Asana Client Management

Keep every client, project and approval on track, from kickoff to renewal

Asana Client Management gives agencies and professional services firms one place to run client work: a branded client portal, delivery and approvals, client health and budget visibility, and AI Teammates that take on routine account work. Vistar helps you set it up around the way your teams deliver.

  • Client portal
  • Approvals & feedback
  • Client health
  • AI Teammates
Asana Client Management overview with client portal, client health, approvals, AI Teammates and project delivery
Asana Client Management connecting a client portal, team projects, client health and budget, and AI Teammates from client updates to delivery
Overview

What is Asana Client Management?

Asana Client Management is Asana's product for agencies and professional services firms. It brings client relationships and client delivery into one platform, so account managers, project managers, practitioners and leadership work from the same picture of every client, from project kickoff through renewal.

Clients get a two-way portal for updates, reviews and approvals. Your teams get delivery tracking, budget and resourcing visibility, and AI Teammates that draft updates and flag risks. Because it runs on Asana, client work and internal work stay connected.

Fewer status chases

Clients see progress and actions in their portal instead of waiting for emails.

Earlier warnings

Client health, budget and scope signals surface before they become escalations.

Scale without overhead

AI Teammates take on routine account work so your people focus on clients.

Asana currently lists Client Management on its Starter and Advanced plans, with Timesheets & Budgets as an add-on. Vistar can confirm current availability and licensing for your organisation.

Key features

Built for teams who deliver for clients

The capabilities Vistar configures when we set up Asana Client Management for your firm.

Client portals

Give every client a branded, two-way space for project status, deliverable reviews, feedback and approvals. Account managers decide exactly what each client sees, and new client messages rise to the top of the team's queue.

  • Branded per client
  • Controlled visibility
  • Two-way messaging

Collaboration

Account, project and creative teams share one view of each client, with meeting notes turned into action items and updates.

Project tracking

Turn a brief into a project with owners and deadlines, then track delivery and scope as work moves.

Approvals & feedback

Clients review and approve deliverables in the portal, and their feedback becomes revision tasks in one place.

Reporting & client health

Live views of client health, budget burn, margins and renewal dates across every account.

AI capabilities

Purpose-built AI Teammates draft client updates, parse briefs into tasks, monitor sentiment and profitability, and help plan resourcing, each with its own permissions and audit trail.

  • Status drafting
  • Brief-to-project
  • Risk flags
  • Resource planning
Client management workflow

From onboarding to delivery, one connected journey

Select a stage to see how Asana Client Management supports your team and your client along the way.

Client onboarding

When a contract is signed, an onboarding project can be spun up automatically, and the client gets their own portal from day one.

  • CRM-to-project handoff so nothing is retyped
  • A branded client portal with the right access
  • Key contacts, renewal dates and budgets in the client directory

Kickoff & brief

Briefs become structured projects in minutes, with tasks, owners and deadlines, and kickoff decisions are captured as action items.

  • Brief-to-project in one step
  • AI meeting notes turn discussion into tasks
  • Shared goals the client can see in their portal

Planning & resourcing

See who is working on which client, plan around capacity, and rebalance workload when priorities shift.

  • Team resourcing across all client work
  • Scenario planning before you commit
  • Budgets and scope set up front

Delivery

Teams deliver in Asana while clients follow progress in their portal. Automated updates go out, and budget and scope are monitored as work moves.

  • Automated client status updates
  • Budget and scope monitoring
  • Workload rebalancing as priorities change

Review & approval

Clients review deliverables and approve or request changes in the portal. Feedback turns into revision tasks, and extra revision rounds are flagged.

  • Reviews and approvals in the client portal
  • Feedback-to-revision loop in one place
  • Alerts when contracted revisions are exceeded

Report & renew

Leadership sees client health, profitability and retention risk across the book of business, and account teams go into renewals with the full picture.

  • Live client health and margin views
  • Retention risk detection
  • Monthly health digests for leadership
AI-powered client management

AI Teammates that support your client-facing teams

Asana's AI Teammates are purpose-built agents that work alongside your people, with their own identity, scoped permissions and an audit trail. Choose one to see the kind of work it takes on.

Account AdvisorAI Teammate Active
I've drafted this week's portal update for your client and flagged one account that is close to using all of its contracted hours. Want me to share the update for your review?

Example skills

  • CRM-to-project handoff
  • Portal status drafting
  • Client sentiment monitoring

Illustrative example based on the AI Teammate skills Asana describes.

