- Salary
- $61k – $84k
- Location
- Chicago, IL, US
- Type
- Full-time
- Department
- Sales
- Seniority
- Senior
- Closing date
- Today
- Source
- iCIMS
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.
Job Description
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