Strategy Manager - European Market

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!

Overview

Turn insight into ideas that power brands across borders.

We’re hiring a Strategy Manager to join our international strategy team—translating audience data, research and media insights into strategic direction across a wide portfolio of brands and markets.

Based in London, you’ll work closely with Strategy Directors to help define regional communications strategies and connect them into local activation plans. You’ll deep dive into audience profiling, identify behavioural trends, and apply human insight in a way that inspires effective, channel-neutral media strategies.

This is a brilliant opportunity for someone stepping up from a Senior Exec or Junior Media Manager role, who is ready to move closer to strategy and be involved in meaningful planning work at scale.

🧩 What you’ll be doing:

• Supporting the strategy team in building regional strategy that feeds directly into local planning

• Using tools like GWI, TGI, and Publicis’ proprietary platforms to define and profile key audiences

• Translating insight into storylines and supporting presentations

• Collaborating across commerce, content and social to support end-to-end campaign thinking

• Helping manage the flow of work, from brief to delivery

• Conducting desk research, reviewing local plans and learning what works in-market

🎯 What we’re looking for:

• Experience in media planning, insights or strategy (local or international)

• A passion for audience insight, storytelling, and media strategy

• Good Excel and PowerPoint skills

• Comfortable working with data and distilling it into meaningful action

• A natural curiosity about people, platforms and performance

• A team player who’s collaborative, driven, and not afraid to speak up

• Someone looking to grow into a future Strategy Director role

🌟 Why this role stands out:

• This is where strategy is built—you’ll help set the direction that local teams follow

• A rare opportunity to be involved in multi-market strategy from the outset

• Incredible exposure to connected media thinking: commerce, content, digital, data

• Work with one of the industry’s most respected global clients—collaborative, smart and curious

• A clear pathway for personal growth, learning and progression

Additional Information

Publicis Groupe has fantastic benefits on offer to all of our employees. In addition to the classics, Pension, Life Assurance, Private Medical and Income Protection Planswe 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.

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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