Associate Director

5 months ago

UK, UK, United Kingdom MSL Full time
Associate Director (Employee Experience Team)Chancery Lane, London, Company Description

We’re a values-based business built around a philosophy of DO | FEEL | THINK. For our people, it encourages them to DO IT, to FEEL BELONGING and to THINK INDEPENDENTLY, creating a vibrant environment where our people can do the best work of their careers. We use DO | FEEL | THINK to inspire our clients too. We want clients to show their values to the world through the acts they create digitally and in real life, helping to generate greater emotional connection with their products and brands, and creating audience relationships built on true Belief. How do we do it? By connecting the modern key Belief drivers of PR, Sustainability, Employer Brand, and Digital Influence – all crucial to helping businesses win in our increasingly values-based world. It all adds up to a vision of creating a progressive and connected creative agency that helps clients find new ways to grow.

Our Commitment
Diversity and inclusion is a core part of who we are at MSL. We’re committed to building an inclusive culture that encourages, celebrates and supports our wonderfully diverse employee group – whatever their age, gender identity, race, sexual orientation, physical or mental ability or ethnicity. Diversity and inclusion doesn’t just fuel our creativity and innovation, it brings us closer to our people and audiences. We will continue to strive to create a culture and environment where everyone feels empowered and more importantly comfortable enough to bring their full, authentic selves to work.

Job Description

We are looking for a brilliant Associate Director to join our Employee Communications team. This is a 12 month maternity cover contract.

You will have an opinion on the latest trends and be able to guide our clients, the team and the wider agency as a thought leader in all things employee comms (internal comms, attraction, employer brand, EVP).

You will provide a strong vision and leadership alongside the senior team.

Key Responsibilities

  • Working on and responsible for several client accounts, leading each account team and leveraging the specialists across MSL and the Groupe to solve our client’s toughest communications challenges

  • Own the strategic dialogue with clients to influence the quality of the briefs we get from the client

  • Identify, plan and develop revenue opportunities

  • Develop and run campaigns with fresh ideas that will challenge our clients and ourselves to deliver bold creative thinking

  • Drive the commercial success of the practice maintaining control and awareness of financials and owning and exceeding revenue targets

  • Contribute to the development of new business opportunities by leading pitches, actively cross selling across the agency and broader Groupe and turning connections and network into revenue

  • Work with senior team members to ensure a sustainable and profitable team structure across all client accounts and meet commercial KPIs across personnel, revenue and utilization levels

  • Ensure the team structure creates an environment for ongoing learning & development

  • Champion client team activity, individuals’ success and reward and recognise great work

  • Enrich the culture across the team and agency

  • Work with and educate team members to define and implement compelling client development plans that drive growth

Qualifications

  • Working on and responsible for several client accounts, leading each account team and leveraging the specialists across MSL and the Groupe to solve our client’s toughest communications challenges

  • Own the strategic dialogue with clients to influence the quality of the briefs we get from the client

  • Identify, plan and develop revenue opportunities

  • Develop and run campaigns with fresh ideas that will challenge our clients and ourselves to deliver bold creative thinking

  • Drive the commercial success of the practice maintaining control and awareness of financials and owning and exceeding revenue targets

  • Contribute to the development of new business opportunities by leading pitches, actively cross selling across the agency and broader Groupe and turning connections and network into revenue

  • Work with senior team members to ensure a sustainable and profitable team structure across all client accounts and meet commercial KPIs across personnel, revenue and utilization levels

  • Ensure the team structure creates an environment for ongoing learning & development

  • Champion client team activity, individuals’ success and reward and recognise great work

  • Enrich the culture across the team and agency

  • Work with and educate team members to define and implement compelling client development plans that drive growth

Additional Information

Publicis Groupe operates a hybrid working pattern with employees being office-based on Mondays and two other days during the working week.

If you have any adjustment needs arising from a disability or medical condition to fully participate in the recruitment process, please discuss this with the recruiter who contacts you.

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