Global Strategy Director

**Company Description**

Publicis Media is one of the four solutions hubs of Publicis Groupe, alongside Publicis Communications, Publicis.Sapient and Publicis Healthcare. Led by Steve King, CEO, Publicis Media is powered by its 4 global brands, Starcom, Zenith, Spark Foundry andPerformix and supported by its digital-first, data-driven Global Practices which together deliver client value and business transformation. Publicis Media is committed to helping its clients navigate the modern media landscape and is present in more than 100countries with over 13,500 employees worldwide.

Our approach
- 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

We have 4 simple values that resonate through our culture, development of our people, our environment and everything we do on a day to day basis. We are;
- Team driven: our superpower comes from our teams, it’s where we learn our craft and how we stay connected across the agency
- Inclusive: we know the road to representation is long but we’re proud of the steps we’re taking to elicit real change
- Challenger: we’re proud to be an underdog, it motivates us to think differently and work harder than the competition, which means we find solutions that others miss
- Passionate: we care about what we do, and our people have the freedom to follow those passions, from designing new technologies and innovations, to developing our culture and future talent

Spark Foundry make up part of a thriving global media network and are part of the Publicis Groupe, one of the world’s leading communications groups. We are globally connected with over 80,000 employees in 110 offices across 70 countries.

We are in the process of expanding our strategy team and are looking for someone to work directly with our Global Head of Strategy. We are looking for someone with exceptional talent who can bring energy, new ideas and media expertise to bear on some ofthe most exciting clients around.

While we don’t expect a single person to be an expert in every specialism, we are looking for someone who appreciates the importance of holistic plans, not just someone who sees themselves as 'brand’ or 'performance’, 'creative’ or 'analytical’, 'digital’or 'traditional’.

This role will be responsible for driving brand success by building and honing deep and trusting relationships with clients’ business groups and key client stakeholders

Key Responsibilities
- Being the strategic lead across a number of key accounts
- Work closely with clients to understand their business and build relationships with key stakeholders
- Support the roll out of the global Spark Communications Framework.
- Lead global media recommendations (such as Global Media Principles, Sufficiency Guidelines, Media Reviews, Roadmaps);
- Deploy global recommendations and provide guidance to local market media planning leads
- Support the development of thought leadership for prospecting and trade PR purposes
- Build consumer research and insight development to identify and interpret actionable strategies using data
- Works with Research and Decision Science teams to ensure knowledge sharing and advise of research required (ongoing or ad hoc)
- Dig into local nuances to form a global & regional view of audiences

**Qualifications**
- Knowledge of the media or wider advertising landscape
- Experienced in working across multiple markets
- Knowledge of different audiences across multiple markets
- Understanding of the creative agency space, be able to think creatively, articulate a story and work collaboratively with cross agency teams to drive end to end thinking through to activation of campaigns
- Strategy experience with a track record of developing data-led communication solutions
- Someone who is prepared to 'lean in’ and drive transformation for a client that has embraced change, taking a hands on approach
- Able to present confidently and communicate complex media strategies clearly to non-media professionals
- Confidence to challenge the client and team and to ensure delivery on marketing metrics that drive business outcomes

**Additional Information**

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