Saatchi & Saatchi

Account Director (CPG)

Saatchi & Saatchi$97K — $139K *
Food & Beverages
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5-7 years of experience leading integrated marketing programs within an agency setting.
  • Expertise in creative development and maintaining client partnerships.
  • Strong leadership skills across cross-functional teams and production environments.
  • Background in CPG or food brands is preferred.
  • Demonstrated emotional intelligence and resilience in collaborative settings.

Responsibilities

  • Lead daily operations for two iconic brands, fostering strong client relationships.
  • Develop inspiring briefs that drive creative ambition and challenge norms.
  • Facilitate collaboration among agency partners to ensure effective strategy execution.
  • Cultivate a creative work environment that empowers teams and enhances work quality.
  • Identify growth opportunities and innovative solutions to benefit clients and consumers.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage.
  • Disability and 401K assistance available.
  • Parental and family care leave offered.
  • Family forming assistance and tuition reimbursement programs.
  • Flexible time off to support work-life balance.
Full Job Description
Overview

What helps people, helps business. At Leo Chicago, we believe the best ideas are born from curiosity, courage, and a deep understanding of people. We're looking for an Account Director to lead two of the world's most iconic CPG brands as they navigate a pivotal moment of reinvention.

This is more than account management-it's an opportunity to be a true brand steward, creative catalyst, and trusted client partner. You'll inspire breakthrough thinking, champion work that moves culture, and bring together the power of strategy, creativity, production, and integrated agency partners to deliver ideas that drive meaningful business impact.

Responsibilities

What You'll Do
  • Lead the day-to-day business across two category-leading brands, building trusted relationships with senior clients and cross-functional teams.
  • Shape inspiring briefs, elevate creative ambition, and champion ideas that challenge convention and exceed expectations.
  • Drive integrated agency collaboration, ensuring seamless execution from strategy through production.
  • Create an environment where creativity thrives, teams feel empowered, and great work gets even better.
  • Identify opportunities for growth, innovation, and new ways to create impact for clients and consumers alike.

Qualifications

What Success Looks Like

You are equally comfortable inspiring a creative team, influencing senior clients, and navigating complex production and operational challenges. You push for better, ask "why not?", and know how to turn bold ideas into real-world results.

What We're Looking For
  • Proven experience leading integrated marketing programs within an agency environment.
  • Strong expertise in creative development, client partnership, cross-functional leadership, and production.
  • Exceptional emotional intelligence, resilience, accountability, and collaboration skills.
  • Experience in CPG and/or food brands preferred.
  • A passion for culture, creativity, and helping iconic brands stay relevant in a rapidly changing world.

Additional information

Our Publicis Groupe motto "Viva La Différence" means we're better together, and we believe that our differences make us stronger. It means we honor and celebrate all identities, across all facets of intersectionality, and it underpins all that we do as an organization. We are focused on fostering belonging and creating equitable & inclusive experiences for all talent.

Publicis Groupe provides robust and inclusive benefit programs and policies to support the evolving and diverse needs of our talent and enable every person to grow and thrive. Our benefits package includes medical coverage, dental, vision, disability, 401K, as well as parental and family care leave, family forming assistance, tuition reimbursement, and flexible time off.

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Compensation Range: USD $97,375.00 - USD $139,965.00/Annually. This is the pay range the Company believes it will pay for this position at the time of this posting. Consistent with applicable law, compensation will be determined based on the skills, qualifications, and experience of the applicant along with the requirements of the position, and the Company reserves the right to modify this pay range at any time. Temporary roles may be eligible to participate in our freelancer/temporary employee medical plan through a third-party benefits administration system once certain criteria have been met. Temporary roles may also qualify for participation in our 401(k) plan after eligibility criteria have been met. For regular roles, the Company will offer medical coverage, dental, vision, disability, 401k, and paid time off. The Company anticipates the application deadline for this job posting will be 8/25/2026.

About Saatchi & Saatchi

Saatchi & Saatchi is a global advertising agency headquartered in New York City. The company was founded in London in 1970 by brothers Maurice and Charles Saatchi and is now part of the Publicis Groupe, a French multinational advertising and public relations company. Saatchi & Saatchi has over 6,000 employees in 114 countries and provides a range of advertising and marketing services to clients in various industries, including automotive, consumer goods, financial services, and telecommunications. The company is known for its creative and innovative advertising campaigns, including the iconic 'Nothing is Impossible' campaign for Toyota. Saatchi & Saatchi has won numerous awards for its work, including Cannes Lions, Clios, and Effies.
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