At Spark Foundry our vision is to Fuel Famously Effective Ideas. Famous and Effective. Not one or the other, both. That sounds nice, but to get to famously effective ideas you need some key ingredients.

You need diverse thinkers and diverse thinking. We call this Allsorts. This helps us tackle obstacles through different disciplines and perspectives. You need to thrive on the belief that great ideas are only great if they work. It’s not enough to be new, or cool, or interesting. Our solutions need to drive a business result. Everything else is vanity. You need to embrace both the art and the evidence. Right and left. Imagination and activation. Insight and technology. Big ideas, forensically measured.

All that while being a good human? Sound like you? Sound like where you’d like to be? We’d love to meet you.

What benefits does Spark offer?

Be a part of the Publicis Groupe family, one of the world’s most progressive and dynamic

modern communications businesses, enjoying all the perks that come with our network

offering:

• A comprehensive Wholeself program supporting Physical, Mindful and Financial wellbeing
• A creative, fun and rewarding office environment backed up by our Publicis
• Liberté flexibility approach “working your way, with us!”
• Access to our Global AI Platform, Marcel, connecting Publicis Groupe employees with opportunities for career mobility and collaboration across our global network
• Extensive Learning & Development opportunities, including more than 15,000 learning programs via our online learning platform Marcel Classes
• A culture of open feedback and guidance to achieve your goals through our Career Conversations program
• A committed Diversity, Equality and Inclusion strategy driven through our Viva! Women, Égalité, enABLE and Embrace (reconciliation action plan) programs
• Work Your World program enabling employees the flexibility to work from anywhere in the world for up to 6 weeks per year
• Parental leave policy with up to 18 weeks paid primary carer leave and generous secondary carer benefits
• Access to counsellors, psychologists and professionals through Sonder - an all-in-on digital wellbeing technology platform designed to support psychological, medical & safety needs

CLIENT PARTNER ALSO SUITABLE FOR GROUP DIGITAL DIRECTORS

THE PURPOSE OF THIS ROLE

Are you a seasoned leader with a specialty in being a trusted strategic Client Partner working on future-focused and digitally mature accounts?

Our Spark Foundry agency has an opportunity for an established Client Partner to come on board to work with one of the Groupe’s highest-profile clients.

You will have the ability to think on your feet and creatively, and have extensive experience working across the full funnel, interchangeably leaning into brand and performance activity.

An incredibly varied role that will see you work on future-forward and first-to-market digital activity while also working on major sponsorships & partnerships!

You will have strong team leadership experience working with high-performing teams who excel across multiple disciplines, including strategy, planning, digital and activations.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

Client Leadership

• Be the trusted, strategic adviser/consultant for the nominated portfolio through a consistent demonstration of experience
• Build & maintain strong relationships with both the senior client leads

Team Management/Development

• Lead, inspire and motivate team to work collectively to deliver the client’s objectives
• Ensure the team are consistently performing and delivering output at a high standard, all whilst managing the incredible fast-paced nature of the client account
• Be a master of organisation and prioritisation – be able to swiftly pivot, re-prioritise and re-organise client’s expectations, team’s output/delivery, manage internal and external stakeholders and still deliver a solid outcome for all

Commercial Responsibilities

• Responsible for revenue forecasting, delivery and ensure the team is fairly resourced and reasonable to consistently on the client’s expectations or evolving demands/ budget growth/challenges
• Understand the contractual obligations and governance framework, lead the team to ensure contribution towards contractual commercial agreements

IDEAL SKILLS & EXPERIENCE

• Solid demonstration of understanding and experience across multiple layers of the funnel – Upper Funnel (brand/awareness), Mid Funnel (engage/educate) and Bottom Funnel (conversion/performance media)
• Strong digital experience particularly strong experience in performance-led client accounts with great topline knowledge in Paid Search
• Established Group Business Director/Client Partner working in an agency environment (Ideally 12 years exp)
• Experience working within the banking, financial services, insurances sectors highly advantageous

What does life at Spark look like?

We offer progressive flexible working options to everyone at all levels – It’s not a policy. It’s

behaviour led and reinforced through our values. Mental health and wellbeing is something

we take seriously – It’s championed by our own people internally and is a regular conversation. We have a lot of fun – Even in this virtual world, we are constantly looking at

reinventing how we connect with each other.

If you don’t tick every box in this ad, please don’t rule yourself out. Research suggests that women and other people in underrepresented groups tend to only apply if they meet every requirement. We focus on hiring people who share our values of inclusion, collaboration, adaptability, fearlessness, and integrity, rather than ticking boxes – so if this role resonates with you, please apply.

Diversity. Inclusion. Equity. More than just words, these are part of our DNA. At Publicis Groupe we are committed to the inclusion and recognition of all people; regardless of race, age, culture, ability, ethnicity, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status and religious affiliation.We believe that to deliver the best solutions to our clients, our people need to reflect the diverse communities in which our clients operate in. We value diversity and the skills, knowledge and experience that difference brings to our culture and solutions.

Uniqueness is powerful; without it we wouldn’t be where we are today. So be you – we like it that way.

We are committed to providing reasonable adjustments for people with disability or those that require additional support throughout the application process. If you need any assistance or adjustments, please contact us via recruitment@publicisgroupe.com- your personal information will be kept confidential.