job summary

Stagwell Media in the United States seeks a Senior Manager, Client Experience to lead day-to-day account management, ensuring timely, accurate, and strategically sound outputs while supervising a small team of Associates and Senior Associates.

You will nurture client relationships, translate activity into actionable guidance, QA media plans, and collaborate with Strategy Insights, Analytics, and activation teams to drive performance and client satisfaction.

Qualifications

• 3-5 years of experience in media, marketing, or client account management.
• Experience managing day-to-day client relationships and leading campaign execution.
• Strong organization, attention to detail, and ability to mentor junior team members.

Responsibilities

• Act as the primary day-to-day client contact, leading communications, execution updates, and routine presentations.
• Translate campaign activity and performance into clear, actionable recommendations for clients.
• Develop, QA, and approve media plans with clear strategic rationale aligned to KPIs.
• Oversee reporting and insights delivery to ensure outputs are accurate and timely.

Skills

Client relationship management

Campaign execution

Team leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication & presentation

Budget tracking

Job description

About Us

Stagwell Media is a global media agency that delivers performance built to unlock ambition on every platform. As part of Stagwell, the challenger network transforming marketing through AI, Stagwell Media is transforming media through an agile, integrated model that powers growth and helps brands navigate an evolving marketplace. Powered by next-generation agentic technology, including The Media Machine, its AI-native operating system, the agency accelerates optimization, maximizes media investment efficiency and drives higher-quality audience engagement. With more than 2,300 experts across 50+ markets, Stagwell Media delivers transformative results for leading global brands including Lenovo, DP World, and P&G.

Overview

The Senior Manager, Client Experience is responsible for leading day-to-day account management with a focus on delivering a high-quality, seamless client experience. This role serves as the primary point of contact for clients, ensuring communication, execution, and outputs are accurate, timely, and strategically sound. The Supervisor also oversees junior team members, builds client trust, and contributes to the development of thoughtful, insight-driven recommendations.

Responsibilities

Client Experience & Leadership

• Act as the primary day-to-day client contact, leading ongoing communications, executional updates, and routine presentations
• Build and maintain strong client relationships by ensuring consistent, high-quality delivery and responsiveness
• Translate campaign activity and performance into clear, actionable recommendations for clients

Strategic Planning & Quality Assurance

• Develop, QA, and approve media plans with clear strategic rationale, ensuring alignment to client KPIs and business objectives
• Review and approve all deliverables to ensure accuracy, strategic alignment, and client-ready quality
• Begin influencing strategic recommendations through performance insights and cross-team collaboration

Execution & Operational Delivery

• Ensure accurate and timely campaign execution across channels by providing clear briefs and detailed direction to activation teams and business intelligence
• Oversee the delivery of reporting and insights, ensuring outputs are accurate, timely, and aligned to client expectations

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Partner closely with Strategy Insights & Connections and Analytics teams to refine media approaches and improve campaign effectiveness
• Drive alignment across teams to support consistent execution and performance improvement

Financial Stewardship

• Ensure budgets are accurately tracked and reconciled against client billing, escalating discrepancies as needed

Team Leadership & Development

• Lead and manage a small team of Associates and Senior Associates, providing coaching, delegation, and performance feedback
• Foster team development by promoting collaboration, ongoing learning, and adoption of tools and best practices
• Share relevant industry updates to strengthen team knowledge and capability

Required Skills

• 3-5 years of experience in media, marketing, or client account management
• Experience managing day-to-day client relationships and leading campaign execution
• Prior experience mentoring or managing junior team members (Associates/Senior Associates)
• Highly organized with strong attention to detail and follow-through
• Proactive and solutions-oriented, with the ability to identify issues and escalates appropriately
• Committed to continuous learning, team development, and adoption of tools and best
• Strong client communication and presentation skills, with the ability to lead meetings and deliver updates clearly and confidently
• Strategic thinking with the ability to connect campaign execution to broader business objectives and KPIs
• Attention to detail with a strong quality assurance mindset across plans, reporting, and deliverables
• Ability to translate data and performance insights into clear, actionable recommendations
• Proven ability to manage multiple workstreams and ensure delivery across campaigns
• Strong collaboration skills, with experience working cross-functionally with strategy, analytics, and activation teams
• Demonstrated ability to coach, delegate, and provide constructive feedback to junior team members
• Comfort with budget tracking and identifying discrepancies

Benefits

In addition to medical, dental and vision coverage, we offer a generous PTO plan, 401k program, comprehensive family planning benefits (including paid parental leave), and pre-tax commuter benefits. Benefits/perks may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Assembly and the location where you work.

Equal Opportunities

At Stagwell Media, we believe every career is as unique as the individual and empower employees to reach their full potential in a winning culture motivated by a powerful purpose.

Stagwell Media is an advocate for equal opportunity in the workplace. We are committed to ensuring equal opportunities regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, gender identity, status as a protected veteran, among other things, or status as a qualified individual with disability. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know. EEO Employer M/F/Vet/Disabled.

Compensation (Text Only)

In order to comply with equal pay and salary transparency laws in various locations, we believe the target range of base compensation in all locations within the United States for this role is $75,000- $95,000. Actual compensation is influenced by a wide array of factors including but not limited to skill set, level of experience, and location.