Overview
Account Manager
Wood Lane, London, W12
Company Description
With a history that dates back over 80 years,Starcom is a global communications planning and media leader. We are an agency still grounded in our founding principle that people are at the centre of all we do. Each day, we apply this belief to harness the transformative power of data and technology to inspire and move people and business forward. With more than 7,000 employees in over 100 offices around the world, we are the flagship Publicis Media agency that uses our ‘Power of One’ business model, with teams that span multiple disciplines across clients such as Aldi, P&G, P&O Ferries, Primark, Samsung, Stellantis, and Visa.
We place a huge focus on our People and have driven flagship D&I and L&D programmes within Publicis Media; our goal is to help every individual reach their fullest potential and we encourage everyone to make “Brave Plays” in how they approach their work and their own career development. As a result, we have an exceptionally energised and committed talent base, all of us proud of our welcoming and supportive culture, as evidenced by our recognition as one of Campaign’s Best Places to Work for three years in a row (2021, 2022 and 2023) and most excitingly, Media Week's Agency of the Year 2023!
Job Description
Rev up your career! We're on the hunt for 2 Account Managers to join our team and work with our automotive clients: Jeep, Citreon Citroen and Spoticar (Stellantis’ own car resale brand used car brand) in one role, and Fiat and Vauxhall in the other!
These brands are evolving with data-driven solutions to enhance their impact in Auto marketing. The Manager is a key contact, responsible for exemplary client service and strategic collaboration with the Account Director.
What will I be doing?
In this role, you’ll be responsible for building strong, trusted relationships with the clients and working collaboratively with Investment, Performance and digital operations teams to deliver high quality, timely responses to briefs from the client. You’ll look for proactive media opportunities and deliver best in class campaigns across your brands, and across a variety of platforms. You’ll also manage an Account Executive in the team, encouraging their professional growth.
Qualifications
What are we looking for?
The successful candidates for these roles will have an insatiable curiosity and enthusiasm for media planning and communications and will have worked across campaigns in the performance space before. You’ll have a good understanding and knowledge of planning processes, digital channels and how they can work alongside each other, and will have the ability to work within and contribute to an integrated agency team across media and data. You’ll be incredibly proactive, spotting opportunities before anyone else and ensuring the best opportunities solutions for the client.
One role requires someone with a solid, media planning background, and for the other role, we're happy to bring in someone from a performance media buying background who wants to move into a more planning focused role.
We’re looking for someone who’s a confident communicator, willing to actively participate in client meetings, delivering presentations when required, but also playing an active role in the internal team as well.
Additional Information
Starcom 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;
- 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.
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