Senior Account Manager
Sockeye · Portland, OR · 1 mo ago
On-siteBusiness DevelopmentFull-time
Responsibilities
- Serve as a senior strategic partner and trusted advisor to clients
- Lead day-to-day communications across multiple projects and workstreams with clarity and professionalism
- Anticipate client needs, identify risks early, and proactively guide solutions
- Build strong relationships while confidently managing difficult conversations, changing priorities, and competing stakeholder needs
- Develop a deep understanding of client businesses, industries, audiences, and organizational dynamics
- Identify opportunities to strengthen partnerships and grow the business organically
- Drive the work forward (and make it shine)
- Partner closely with project management, strategy, creative, and production teams to move work efficiently from kickoff through delivery
- Maintain visibility into project health, profitability, and resourcing
- Confidently manage scope conversations, budget discussions, and shifting priorities
- Ensure teams stay aligned, informed, and moving with clarity
Qualifications
- Typically 8+ years of experience in account management, client services, or integrated agency leadership roles
- Proven experience managing complex client relationships and multi-disciplinary projects
- Strong understanding of integrated creative workflows across brand, digital, campaigns, content/video, and experiential
- Experience leading senior-level client conversations with confidence and professionalism
- Strong business acumen, communication skills, and organizational instincts
- Ability to balance relationship-building with operational rigor and accountability
- Self-directed, resourceful, and comfortable operating in a fast-moving independent agency environment