VP, Client Leadership

New York City, NY (Hybrid)

$137K/yr – $185K/yrSenior LevelFull time

Posted 3 months ago

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Job Summary

Own the client relationship and growth agenda across multiple brands by translating business challenges into creative opportunities and leading cross‑functional teams from strategy through delivery.

  • Strategic ownership: lead brand strategy with internal and external partners, shaping creative and media opportunities.
  • Operational leadership: manage agile content workflows, rapid production, and cross‑functional collaboration to meet client expectations.
  • Measurement and optimization: interpret performance data with analytics to guide test‑and‑learn roadmaps and improve ROI across brand and demand campaigns.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Builds and sustains relationships with senior level clients and becomes the client's trusted strategic partner.
  • Acts as a senior strategic partner to clients, translating business challenges into creative opportunities that drive growth.
  • Strategic thinker capable of leading the brand’s strategy with stakeholders including internal and external agency partners.
  • Lead teams through strategic development, creative ideation, production, and flawless execution.
  • Think collaboratively across creative and media and leverages various disciplines in the agency to present client brand-building opportunities and agency-building initiatives.
  • Builds and leads agile workflows that support rapid content creation, real-time optimization, and cross‑functional collaboration.
  • Anticipates bottlenecks and proactively solves for prioritization and delivery across a fast‑moving portfolio.
  • Lead and oversee all account operations as it relates to the business of the agency.
  • Oversee development of social first creative systems, including rapid content production, influencer integration, community‑driven ideas, and platform‑native storytelling.
  • Ensure creative teams stay ahead of platform shifts, emerging formats, and cultural trends, translating them into scalable content strategies for multiple brands.
  • Identify client issues and work with our agency partners to provide solutions.
  • Inspire agency and client confidence and seek opportunities to advance the client relationship.
  • Interprets performance data, audience insights, and media signals to guide creative iteration and optimization.
  • Partners with analytics to build test‑and‑learn roadmaps that improve effectiveness across brand and demand campaigns.
  • Empower teams through engaging career development practices; maximize learning and productivity while minimizing turnover.
  • In partnership with business lead, oversees client financials and account profitability.
  • Analyze P&L statements and take necessary action to ensure profitability.
  • Provides leadership on agency delivery; ensures all deliverables are produced on time, on budget, and meets the client's expectations.
  • Provide honest and valuable counsel to the agency team.
  • Create applicable development plans for direct reports.

Requirements

  • Account team leader/senior client advisor
  • Project management expert
  • Management experience is required. Able to empower, keep teams on track, and participate in professional development of staff.
  • High energy, able to effectively operate in a fast-paced, growing, and evolving environment.
  • Demonstrate superior oral, written and strategic abilities
  • Has experience with financial planning and revenue forecasting
  • Navigates highly regulated or operationally complex categories (CPG, QSR, pharma) with confidence, ensuring creative excellence while maintaining compliance and speed.
  • Experience managing multiple brands simultaneously, balancing long‑term brand building with short-term performance needs across varied business cycles.
  • 10-12 Years of integrated agency account management experience and 5 years in a senior supervisory role.

Benefits

  • Medical, vision, and dental insurance,
  • Life insurance,
  • Short-term and long-term disability insurance,
  • 401k,
  • Flexible paid time off,
  • At least 15 paid holidays per year,
  • Paid sick and safe leave,
  • Paid parental leave.
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Dentsu Creative

Dentsu Creative is a global creative agency network designed to unlock exponential growth for clients. We use Transformative Creativity as a differentiating, driving force to bring our capabilities together to positively impact people, business and society. Established in 2022, Dentsu Creative is integrated with dentsu’s Media and CXM businesses in over 145 countries and regions, to offer Integrated Growth Solutions.

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Referral
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Social
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Paid
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