Senior Account Manager
About this role
Who We Are
VML is a leading creative company that combines brand experience, customer experience, and commerce, creating connected brands to drive growth. VML is celebrated for its innovative and award-winning human-first work for clients including AstraZeneca, Colgate-Palmolive, Dell, Ford, Microsoft, Nestlé, The Coca-Cola Company, and Wendy's. In 2026, VML was named Campaign’s Global Network of the Year and ranked #2 Creative Network of the Year at Cannes Lions. VML’s global network spans 55+ markets with principal offices in Buenos Aires, Kansas City, London, New York, São Paulo, Shanghai and Singapore.
VML is part of WPP, the trusted growth partner for the world's leading brands. Powered by exceptional talent and our agentic marketing platform WPP Open, WPP unites cutting-edge media intelligence and data solutions, creativity, production, enterprise solutions and expert strategic counsel.
For more information, please visit www.vml.com and follow along on LinkedIn #WeAreVML.
The Senior Account Manager is responsible for managing, coordinating and leading Agency resources in order to meet Client's marketing and advertising needs. In this role, the Senior Account Manager has overall responsibility for Agency output and provides perspective and leadership in the development of quality solutions.
What you’ll do
- Supervise the strategic direction and development of accounts
- Identify, evaluate and monitor effective marketing channels
- Direct the development of both the marketing and communication plans
- Assist client in establishing long- and short-term marketing objectives and goals
- Act as internal client liaison
- Oversee new product and service launches
- Responsible for all final Agency work-quality control
- Manage Account staff in daily workflow, training and career development
- Supervise overall budget management
- Manage account profitability
- Participate in financial forecasting, tracking and reporting
Who you are
- Min 4 years of advertising experience with min 2 years of account management experience.
- Excellent communication and presentation skills with sound qualitative & quantitative analytical understanding.
- Good leadership skills and understand the importance of working collaboratively in teams.
- Knowledge of all agency functional areas; including production, media, research and database management areas
- Strong analytics background with the ability to translate customer insights derived from data into actionable marketing outputs
We believe the best work happens when we're together, fostering creativity, collaboration, and connection. That's why we’ve adopted a hybrid approach, with teams in the office an average of four days a week. If you require accommodations or flexibility, please discuss this with the hiring team during the interview process.
WPP (VML) is an equal opportunity employer and considers applicants for all positions without discrimination or regard to characteristics. We are committed to fostering a culture of respect in which everyone feels they belong and has the same opportunities to progress in their careers.
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