Starcom is the Human Experience Company; we believe that our clients’ competitive advantage lies in understanding people better, and acting on that understanding faster than the competition.

The future lies in bringing together media, creativity and data to create powerful experiences that will drive faster growth. We are the flagship Publicis Media agency to do this through our Power of One client teams that span clients such as Stellantis, P&G, Samsung, P&O and Visa.

We work differently to most agencies and base many of our models on consultancy ways of working to build a more agile workforce in this hybrid world. We complement our account teams with Squads – small teams that work for a short period to solve a specific brief. We hold cross discipline Sprints to crack client briefs at speed. These processes are designed to fuel high performance and fast results through collaboration.

Even in this most challenging period, Starcom has had an exceptional 12 months. We have welcomed brilliant clients such as Stellantis, Ferrero, Axa, KP Snacks and E.ON into the fold. Our client satisfaction scores are among the highest in the market, significantly above agency norms. We place a huge focus on our team and have driven flagship DEI and L&D programmes within Publicis Media; our goal is to help every individual reach their fullest potential and we encourage everyone to make “Brave Plays” in how they approach their work and their own career development. As a result, we have an exceptionally energised and committed talent base, all of us proud of our welcoming and supportive culture, as evidenced by our recognition as one of Campaign’s Best Places to Work in 2021.

Starcom operates in over 100 markets across the world. We have very close ties to our global HQ in Chicago who encourage learning and sharing best practice with our colleagues around the world. We are part of Publicis Groupe.

Starcom is looking for an Account Director, with extensive experience in Media Planning to join ‘The Collective’, Publicis Groupe’s Power of One team dedicated to Stellantis, the world’s 4th biggest car Manufacturer. Stellantis owns a number of well-known car brands such as Vauxhall, Citroen, Peugeot, as well as their trusted second-hand car sales department, Spoticar.

The Collective is the bespoke agency between Starcom and Digitas, offering end to end transformative solutions and business growth solutions. The Planning team within this are the guardians of the relationship with the Stellantis brands. We are deeply immersed in their business, acting as a highly valued and influential extension of their brand marketing teams.

Your role as an Account Director will be to contribute to the strategic direction and wider communications plan, working closely with our Strategy, DDT (Digital, Data & Tech), Performance, and Investment teams to deliver industry leading automotive solutions.

You will be the planning lead and primary point of contact for your brands within Stellantis. You will have responsibility for shaping and driving forward the client and agency strategic visions, creating brand and model strategies specific to your brands and inspiring them to be bought to life through the funnel.

Other responsibilities will include:

• Building strong and trusted relationships with key senior and mid-level clients
• Manage your team effectively, fostering a culture of learning and self-improvement, setting clear progression plans, supporting them to deliver outstanding work, every time.
• Taking a lead in briefing meetings, being able to ask the right questions to enable you and your team to deliver a brief that will solve your client’s business problems.
• Working closely with internal teams within The Collective, fostering positive relationships to deliver high quality and timely responses.
   

What you will have:

• Several years leading communications planning projects that include planning of integrated communications across paid, owned and earned media channels.
• Able to work within and contribute to an integrated agency team across media and data
• Experience leading the planning process from brief to RTB’s all the way to post campaign analysis
• Management experience of a small team
• Experience working on an auto client would be ideal, but not essential
• Able to bring people together from different teams and business units, to deliver on a joint vision and delegating tasks to get the work done

In return, you will:

• Learn what a truly strong agency and client partnership can be
• Gain skills on how to navigate complex agency holding companies and integrated service models
• Have access to our outstanding Learning and Development platform, with the opportunity to join on level specific programs to help with your own growth
• Have access to a team of experts to aid in driving marketing innovation strategies

Starcom is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of society and does not discriminate on grounds of race, religion or belief, ethnic or national origin, disability, age citizenship, marital, domestic or civil partnership status, sexual orientation or gender identity. 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.