Senior Account Supervisor, Brand

Chicago, IL (On-site)

$90K/yr – $125K/yrSenior Level6+ years expFull time

Posted 12 hrs ago

Job Summary

You will own the full client program leadership, shaping messaging and media plans while driving integrated campaigns, team development, and delivery across accounts.

  • Lead client programs and communications strategy across multiple accounts.
  • Direct media relations, executive visibility, and cross-channel campaigns.
  • Mentor teams, oversee budgets and delivery to ensure high-quality results.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Client Leadership & Program Management: Serve as a trusted day-to-day client contact, managing communications programs, providing recommendations, and ensuring exceptional client service across multiple accounts.
  • Brand Communications: Develop messaging, content, and communications programs that support brand and business objectives.
  • Media Relations & Executive Visibility: Lead media relations programs, including outreach planning, spokesperson preparation, media materials development, and relationship-building with key journalists.
  • Integrated Campaign Execution: Partner with internal teams and external stakeholders to execute integrated communications initiatives, events, and campaigns across traditional and emerging channels.
  • Business Growth & New Business Support: Contribute to agency growth through client expansion opportunities and participation in cross-practice and cross-office new business efforts.
  • Team Leadership & Development: Mentor, coach, and support junior team members by providing guidance, feedback, delegation, and opportunities for professional growth.
  • Account Operations & Delivery: Oversee account budgets, timelines, resources, media plans, and deliverables, ensuring programs are delivered successfully, on budget, and to a high standard.

Requirements

  • 6+ years of experience in public relations, communications, brand marketing, or related fields within an agency or fast-paced communications environment.
  • Strong media relations experience, with a track record of building journalist relationships, securing earned coverage, and supporting executive visibility programs.
  • Experience developing and executing communications programs that support brand and business objectives.
  • Strong writing, editing, and presentation skills, with experience developing client-facing materials.
  • Strong project management and organizational skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities, stakeholders, budgets, and deadlines simultaneously.
  • Experience mentoring and developing junior team members while fostering a collaborative, high-performing team environment.
  • Curious, solutions-oriented, and comfortable navigating complex communications challenges while building strong client relationships.

Preferred

  • Experience contributing to integrated campaigns spanning earned, owned, social, executive visibility, or reputation management programs.
  • Experience supporting business development, client growth initiatives, or new business pitches.

Benefits

  • Medical, dental and vision insurance with prescription plans
  • Short and long-term disability
  • Be Kind to Your Mind program focuses on mental health, providing a paid subscription to Headspace and access to mental health providers and other services through a best-in-class employee assistance program
  • Employees are encouraged to bring their authentic self to Zeno and participate in our employee resource groups which build communities for sharing and support
  • Generous vacation, paid holidays and self-care time
  • 401(k) plan, pretax flexible spending accounts, tuition assistance, life insurance and free access to a certified financial coach
  • ZenoFit program provides a monthly allowance to fund activities in your personal life that bring you joy and keep you healthy
  • These and other benefits are available to non-temporary employees in the US
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Zeno Group

Zeno Group is the fiercely independent and global, integrated communications agency, born from PR. We bring together the boldest and brightest talent to help clients across industries and sectors unleash the power of strategic communications. Guided by our purpose to champion the courageous to achieve something better for humankind, we push boundaries to achieve real business value and societal impact for clients. Winner of the industry’s most coveted awards including the 2023 PRWeek Purpose Agency of the Year, 2023 PRovoke Purpose-Driven Agency of the Year, 2022 PRWeek Global Agency of the Year, 2022 PRWeek U.S. Large Agency of the Year, 2022 PRovoke Best Large Agency to Work For in North America, 2021 PRovoke Global Creative Agency of the Year, 2021 PRovoke North American Agency of the Year, 2021 PRWeek Agency of the Year and a four-time winner of PRWeek’s Best Places to Work. Zeno has also been previously recognized by the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity. Zeno is a DJE Holdings Company.

Founded in 1998
New York, NY, US
899 employees (182 in marketing)

Salaries

Posted range

$90K/yr – $125K/yr

Taken straight from the job posting.

The middle of this range ($108K) is 27% below the median base salary for Senior Brand Manager roles in the United States ($147K).

Senior Brand Manager median pay in the United States

$147K/yr

Most pay falls between $122K and $160K. Based on 76 salaries.

See all Zeno Group salaries

Funding

Last Raise
Pre Seed, 3 years ago

Funding History

  • Oct 2022
    Pre Seed

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
34K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
42.7%
Direct
43.6%
Referral
8.4%
Social
3.8%
Paid
1.1%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~910
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Senior Account Supervisor, Brand

Zeno Group · Chicago, IL · On-site