Account Lead

About the role

The ideal candidate will lead agency-of-record client relationships and ensure the team delivers outcomes over outputs. They will be a strategic counselor, partner beyond daily outputs, trusted with decisions impacting a client's business. They must manage resources, teams, and financial results.

Responsibilities

• Cultivate and deepen relationships with colleagues and client contacts
• Develop and steward fully integrated strategic and tactical plans
• Own and manage account budgets, scopes, results and reporting
• Assemble, resource and lead cross-functional teams
• Lead internal and client meetings
• Develop and deliver compelling presentations and materials
• Model JS values daily
• Anticipate and resolve conflict
• Bring a tech-forward mindset to the work, leveraging emerging tools
• Proactively identify risks and opportunities
• Coach, manage and mentor team members

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required; public relations, communications, marketing or business preferred
• 8+ years of experience leading and managing client relationships, accounts teams and integrated work at an agency
• Hands-on experience developing and delivering modern PR strategies and programs
• Advanced experience with project management tools and principles
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills
• Tech-forward mindset with comfort learning and applying AI-enabled tools
• Experience coaching and developing others

Benefits

• World-class health care insurance
• Profit sharing
• Unlimited sick days
• 401k match + personal financial planning
• Flexible work environment