Paid Social Business Director

  • Full-time

Company Description

Spark Foundry make up part of a thriving global media network and are part of the 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 launchpad for their future.

Come be an accelerator with us.

Job Description

Business Directors at Spark Foundry are crucial senior talent for our agency growth and development.

Our Business Directors are collaborative, tenacious, and inventive experts. They are focused on client servicing, people management and helping shape and evolve the brands we partner with. The Business Director leads the overall relationship from client servicing, strategy, integrated acquisition planning and technology innovation to team management. As the fast pace of our client’s business changes, we look to our Business Directors to be the strategic partners to help facilitate and guide this change.

It is expected that they should be a self-starter and manage their clients autonomously elevating key priorities and communicating upwards not only at critical points but throughout the year, regularly informing the Head of Department of needs and requirements of our clients as they change.

This is a senior leadership role within the Paid Social team, responsible for delivering best-in-class strategic direction, team management and commercial excellence within the clients under your remit, as well as working with the Head of Paid Social to manage brilliant basics across the full team, build solutions to improve efficiency and continue to develop the department’s offering.

Our Business Directors are also responsible for managing the new business pitches in conjunction with the Head of Department.

We expect our people to lead by example and mentor and train the rising stars at our agency so we are always prepared for the future. This person should exude confidence and be able to motivate, educate and develop a large team.

Qualifications

·      Extensive experience and a strong understanding across Paid Social channels

·      Comprehensive understanding of the wider digital marketplace, inclusive of ad-tech solutions

·      Extensive experience of managing teams

·      Strong presentation, strategy and storytelling skills

·      Proven record of driving value for clients and a strong demonstration of commercial understanding

 

Additional Information

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.

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