SPARK FOUNDRY is a thriving global media network and part of Publicis Groupe, one of the world’s leading communications groups. We are globally connected with over 8,000 employees in 110 offices across 70 countries.

At SPARK FOUNDRY we harness a startup spirit with a powerhouse soul, melding an entrepreneurial, innovative business approach with the full resources, capabilities and clout of Publicis Media. And, like the best foundries where raw materials are heated and forged into something even more useful and beautiful, SPARK FOUNDRY will bring a kinetic balance of heat, passion and creativity.

SPARK FOUNDRY holds the IPA Platinum CIPD Award for outstanding Learning and Development, reflecting the agency achieving  IPA’s Gold Accreditation for the last four years. We pride ourselves on having an industry leading Learning and Development programme where every single member of staff has access to a personal development plan, with almost 100 training initiatives available.  

Our Culture 

We believe that the best work happens when we are truly ourselves

We all need to bring more of ourselves to work. We live and work in one of the most diverse and eclectic places in the world. Be yourself. Use your passions, skills and talents from outside work wherever you can. Be subjective. Use your own beliefs and opinions.

We are open

All of us, from our newest recruit to our longest serving board member are open, transparent and tells it like it is. If you want to find something out, ask someone. Don’t hide your worries, your concerns or your triumphs. We share our successes, we share our failures. It’s all part of ‘us’.

We treat others as we expect to be treated.

We are brave and we are kind. When the two collide, we choose kindness. We are proud of our environment and we clean up after ourselves. We always return calls. We are always on time, not five minutes late. We treat people with dignity and respect. Our clients are never ever left waiting. We listen. We are polite and courteous. Never let your team down and never do anything less than your best.

We are all leaders

No-one can have all the answers. A grad may know more about new technology than someone who has been here for ten years. A leader is simply someone who inspires the best possible work to happen – that can come from anywhere.

We help each other

If someone is busy and we’re not, we help them. When someone falls down, we pick them up. We have each other’s backs. All of us are constantly aiming to break new ground - that means we might need to figure things out quickly and sometimes we might run into some problems. Either way we all need support from everyone around us. Don’t be afraid to ask for help – and give it unreservedly when someone needs it.

SPARK FOUNDRY’s planning department is the heart of the agency – in terms of its function.  We are diverse in our experience, personalities, nationalities and the clients we look after - and we celebrate that diversity. 

Our clients are professional but also creative and fun and this is reflected in the way we work and relate to each other.  We’re a great team who know that the way to deliver great work is to work together – and we enjoy it.  We are a tight-knit team who socialize together and share in each other’s successes.

The key responsibilities in this role include:

• Supporting the team on response to brief on small/medium campaigns and events briefs
• Speaking to marketing manager and exec clients on a regular basis to keep plans running and aligned
• Liaising with the creative team to ensure media and creative plans are joined up
• Learning to master skills such as plan checking, TGI, Comscore, Adynamix & and other tools that are used for consumer and competitive monitoring and insights
• Keeping meetings schedules on track, and managing the internal status sheets and weekly status calls with the internal teams with support from the planner.
• Checking accuracy on regular client deliverables including digital reports, competitive reports, budget reports, newsletters, deep dives, media overviews etc.
• Supporting on regular client deliverables – competitive, deep dives and newsletters, etc.
• Ensuring finance is up to date across the accounts

This role will see you get stuck in in a new team being birthed from talent across the agency which has its eyes set on growth. We are looking for someone with a great self-starter attitude who wants to understand and learn how the media planned drives actual sales results in the short, medium and long term.

The ideal candidate will be analytical and comfortable with numbers, whilst also possessing strong communication skills and confidence delivering ideas in a way that convinces.

You will work within a fully integrated team, acting as the pivotal point of contact to connect your clients with the array of specialist expertise that we have in our business.

You must be organized, on the ball, proactive and ready to adapt to whatever your clients throw at you. You will have a passion for seeing the impact media has on business outcomes and have a genuine entrepreneurial spirit.

Accountability: Hold yourself and others to a very high standard of professionalism and product.

Collaboration: People management skills and a positive attitude are essential here at SPARK FOUNDRY. You will be responsible for the integration of the inter-agency team and maintaining strong relationships with clients and activation teams to achieve the common goal of delivering world class work. 

Communication: You need to have great communication (both written and verbal) and interpersonal skills – our clients like to be challenged, but with diplomacy.

Confidence: Contribute to discussion with passion and enthusiasm

Creativity: You will be help develop innovative solutions within a cross-agency group that challenge our clients to think differently

Devil is in the detail: Stickler for detail and demanding the same of all teams across all disciplines within the agency. 

Discovery: Learn to interpret and analyse data streams from client campaigns and internal business to draw insights that influence our approach

Immersion: Nobody should know your clients business better than you and your team – be their trusted eyes and ears.

Proactive: Don’t just wait for a brief to come in. Be aware of what's going on inside and outside of the agency/industry and how that could benefit clients

Teamwork: Reporting to an Account Manager and Account Director on each account and working with channel specialists across the agency