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.

Who We Are in the UK? 

Spark Foundry, the Acceleration Agency.

We help brands to identify, learn and respond to opportunities faster than the competition.

Every client has an area of their business they need to accelerate, from short term goals to long term transformation.

We’ve proven our approach during the most difficult year on record. Now we’re using it to provide a launch pad for their future.

Come be an accelerator with us.

How we accelerate

•       Planning: an approach that works in practice rather than theory, arming planners with the ability to create cutting edge campaigns

•       Intelligence: a suite of tools that give definitive answers to big questions, and uncovers actionable insights about real people

•       Trading: a model built on flexibility and trusted relationships, underpinned with bold guarantees

•       Relationships: a culture of asking challenging questions to better understand the brief – we are not a ‘yes’ agency

•       People: a strong history of recruiting talent from diverse backgrounds and accelerating their careers

Spark Foundry’s Strategy and Innovation department sit at the heart of the agency. We’re champions of the company vision and ensure its visible in everything we do. We are thought leaders who help our and colleagues, and clients, to better understand what is happening in the world.  

Key duties include:
 

• Being the creative spark that elevates strong comms planning into a big creative hook
• Translating media strategies into creative briefs (that are channel agnostic)
• Developing insights that help to unlock the brief
• Understanding human behaviours, market contexts and changing culture, which can be used to find a creative hook for the media strategies
• Ability to work across clients (we have lots of exciting brands from Meta and LVMH to Clarins and Jack Daniels)
• Working with internal teams like our partnerships division, to elevate the quality of thinking and work
• Collaborating with media owners, understanding their needs and how to get the very best out of them – which stems from writing brilliant briefs and communicating every step of the way
• Running internal workshops, with colleagues and clients, to expand the creative opportunities
• Reviewing creative ideas shared with partners, assessing their value, shortlisting the best ones, as well as creatively adjusting them to best fit the brief

We’re looking for an ambitious individual who has the vision and skills to move brands forward.

• Demonstrable experience in creative strategy or producing ideas for media briefs (you may have worked media owner side or agency, both are great)
• Experienced in how to translate a media strategy into a creative brief
• Familiar with briefing partners, including external media owners, and understanding how to get the best out of them
• An articulate and passionate speaker (we need someone who really loves working on big ideas)
• Familiar with the briefing process, with a perspective on how to improve it
• Comfortable working across channels, from TV to audio, social to publisher
• Excited in how creativity and media work together

We are diverse though our experience, people and the clients we look after - and we celebrate that diversity. Our people hold us accountable to our beliefs and via regular surveys and our grass roots D&I team, The Collective, and internal next generation board, Firestarters, we hold regular events and work continually towards generating ideas, initiatives and educating our people to ensure we are a diverse and inclusive agency.

As part of our dedication to create an inclusive and diverse workforce, Spark Foundry is committed to equal access to opportunity for people without regard to race, age, sex, disability, neurodiversity, sexual orientation, gender identity or religion. We are committed to providing reasonable adjustments for employees with disabilities and for candidates in our application process. If you need assistance or adjustment due to a disability, please contact us.