Account Manager

As an Account Manager, you'll play a key role in planning and executing campaigns for one of the world's most renowned confectionery brands. From milestone celebrations to seasonal moments, you'll work across a full range of channels to deliver impactful campaigns. Your responsibilities will include:

• Leading the planning and implementation of multi-channel campaigns, ensuring alignment with client objectives.
• Acting as a key point of contact for clients, fostering strong relationships and providing strategic recommendations.
• Collaborating with inter-agency teams to deliver seamless and innovative media solutions.
• Mentoring and supporting direct reports to help them achieve their full potential.
• Maintaining quality control across all plans and proposals, ensuring excellence in delivery.
• Staying ahead of industry trends to bring fresh ideas and opportunities to your client.
  
  We're looking for someone with:
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills to challenge clients diplomatically and build lasting relationships.
• A solid foundation in both traditional and digital media planning and execution.
• A proactive mindset, always looking for ways to add value and move brands forward.
• Leadership capabilities to inspire and develop your team.
• Attention to detail and the ability to deliver high-quality work under tight deadlines.
  
  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
• Planning : an approach that works in practice rather than theory, arming planners with the ability to create cutting edge campaigns
• Intelligence : a suite of tools that give definitive answers to big questions, and uncovers actionable insights about real people
• Trading : a model built on flexibility and trusted relationships, underpinned with bold guarantees
• Relationships : a culture of asking challenging questions to better understand the brief - we are not a 'yes' agency
• People : a strong history of recruiting talent from diverse backgrounds and accelerating their careers
Our Commitment We are diverse though 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.

Spark has fantastic benefits on offer to all of our employees. In addition to the classics, Pension, Life Assurance, Private Medical and Income Protection Planswe also offer;
• WORK YOUR WORLD opportunity to work anywhere in the world, where there is a Publicis office, for up to 6 weeks a year.
• 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.
• 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.
• FAMILY FRIENDLY POLICIES We provide 26 weeks of full pay for the following family milestones: Maternity. Adoption, Surrogacy and Shared Parental Leave.
• 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.
• 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 (https://www.publicisgroupeuk.com/careers/) which showcases our Inclusive Benefits and our EAG's (Employee Action Groups).