Account Manager, Creative Agency

North Chicago, IL (On-site)

$110K/yr – $209K/yrSenior Level10+ years expFull time

Posted 4 days ago

Job Summary

Owns account leadership for multi-disciplinary client programs, guiding strategic counsel, relationship management, and end-to-end delivery from concept to execution, while coaching teams and driving growth and operational excellence.

  • Leads cross-functional teams and manages complex engagements.
  • Partners with executive clients and stakeholder groups to shape strategy.
  • Oversees budgets, milestones, and quality/compliance standards.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • This position serves as the primary account lead to be able to project manage for assigned clients, providing strategic counsel, relationship management, and oversight of complex, multidisciplinary engagements from concept through execution. The Account Manager partners with creative leadership, agency teams, production vendors, and business stakeholders to deliver initiatives that may include executive and corporate communications, organizational change communications, product launches, disease awareness campaigns, employee engagement programs, sales and marketing materials, digital experiences, events, video and multimedia productions, and other enterprise communications initiatives.
  • The Account Manager provides direction, coaching, mentorship, and performance management as a people leader for account professionals, project managers, creatives, producers, and other cross-functional team members. This leader establishes clear priorities and expectations, fosters accountability, promotes collaboration and professional growth, and creates an environment where innovation, continuous improvement, and exceptional client service thrive.
  • The Account Manager is also responsible for driving business growth and operational excellence by identifying new opportunities, expanding strategic partnerships, managing agency resources effectively, overseeing financial performance and budgets, and ensuring projects are delivered on time, within scope, and aligned with AbbVie quality and compliance standards. Success in this role requires exceptional executive presence, strong business acumen, outstanding communication and influencing skills, and the ability to lead confidently in complex, fast-paced, and highly visible environments.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Communications, Marketing, Business, Design, or a related field; Master’s degree preferred.
  • 10+ years of progressive experience in account management, client services, or account leadership within a creative, advertising, communications, consulting, or in-house agency environment.
  • Proven experience partnering directly with Executive Leadership Team members, Executive Communications teams, C-suite executives, and senior business leaders.
  • Demonstrated success leading, coaching, mentoring, and developing high-performing multidisciplinary teams.
  • Strong expertise in strategic communications, branding, content development, digital communications, marketing, multimedia, and creative program management.
  • Experience managing complex cross-functional initiatives, budgets, resource planning, vendor relationships, and executive-level stakeholder engagement.
  • Pharmaceutical, healthcare, biotechnology, or other highly regulated industry experience preferred.
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AbbVie

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AbbVie is a global biopharmaceutical company focused on creating medicines and solutions that put impact first — for patients, communities, and our world. We aim to address complex health issues and enhance people's lives through our core therapeutic areas: immunology, oncology, neuroscience, eye care, aesthetics and other areas of unmet need. Learn more about us at www.abbvie.com and review our community guidelines at https://www.abbvie.com/social-media-community-guidelines.html.

Founded in 2013
North Chicago, Illinois, USA
60K employees (3,267 in marketing)
78% recommend to a friend
88% CEO approval

Salaries

Posted range

$110K/yr – $209K/yr

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Funding

Total Funding
$23B
Last Raise
$8B
Post IPO Debt, 18 days ago

Funding History

  • Feb 2026
    Post IPO Debt • $8B
  • Feb 2024
    Post IPO Debt • $15B
  • Mar 2023
    Post IPO Equity • $250K

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
1.4M
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$37.3K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
35%
Direct
45.7%
Referral
11.2%
Social
6.1%
Paid
1.8%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~59.9K

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