Company description
Who We Are in the UK?
Spark Foundry, the Acceleration Agency.
We help brands to identify, learn and respond to opportunities faster than the competition.
Every client has an area of their business they need to accelerate, from short-term goals to long-term transformation.
We’ve proven our approach during the most difficult year on record. Now we’re using it to provide a launchpad for their future.
Come be an accelerator with us.
How we accelerate
1. Planning: an approach that works in practice rather than theory, arming planners with the ability to create cutting edge campaigns
2. Intelligence: a suite of tools that give definitive answers to big questions, and uncovers actionable insights about real people
3. Trading: a model built on flexibility and trusted relationships, underpinned with bold guarantees
4. Relationships: a culture of asking challenging questions to better understand the brief – we are not a ‘yes’ agency
5. People: a strong history of recruiting talent from diverse backgrounds and accelerating their careers
Our Commitment
We are diverse through our experience, people and the clients we look after - and we celebrate that diversity. Our people hold us accountable to our beliefs and via regular surveys and our grass roots D&I team, The Collective, and internal next generation board, Firestarters, we hold regular events and work continually towards generating ideas, initiatives and educating our people to ensure we are a diverse and inclusive agency.
As part of our dedication to create an inclusive and diverse workforce, Spark Foundry is committed to equal access to opportunity for people without regard to race, age, sex, disability, neurodiversity, sexual orientation, gender identity or religion.
Overview
Join Our Media Team as a Publishing & Audio Senior Account Executive
Are you ready to take your media career to the next level? Our dynamic Investment team is looking for an executive looking for a step up or a Senior Executive looking for a new challenge. The Publishing & Audio Senior Executive reports to the Publishing & Audio Manager and is responsible for your client’s day-to-day Digital Display and Audio media activity (as well as print where relevant), assisting with planning and overseeing a campaign from brief to activation and review.
If you're a strategic thinker with a passion for media and a knack for problem-solving, we want to hear from you!
Responsibilities
Some of your responsibilities will be:
1. Responsible for planning, executing, and supporting the management of multiple Digital Display, Print and Audio campaigns.
2. Negotiation of campaign pricing and values, and tracking campaign delivery against client price, quality, and audit targets.
3. Manage internal relationships with Planning and Activation teams, as well as external relationships with clients, supplier partners, and 3rd parties.
4. Establish yourself as a key go-to Investment contact for Planning teams.
5. Assist in the training of new starters and the development of more junior members of the team.
Qualifications
To be successful in this role, you’ll have:
1. Relevant experience in planning Digital Display (ideally programmatic), Print and Audio Campaigns.
2. Demonstrable interest in advertising and technology.
3. Proficiency in Microsoft Office solutions, particularly Excel.
4. Excellent communication and writing skills.
5. Experience in the print marketplace and ability to plan and run print campaigns.
6. Understanding of the digital advertising infrastructure incl. ad serving, DSPs, SSPs, etc.
7. Programmatic trading experience is not a requirement.
8. Understanding of other digital media channels, such as Paid Search, Paid Social, and AV.
Desired Personal Attributes:
1. Highly organised and capable of prioritising tasks on busy accounts.
2. Excellent communication skills.
3. Solid interpersonal and teamwork abilities and ability to work without supervision.
4. Ability to meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
5. Ability to develop and learn new processes.
6. Strong analytical thinking and mathematical skills.
7. Demonstrated critical thinking and problem-solving abilities.
Additional information
Spark has fantastic benefits on offer to all of our employees. In addition to the classics, Pension, Life Assurance, Private Medical and Income Protection Plans we also offer:
1. WORK YOUR WORLD: opportunity to work anywhere in the world, where there is a Publicis office, for up to 6 weeks a year.
2. REFLECTION DAYS: Two additional days of paid leave to step away from your usual day-to-day work and create time to focus on your well-being and self-care.
3. HELP@HAND BENEFITS: 24/7 helpline to support you on a personal and professional level. Access to remote GPs, mental health support and CBT. Wellbeing content and lifestyle coaching.
4. FAMILY FRIENDLY POLICIES: We provide 26 weeks of full pay for the following family milestones: Maternity, Adoption, Surrogacy and Shared Parental Leave.
5. FLEXIBLE WORKING, BANK HOLIDAY SWAP & BIRTHDAY DAY OFF: You are entitled to an additional day off for your birthday, from your first day of employment.
6. GREAT LOCAL DISCOUNTS: This includes membership discounts with Soho Friends, local restaurants and retailers in Westfield White City and Television Centre.
Full details of our benefits will be shared when you join us!
Publicis Groupe operates a hybrid working pattern with full time employees being office-based three days during the working week.
We are supportive of all candidates and are committed to providing a fair assessment process. If you have any circumstances (such as neurodiversity, physical or mental impairments or a medical condition) that may affect your assessment, please inform your Talent Acquisition Partner. We will discuss possible adjustments to ensure fairness. Rest assured, disclosing this information will not impact your treatment in our process.
Please make sure you check out the Publicis Career Page which showcases our Inclusive Benefits and our EAG’s (Employee Action Groups).
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