Account Director

Company description

Publicis Groupe, the world's second largest communications group that is present in more than 100 countries and has more than 98,000 employees. With a unique work philosophy, The Power of One puts clients at the center by promoting the growth of their business through creative agencies (Leo Constellation:Publicis Spain, Leo Spain; Publicis Health), media (Zenith, Starcom, Spark and Performics), and areas of transversal knowledge.

Starcom is the Human Experience Company and is one of the agency brands within Publicis Groupe. A world-renowned media communications agency, we believe the alchemy of people and technology creates experiences people love, and actions brands need. Experiences are the human side of data-driven, tech-fueled marketing. And, we are passionate about boldly leading our clients into the future. With more than 5,000 employees worldwide, Starcom partners with the world's leading marketers and new establishment brands, including Airbnb, Coca-Cola, Stellantis, Kellogg Company, Samsung, Puig, Visa, and more.

We are the Citizens of Starcom. We are Brave, Kind, Inclusive, and Resilient. Join us!

Overview

As Account Director you would be focused on the strategic side of the process. You would be tasked with taking the initial brief from the client and marrying audience insight to their strategic ambitions.

You'll be leading the creation, direction and on-going development of your client’s media strategy, injecting innovation into all communication solutions and achieving commercial return for your clients.

Responsibilities

• Leading the client´s communication activity, acting as a link between the different stakeholders involved.
• Providing strategic input across all of client´s objectives, with specific focus on digital.
• Handling analysis of performance reports, presentations and rational to clients.
• Being constantly appraised of technology developments in tracking and targeting to deliver the most innovative, competitive, breakthrough and accountable possible actions.
• Delivering the Omnichannel strategy across the brands and the annual strategies for each of them.
• Dealing with quality control of the agencies output – response to briefs, content projects, practices execution, etc.
• Handling Local and International coordination and reporting when required.
• Ensuring the ideas are high quality, inspirational, game changing and help our clients deliver their brands ambitions in the ever-changing media marketplace.
• Guaranteeing excellent relationships with other agency partners and with key media owners

Qualifications

• University degree related to Marketing, Advertising or Economics or around +8 years of experience managing clients in advertising environment
• Advanced level of English (minimum C1)
• Excellent knowledge of the Media and Advertising market sector in Spain
• Knowledge and use of the tools/sources of the advertising market in Spain
• Good communication skills, dynamic, flexible, and proactive, showing a clear client orientation and ability to develop Account strategy.
• Strong strategist skills
• Leadership and people management
• Steadfastly pushes self and others for results
• Open to new ideas and change

Additional information

Why join us? Because we offer reasons such as:

• 🌟 Flexible Benefits (Coverflex): Enjoy more than just work with flexible compensation including meal vouchers, health insurance, transportation, and more.
• 🚀 Growth Opportunities: You can advance in your career not only through the experience of working with major clients but also by accessing local and global training programs specialized according to your role, covering both technical and soft skills.
• 📚 Free Online Training: You can access unlimited courses from LinkedIn Learning and Udemy Catalogs through our artificial intelligence platform "Marcel".
• 🥇 Partner Certifications: You'll have the opportunity to obtain certifications from industry giants such as Meta, Google, or Amazon.
• 🌍 Work from anywhere: Telecommute up to 6 weeks from over 100 countries with our #WorkYourWorld program.
• 🎉 Attractive holidays package including your birthday & Advertising Day off plus some additional days off. Rest is also important!
• 🧘🏻‍♂️ Well-being: We prioritize the well-being of our staff and organize various health initiatives such as daily meditation or yoga among others.

Employee benefits are an integral part of the company’s annual compensation package. These benefits are subject to the company’s current policies and guidelines and may be modified, updated, or adjusted at the company’s discretion to reflect organizational needs, regulatory requirements, or business conditions.

We are certified as a Great Place to Work, your happiness and providing you with an outstanding experience means a lot to us, let's enjoy!

Here at Publicis Groupe, we are committed to building a culturally diverse workforce and therefore strongly encourage applications from underrepresented groups. We are committed to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from all individuals, regardless of their background: we do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, marital status, or any individual´s status in any group or class protected by law.

If you have any reasonable 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.

All employees are committed to complying with obligations regarding Information Security and Technologies, obligations related to the use of Artificial Intelligence, obligations stemming from the Quality and Environmental Management System, as well as obligations derived from the Integrity Management System, Corruption Prevention, and the Anti-Bribery and Anti-Corruption Policy. Furthermore, all employees are required to complete mandatory training courses, declarations, and compliance commitments in these areas.