Client visibility

See every client at a glance, before issues escalate

One place to follow project progress, client health, budgets, resources and delivery across your book of business.

Project progress

Follow every project's progress against plan, and share the client-facing view in their portal.

Client health

Health, sentiment and renewal signals across accounts, so you can act early.

Budgets

Budget burn and scope tracked as work happens, with Timesheets & Budgets.

Resources

See workload across client work and rebalance before people are overloaded.

Delivery

Milestones and approvals in one view, for your team and your client.

Illustrative dashboard. Views and fields are configured for your organisation.

Industry use cases

Made for firms whose business is clients

How different client-facing teams use Asana Client Management.

Agency creative campaign in Asana with client portal, revision tracking and client approvals
Creative, digital & marketing agencies

Agencies

Run many clients at once without losing track of briefs, revisions or budgets.

  • Turn creative briefs into projects with owners and deadlines
  • Collect client feedback and approvals in the portal
  • Flag when contracted revision rounds are exceeded
Consulting engagement in Asana with client portal, hours against budget and AI-generated action items
Management & technology consulting

Consulting

Keep engagements on scope and clients informed, from discovery workshops to final recommendations.

  • Share engagement status and decisions in a client portal
  • Track hours and budget against the statement of work
  • Turn workshop notes into action items automatically
Professional services matter in Asana with billable time tracking, client approvals and controlled portal access
Accounting, legal, architecture & more

Professional services

Bring client matters, billable work and approvals into one governed workspace.

  • Separate billable and non-billable time for invoicing
  • Control exactly what each client can see
  • Keep an audit trail of client decisions and approvals
Client portfolio in Asana showing delivery progress, health, approvals and AI Teammate updates across clients
Implementation & customer delivery

Client delivery teams

Deliver implementations and client projects predictably, with the client involved at every milestone.

  • Hand off from sales to delivery without losing context
  • Publish milestone updates automatically to clients
  • Rebalance resources across projects as priorities change
Why Vistar

Your partner for a client-ready Asana rollout

Client management only works when the setup mirrors how your firm sells, delivers and reports. Vistar's Asana team works with you from the first workshop through go-live and beyond, so portals, workflows and dashboards fit your clients and your teams.

We support firms across the UAE, Saudi Arabia and the wider GCC. Explore our Asana services or Asana Service Management.

Vistar consultant leading an Asana Client Management workshop with a client team, covering client portal, projects, approvals and delivery
  1. Implementation

    We map your clients, services and delivery process, then design and build your Asana Client Management setup.

  2. Workflow automation

    We configure onboarding, brief-to-project, approvals and status updates, and decide where AI Teammates should help.

  3. Integrations

    We connect the tools your teams already use, such as your CRM, Slack, Google or Microsoft, and plan the handoffs.

  4. Training & adoption

    Role-based training for account managers, project managers and leadership, in English and Arabic.

  5. Ongoing optimisation

    After launch we review portals, reports and workload, and refine the setup as your client base grows.

FAQ

Asana Client Management, answered

What is Asana Client Management?
Asana Client Management is Asana's product for agencies and professional services firms. It combines a branded client portal, client delivery and approvals, client health and budget visibility, and AI Teammates, so account and delivery teams can manage every client from kickoff through renewal.
How is it different from standard Asana?
Core Asana is built for cross-functional project and work management. Asana Client Management is purpose-built for client-facing organisations, adding features such as client portals, account health views, budget and capacity visibility and client-focused AI Teammates. Existing Asana data stays in place.
What can clients see and do in the client portal?
Each client gets a branded space with project status, deliverables to review, feedback and approvals. Your account managers control what each client can see, and messages from clients surface for your team to act on.
What are AI Teammates?
AI Teammates are purpose-built AI agents in Asana. For client management, Asana describes an Account Advisor, Creative Producer, Executive Advisor and Operations Coordinator that draft updates, turn briefs and feedback into tasks, flag client and budget risks and help with resourcing and billing preparation. Each has its own permissions and audit trail.
Which plans include Asana Client Management?
Asana currently lists Client Management on its Starter and Advanced plans, with Timesheets & Budgets available as an add-on. Plan details can change, so contact Vistar to confirm the right licensing for your firm.
How can Vistar help?
Vistar helps with solution design and implementation, workflow and automation setup, integrations with your existing tools, training for account and delivery teams, and ongoing optimisation after go-live.

Ready to give every client a clearer view of your work?

Book a consultation with Vistar's Asana team. We'll look at how your firm delivers today, show Asana Client Management in action and outline a rollout plan that fits.