Strategic Account Leader - Creative Campaigns & Delivery

Brighton Agency; Missouri; On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Brighton Agency is seeking a sharp, marketing-savvy Account Manager with 5-7 years of advertising agency or brand management experience. You will lead cross-functional teams from brief to production, ensuring work is on-brand and effective.

You’ll translate client needs into strong briefs, guide work through the agency, and manage timelines, budgets, and stakeholder communications with clarity and confidence.

Qualifications

• 5-7 years of account service or brand management experience in an agency or marketing environment.
• Experience translating client goals into clear briefs and directing internal teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage multiple mid-sized projects from kickoff through delivery, ensuring timelines, budgets, deliverables, and expectations stay on track.
• Serve as the day-to-day client partner with clear, solution-oriented communication.
• Translate client goals into clear direction for internal teams—writing briefs, organizing feedback, and ensuring alignment at every step.
• Collaborate with creative, digital, content, and production teams to move work efficiently through the agency process.
• Facilitate reviews, gather feedback, and help prepare presentations that tell a clear story.
• Build decks, agendas, status reports, and conference notes for stakeholders.
• Manage client budgets, estimates, and invoices with accuracy and transparency.
• Track progress across digital, social, print, web, in-store, and paid media to meet brand standards.

Skills

Account management

Excellent communication

Attention to detail

Cross-channel understanding

Creative briefs

Meetings facilitation

Proactive problem-solving

Agency workflows

MS Office

Budget management

Education

B.S. in Marketing, Communications, or related field

Tools

Monday.com

MS Office

Job description

Brighton Agency is seeking a sharp, marketing-savvy Account Manager with 5-7 years of advertising agency or brand management experience. You will lead cross-functional teams from brief to production, ensuring work is on-brand and effective.

You’ll translate client needs into strong briefs, guide work through the agency, and manage timelines, budgets, and stakeholder communications with clarity and confidence.