Account Supervisor

Job summary

The Account Supervisor serves as the primary day-to-day liaison for clients, managing integrated 360-degree campaigns to ensure they are delivered on strategy, schedule, and budget. They collaborate with cross-functional teams including strategy, creative, and media to drive campaign momentum and foster strong client relationships.

Job details

WHO WE ARE VML is a global creative company that combines brand experience, customer experience, and commerce to create connected brands that drive growth. Guided by a Human First philosophy, VML is known for its innovative work for brands and consistently ranks among the world’s leading creative companies, including the WARC Creative 100. VML’s global network spans 55+ markets with principal offices in Buenos Aires, Kansas City, London, New York, São Paulo, Shanghai and Singapore. VML is part of WPP, the trusted growth partner for the world's leading brands. Powered by exceptional talent and our agentic marketing platform WPP Open, WPP unites cutting-edge media intelligence and data solutions, creativity, production, enterprise solutions and expert strategic counsel. For more information, please visit www.vml.com [http://www.vml.com/]and follow along on LinkedIn [https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__urldefense.com_v3_-5F-5Fhttps-3A_www.linkedin.com_company_vml_-5F-5F-3B-21-21JboVxjCXSME-21OhlpCfbkl1UcWPwns1-2DGtvHOzFh0QwHV49fsPgGw-2DVCCU1bCg8aQFI9vN-2Dy-2DVwaQcITH2j2XKzGKBIFRLYf2AUWVYY1dFGK6-24&d=DwMFaQ&c=euGZstcaTDllvimEN8b7jXrwqOf-v5A_CdpgnVfiiMM&r=zouFnm4jZMgDFaYF1uVcRY3rbgHWPca_luUrBUkT6Yc&m=QzcCgXCAOjzj5hiU48_CKOdHRSJ4_YpuqfviT9yjlzH5VrkzySTZ-WaQXlYAnj4W&s=jJ7q5V70u9oUx7ONPm5jC3IK8y6vxDilX6BGTlqlWlA&e=] #WeAreVML. About the Role We are looking for a proactive, highly organized, and client-centric Account Supervisor to manage day-to-day operations across our key integrated client accounts operating in dynamic retail environments. In this role, you will serve as the primary operational anchor and day-to-day liaison for clients, ensuring complex 360-degree campaigns are delivered flawlessly, on strategy, on schedule, and on budget. While this position has no direct reports, you will act as a pivotal project lead—collaborating closely with cross-functional agency teams (Strategy, Creative, Media, Production, and Analytics) to drive campaign momentum, solve operational challenges, and foster strong client relationships. Key Responsibilities Client Relationship & Day-to-Day Leadership * Serve as the main day-to-day contact for client brand and retail marketing teams, maintaining clear communication and high levels of client trust. * Manage client expectations on timelines, deliverables, scope, and budget, ensuring proactive status reporting and clear meeting agendas/recap documentation. * Understand the client’s business goals, retail environment, promotional calendar, and brand guidelines to ensure agency output aligns with commercial objectives. Integrated Campaign Execution & Project Orchestration * Oversee the end-to-end execution of integrated campaigns across multiple channels (digital, TV/video, print, OOH, social, CRM, e-commerce, and point-of-sale/retail activations). * Partner with strategy and creative leads to steward work from creative brief approval through final production and campaign launch. * Monitor project workflows, risk factors, and approval stages, ensuring all internal stakeholders and cross-functional teams meet key milestones. * Manage asset delivery schedules, retail store/dealer collateral distribution lists, and digital channel specs. Account Operations & Financial Management * Manage account finances, including project scoping, fee tracking, production estimates, client approvals, and monthly billing reconciliations. * Partner with production and finance teams to ensure projects remain profitable and within approved budget parameters. * Track project scope changes proactively, issuing change orders or scope adjustments as needed. Performance Tracking & Industry Knowledge * Collaborate with media and analytics teams to monitor campaign performance, gather insights, and deliver post-campaign reporting to clients. * Maintain a deep curiosity about retail trends, shopper behavior, and competitive activity in the client’s industry. Qualifications & Experience * Experience: 4–6 years of account management experience within an advertising, marketing, or digital agency environment. * Integrated Expertise: Proven track record of executing multi-channel, 360-degree integrated campaigns (digital, social, video, CRM, and retail/POS collateral). * Retail / Point-of-Sale Familiarity: Experience working with clients operating in physical retail, e-commerce, FMCG/CPG, or automotive dealer ecosystems is highly preferred. * Financial Acumen: Comfort managing project budgets, estimates, vendor costs, and billing processes. * Communication Skills: Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to lead client meetings confidently. * Organization: Exceptional project management and multi-tasking abilities in a fast-paced environment. Key Competencies * Self-Starter & Autonomous: Able to drive initiatives forward independently, anticipate client needs, and solve problems proactively without requiring direct reports to delegate to. * Collaboration: Natural ability to build strong working relationships across creative, strategic, media, and production departments. * Attention to Detail: Meticulous approach to proofing, campaign specs, timing plans, and financial tracking. The base salary for this position at the time of this posting may range between the values at the bottom of this posting. Individual compensation varies based on job-related factors, including location, business needs, level of responsibility, experience, and qualifications. - $65,000—$115,000 CAD We believe the best work happens when we're together, fostering creativity, collaboration, and connection. That's why we’ve adopted a hybrid approach, with teams in the office an average of four days a week. 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What you’ll do

The Account Supervisor serves as the primary day-to-day liaison for clients, managing integrated 360-degree campaigns to ensure they are delivered on strategy, schedule, and budget. They collaborate with cross-functional teams including strategy, creative, and media to drive campaign momentum and foster strong client relationships.

Requirements

Candidates must have 4–6 years of account management experience within an agency environment with a proven track record of executing multi-channel integrated campaigns. Strong financial acumen, exceptional organizational skills, and familiarity with retail or e-commerce ecosystems are required.

Listed skills

• Account Management · Preferred
• Project management · Preferred
• Client Relationship Management · Preferred
• Communication Skills · Preferred
• Cross-Functional Collaboration · Preferred
• CRM · Preferred
• Data analysis · Preferred

Other relevant skills

Identified from the job description. Confirm important requirements above.

• Account Management
• Integrated Marketing
• Project Management
• Client Relationship Management
• Budget Management
• Retail Marketing
• Digital Marketing
• Strategic Planning
• Campaign Execution
• Financial Acumen
• Communication Skills
• Cross-functional Collaboration
• E-commerce
• CRM
• Data Analysis
• Self-Starter
• Change Orders
• Proofreading
• Media Production
• Retail Trends
• Project Scoping
• Workflow Management
• Curiosity
• Expectation Management
• Technology Ecosystems
• Financial Tracking
• Billing
• Brand Management
• Customer Relationship Management
• Customer Service
• Communication
• Creative Brief
• Creativity
• Finance
• Financial Management
• Global Marketing
• Leadership
• Health Risk Assessments
• Marketing
• Innovation
• Marketing Performance Measurement And Management
• Milestones (Project Management)
• Multitasking
• Operations
• Point Of Sale
• Social Video Marketing
• Timelines
• Vector Markup Language
• Verbal Communication Skills
• Detail Oriented

Job areas

• Marketing
• Creative & Media
• Management & Leadership
• Retail
• Consulting
• Account Supervisor
• Retail and Wholesale Trade Managers
• Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products

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