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Zenith Global are the central team, primarily based in London, supporting our local Zenith markets, leading new business efforts, developing thought-leadership, and driving network development for our 250 offices across 95 countries with over 8,000 staff worldwide.

 
We house a large team of multi-faceted communications planners, digital and innovation specialists and client leadership teams. Our global client portfolio comprises a range of category leaders including Reckitt, TikTok, Edrington, Coty, Electrolux and Nestlé.
 

About Edrington:

Edrington is one of the most successful spirits producers in the world yet retain an independent Scottish identity and a longer-term business approach (relative to their category) which makes them a pleasure to deal with. The business is headquartered in Glasgow and the company’s business model has always had social responsibility at its core. When the Robertson sisters transferred their shareholding & ownership in Edrington to the newly formed Robertson Trust in 1961, this ensured Edrington’s independence.

The company donates a portion of profits to good causes chosen by staff in its overseas offices.

The values of the organisation are complemented by highly rated premium brands. Edrington is a brand-building company with a strong track record of investing in both consumer marketing and the operational assets to bring those brands closer to consumers. The Macallan, The Famous Grouse, Highland Park and The Glenrothes have all benefited from long-term investment to drive growth ahead of their categories.

As Global Business Director, you will join the Edrington account and work across their portfolio of brands, specifically The Macallan, Highland Park, The Famous Grouse and The Glenrothes You will report directly to the Global Client Lead.

You are expected to lead the team ensuring we meet the current client needs as well as work with them to transform the team and product as the client needs evolve.

You will lead a dedicated team based in London. You are also expected to work with the Zenith network and have ongoing engagement with key markets (US, Canada, Spain, Mexico, Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan).  

You will have to build close relationships with the clients and become first point of contact to the key client brand leads. You will also be engaged with external partners and colleagues across various disciplines within Publicis Media and Publicis Groupe.

The Global Business Director’s role will be responsible, but not limited to the following:

Key responsibilities

• Lead the team, ensuring the Global team delivers on the evolving client need – including but not limited to scope of work, team recruitment and development, delivering a profitable account
• Has responsibility for quality of work, process, relationship, and consistency in global media approach across Zenith Network
• Ensuring the client account team is well supported and delivering on the client needs
• Ensuring the team is focused on building for the future
• Industry & Professional unique POV’s identification and oversight of the development and deployment
• Key vendors meeting facilitation and leadership

Key requirements:

• We are looking for a brilliant digital driven marketer who can tell compelling stories through data and gain buy-in across a wide variety of stakeholders.
• A strategic and big-picture thinker, grounded in digital, analytics and optimisation, able to uncover strategic insights that can help create, shape and transform overall client (digital) strategic direction through a media strategy and communications plan.
• Natural curiosity and desire to help clients achieve goals
• Commercial, naturally driven and high energy to constantly rise to the challenge – accustomed to delivering commercial outcomes for the agencies
• Have managed budgets across an international scope
• You will be confident in presenting both internally and externally
• Experience briefing a team of specialists and the ability to bridge planning and specialist execution.

You will be:

• Knowledgeable in all media channels, with ideal experience within a media agency working ideally on both local and global sides of the business.
• Able to multi-task and prioritise, with exceptional organisational skills, even when under pressure.
• Able to both lead some work streams as well as take direction as part of a team.
• A confident and adaptable communicator.
• Solutions-oriented.
• Driven, ambitious and proactive about your own career development.
• Able to understand how individual work streams contribute to the business and be able to challenge the brief couple of levels up (Why? What does it mean for the business?) to get to the point of certain client asks
• Able to identify when to escalate potential issues before they become a problem.
• A total team player, committed to the collective success of the entire Edrington team and network.
• Positive and well-informed, able to think quickly on your feet!
• Keen on new challenges and able to operate in a changing and flexible environment.

Skills required:

• Strong written and oral skills- able to come across clearly and succinctly in email or over the phone
• Strong analytical skills and able to understand and interpret data; to identify trends, opportunities and make strategic arguments.
• Exceptional attention to detail and ability to quickly spot mistakes and inconsistencies in data.
• Strong team leadership experience
• Strong knowledge of Excel and PowerPoint.
• Experience in media and specifically global network management, is valued, though not essential.

What You Will Get:

• Free Private Healthcare for you and your family
• Work Your World for up to 6 weeks a year
• A very rich Family Friendly policy
• Birthday Day Off
• Season Ticket Loan
• Work From Home Allowance
• Flexible working
• Volunteering Leave
• Generous Pension
• Income Protection Plan
• Summer Fridays

At Zenith Global, we believe that fostering an inclusive culture where all talent can thrive makes our company stronger and help drive invention in the work we do for our clients better. We also believe it enables a greater idea exchange that fuels innovation and best reflects diverse consumer experiences.

We are committed to encouraging our talent to participate in Publicis Groupe’s wide variety of talent engagement and inclusion programming, which includes professional development experiences and participation in the company’s many business resource groups. These include VivaWomen!, Égalité, MOCA (Men Of Colour Alliance) and more than a dozen others that are thriving across our network.

Through advocacy, education and inclusion we foster greater collaboration among our people, which in turn inspires work that provides better experiences for our clients and their consumers.