“If you can dream it, you can do it”

- Walt Disney

Publicis Imagine is a bespoke team dedicated to Disney with one purpose in mind – to be Disney’s most valuable partner in creating the next era of entertainment. This newly built organisation will sit under the umbrella of Publicis Media, tapping into all areas of Publicis Groupe capability, including our newest acquisition, Epsilon. We will be dedicated to Disney’s four lines of business below and are committed to delivering excellence, innovation and creativity in everything we do:

• Disney+
• Studios
• Media networks
• Disneyland Parks and Walt Disney World

The Publicis Imagine team has been designed to be simple, agile and connected, with access to the latest innovations in media to accelerate Disney’s growth around the world, Data is at the core of Publicis Imagine’s offering. Our data ecosystem, supercharged by Epsilon, will be the end-to-end platform focused on driving growth. We do this by uncovering data-driven insights that inform marketing, creative messaging and media decisions. We will look to connect all aspects of Disney’s business to unlock growth with each of their consumers from any line of business.

Publicis Imagine will be active across the globe, with the hub for EMEA based here at White City in London. We are Disney fanatics and have created a unique UK and EMEA hybrid team to deliver not only excellence in market, but also be the guiding light for the region when it comes to planning. We have brought together talent from all areas of our business, client leadership, strategy, planning, data science, content, insights and execution in agile squads that will deliver for Disney’s business.

We are excited to be building something brand new here at Publicis the best and brightest and want to come on this journey with us.

We also too believe that if you can dream it, you can do it.

We are Publicis Imagine.

Dreaming. Doing.

We are looking for someone who can come in and immediately make an impact. This person should exude confidence and be able to motivate, educate and aid the development of more junior resource. Whilst the successful candidate will be well supported, it is expected that they should be able to ‘hit the ground running’, and for the most part be able to manage their team autonomously.

At an Associate Director level, you will ideally have had valuable exposure to both brand and DR/performance approaches. For this specific role, programmatic background is essential however, those candidates with valuable print / publisher experience is an added benefit.

This vacancy is an opportunity to join the Disney Display Investment team, which is responsible for planning and buying both Digital Display and Print Media. The overall Investment team is comprised of 13 individuals with diverse skills and expertise across the media and technology landscape. Display Investment works in close collaboration with Media Planners, and the AV Investment team to help design integrated solutions to Disney’s communication challenges.

This role of the Associate Director will be to lead Disney’s Display and Print media activity planning and overseeing a campaign from brief to activation and review. Responsibilities will include:

• Ensure your team delivers outstanding work every time
• Ensure your team are negotiating prices/value, and tracking delivery against Disney price/ quality/ audit targets
• Go above and beyond commercially for your Disney, securing bespoke deals (where relevant) outside of the Publicis trade deals to demonstrate additional value
• Work closely with the Digital Hub team who are responsible for all the programmatic trading across Disney.
• Establish yourself as a key go to Display contact for Disney
• Ensure your team builds client relationships to help enhance TRR scores
• Manage a team of up to 2x Display Investment Managers and 2 x Display Investment SAE & 2 x Investment Execs
• Manage the output of your team, ensuring they deliver best in class quality while adhering to all deadlines
• Support your team and ensure they are working towards their individual objectives
• Build on Publicis Imagines’ reputation, positive relationships with media owners and partner agencies
• Ensure finance protocol is adhered across your team, including, reconciliations and finance queries  
• Coordinate award entry submissions

• Strong experience within a display/programmatic department.  Experience in the entertainment sector would be advantageous.
• Have excellent team/department management skills team
• Have excellent client management skills
• Have excellent knowledge into the programmatic ecosystem, including an understanding into the different major DSPs (DV360, Amazon, TTD)
• Have a strong understanding into the print marketplace
• Have strong communication and presentation skills
• Have high levels of experience in managing client/display finance processes, i.e. tracking display billings, understanding the full reconciliation process
• Have experience of managing client audits/guarantees

Publicis Media is committed to building a culturally diverse workforce and therefore strongly encourages applications from underrepresented groups.  We are committed to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from individuals, regardless of their background.

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.