Senior Account Director

Company description

We are Le Pub

A culture and creative technology company. We fuse creative excellence with best-in-class data, media, and tech expertise. Our work goes beyond traditional advertising — we help brands earn a place in people’s lives by creating culturally relevant experiences that live where the world actually happens.

Our Data & Culture Lab uncovers insights at the intersection of Consumer, Culture, and Commerce, fueling idea

Overview

○ Commercial - Manages day-to-day internal & external finance (partnering with finance team) on the account & tracking; inputs into revenue forecasting (owned by PN); owns scope & manages resource requirements; looks for opportunities to grow account.

○ Creative - Ensures timely & comprehensive briefing from clients; partners with Strategy Director on brief development; strong understanding of category; reviews & inputs into creative work & ensures it is on brief; creates favourable client conditions & relationships for top creative work to be successfully bought and made.

○ People - holds relationships of influence internally to bring together disciplines for creation of the best creative possible; is trusted partner to clients (Marketing Director level and below) across full spectrum of needs from development of marketing strategy to delivery. Line manages junior team members as the team grows & develops.

○ Process - leads projects end-to-end, partnering with Project Management & Production tea

Responsibilities

Account

○ Primarily Heineken UK to begin, with other account opportunities to be confirmed, alongside support on pitches where appropriate.

Qualifications

Key skills

○ Adept communicator - strong interpersonal skills; can build relationships of influence. Can be left to operate without PN, and hold own in meetings with client.

○ Tenacious - able to operate in a fast-moving start-up environment; willing to roll sleeves up to make things happen.

○ Entrepreneurial - displays instinctive spirit to develop opportunities and drive growth on account; thinking outside the box to get to the best creative work.

○ Creatively-minded - passionate about the work and going the extra mile to help create the best creative possible.

○ Can operate on different levels - able to zoom out and see the bigger picture on the account, whilst caring enough about the details to get these perfect and build foundations of trust.

○ Team-builder - someone who cares about building an agency culture, and being part of growing a business.

Additional information

Publicis London 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.
• HYBRID WORKING, BANK HOLIDAY SWAP & BIRTHDAY DAY OFF You are entitled to an additional day off for your birthday.
• AGENCY DISCOUNTS, onsite gym, and discount in our Publicis-Owned Pub – “The Pregnant Man”

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).