At Publicis•Poke we are passionate about Sharp Commercial Creativity – the power of creativity to solve today’s commercial challenges across an evolving consumer journey. We are an agency born in the digital age, combining Communication, Brand Experience and Commerce specialisms.

Some of our clients include Morrisons, BT/EE, L’Oréal, Essity, Nestlé, Heineken, Renault/Dacia, and many more.

Our values are designed to guide the way we behave. We have three:

Empathy: listen with intent, look out for each other, bust your biases. 
Invention: Find inspiration in strange places. Never stop experimenting. Make new things and make them useful. 
Action: make it collaborative, make it happen, make it mean something. 

The Account Director is a senior role on a piece of business and has real responsibility for the management of the client account; the finances and profitability of the business,  the quality of the output both creatively and strategically, the resourcing of the account throughout the agency, the management and development of the junior account team and the strength of the client relationship. They create an environment that allows effective and world class creative communications solutions to be created for their client. They encourage intellectual rigour, high standards of professionalism and a sense of responsibility. Together with a Business Director or Managing Partner they create opportunities for growth on the account. As senior members of the agency they are ambassadors for the agency both internally and externally.

As Account Director, they enjoy the fast-paced nature of working with clients. They are able to successfully manage multiple suppliers, partners and clients to ensure the best outcome for clients and Publicis•Poke. In particular, they enjoy working collaboratively with media colleagues to ensure campaigns are delivered seamlessly and drive results. They are adept at leading multi-channel campaigns. They love the satisfaction of delivering a project successfully to an extremely high standard.

This role is to work within the Commerce Practice within Publicis•Poke, executing across a wide range of integrated deliverables, including in-store assets, online commerce and eComm.  We are looking specifically for strong Commerce, Shopper eCommerce experience.

Creativity

• Inspires shared creative ambition across agency and client teams
• Recognises, and is committed to delivering, award-winning creative work
• Shows a high level of experience and is able to lead a team creating all types of comms
• Compelling, confident presenter of creative work, fighting for the integrity of the idea right till the end
• Monitors the effectiveness of the campaign; reacts to learnings to constantly optimise
• Encourages the team to develop ideas in smart new places

Brands & Strategy

• Thought partner to the most senior clients; by having an acute understanding of their business
• Helps shape the brand vision in the short and long term with Planning & Project leads
• Drives key research input and interpretation

Business Skills

• Ensures maximum revenue for agency services
• Able to drive growth on existing and new clients
• Balances desired resource against agency productivity & profitability
• Has strong analytical & negotiation skills and the ability to build a productive relationship with procurement
• Identifies and secures new revenue streams outside current plans
• Proven ability to construct an “off the project list” plan to realise an incremental agency opportunities

Diversity and inclusion is a core part of who we are at Publicis Poke. We’re committed to building an inclusive culture that encourages, celebrates and supports our wonderfully diverse employee group – whatever their age, gender identity, race, sexual orientation, physical or mental ability or ethnicity. Diversity and inclusion doesn’t just fuel our creativity and innovation, it brings us closer to our people and audiences. We will continue to strive to create a culture and environment where everyone feels empowered and more importantly comfortable enough to bring their full, authentic selves to work. 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.