Business Director, London

2 weeks ago

United Kingdom Publicis Media Full time
Business Director Wood Lane, London, W12Company Description

Publicis Media is currently leading the field and winning AMAZING clients (have you heard about us winning L’Oréal yet?)—there’s never been a better time to join us We're fuelling business growth by harnessing the modern media landscape to create personalised consumer connections on a HUGE scale and doing it to the highest of standards

Our 2,000 UK experts collaborate with top agencies like Zenith, Starcom, and Spark Foundry (...who are ALL award-winning ?). Due to our expert talent and leading resources, we excel in media strategy, analytics, data, technology, and performance marketing. As part of Publicis Groupe, we operate in over 100 countries with 23,500+ employees worldwide which also opens the door to phenomenal growth and development opportunities for our talent.

Want to work amongst the best? Then join us and be a part of our success story, you won’t regret it ?

Job Description

Due to recent growth across all of our Publicis Media agencies, we're looking for collaborative, brave & brilliant strategic minds to join us in the role of Business Director. Working closely with a combination of global planning, creative, data & digital brilliant brains across the business, it will be your responsibility to elevate & champion smartest & bravest ideas, take our clients growth planning vision to the next level & throw yourself into broader departmental initiatives. 

What will you be doing?

In this role, you'll lead strategic direction for your clients, supporting the Managing Partner in delivering against the Growth Plan.  You'll be a trusted advisor to key, senior clients and will therefore challenge them in the pursuit of better work.  You’ll lead a team of Planners at various levels from Account Executive to Account Director, and will play a key role in helping the team with their development and their planning capabilities.

In addition, you will:

  • Deliver sustainable profitability and growth across clients with accurate forecasting
  • Lead a team of between 6-12 people (depending on the size of the client), and drive a culture of proactivity, results and innovation across the team
  • Instil processes that deliver operational excellence for agency and client

 

Qualifications

What are we looking for?

We are looking for a true UK craft planning media expert to help continue some big industry leading ambitions in 2023 and beyond.  You'll have strong influencing and people management skills.

You'll also have: 

  • Experience spotting growth opportunities and assembling squads that will deliver these;
  • A strong level of knowledge across all media channels, with a nose for communicating how to approach a media plan with clients. This planning/campaign knowledge would cover brand, performance and innovation;
  • A great understanding of commercial importance, but not at the expense of client relationships
  • Worked closely with key broadcast, publishing and digital partners.

You'll be confident in managing forecasting and profitability of teams and will help those teams grow and develop both personally and professionally.

Additional Information

Publicis Media  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.
  • 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  which showcases our Inclusive Benefits and our EAG’s (Employee Action Groups).

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