Account Director
Publicis Groupe
Account Director
Publicis Groupe
Runs advertising and digital transformation services
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!
What will you be doing?
As Account Director you will be primary point of contact across the planning team. You will have responsibility for shaping and driving forward the client and agency’s strategic visions, ensuring that the day to day is running smoothly, but also taking that step up to support your Business Director with additional growth. You will work closely with our internal activation teams to ensure that everything we deliver is driven by insight, is relevant and encompasses innovation, recognizing the individuality of the different brands/fragrances within the portfolio.
This role calls for a dynamic and passionate planning mind along with an unsurpassed attention to detail and media knowledge. You need to be a media expert, demonstrating this by being able to answer most client questions in the room.
We're looking for an Account Director to lead across three iconic brands: FrieslandCampina (a global dairy cooperative driving sustainable nutrition best known for Yazoo and Chocomel), Twinings (a heritage tea brand blending tradition with wellbeing), and Kärcher (a world leader in innovative cleaning technology). Each client values bold thinking, collaboration, and media strategies that drive meaningful growth. This is a unique opportunity to work across diverse categories—health, lifestyle, and home—while shaping campaigns that deliver real impact. You'll act as a trusted partner to each brand’s UK team, helping them stay culturally relevant, commercially sharp, and strategically future-facing.
What are we looking for?
In order to be successful in this role, you’ll have significant experience in a blended Comms Planning and Account Management role, ideally leading a variety of planning projects. In addition to this, we’ll prioritise candidates who have the majority of the below skills and experience:
Experience working directly with clients in an agency environment and have proven evidence of developing strong and trusted relationships
Tight project leadership and management skills including driving accuracy, organization and collaboration from our team
Experience on FMCG brand ideally.
Unsurpassed attention to detail and media knowledge, in particular planning knowledge.
Team management, ensuring all outputs from them are of a high-quality standard
Team development, instilling a culture of curiosity, learning, growth and pride
Ability to work within and contribute to an integrated agency team across media and data
Strong grasp of the communications planning process and an understanding of how to implement a holistic channel strategy
Don’t be put off applying if you don’t meet all the criteria – if you meet over half, then this could be the right role for you; just don’t forget to be clear on how you meet these criteria in your application. Equally, we don’t specifically look for people with university degrees; experience and aptitude are much more important to us.
Starcom 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;
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.
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Runs advertising and digital transformation services
Publicis Groupe runs advertising, media buying and digital transformation services for companies that want to reach consumers, coordinate campaigns and improve their business systems. Its agency network includes creative and media specialists, while Publicis Sapient builds and modernizes the technology behind clients' operations. Epsilon adds customer data and marketing technology that connect brands with audiences and measure campaign results. Clients pay for consulting, campaign creation and execution, with production and media costs billed through alongside the group's service work. Founded in 1926, Publicis Groupe is headquartered in Paris, France.
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