We think big. And act bigger. Stay versatile and interconnected. We approach everything with an inventive spirit and rigorous mindset. Individually we’re great, but as a team we’re unstoppable. Together, we seek out opportunities, frame problems and solve complex challenges. Our collective brilliance exposes breakthroughs. Our capability unleashes creativity. We pursue a new perspective and deliver a new kind of ROI.

Zenith International is 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 Adobe, Reckitt, TikTok, Edrington, Coty and Electrolux.

Our Commitment
At Zenith International, 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.

THE CLIENT

Adobe are one of the largest and most diversified software companies in the world.

Adobe empowers everyone — from individuals and small businesses to government agencies and global brands — to design and deliver exceptional digital experiences. Headquartered in San Jose, California, and with a diverse global population of more than 29,000 employees, they achieved revenue of US$19.41 billion in fiscal year 2023.

Adobe has three major product lines;

• Creative Cloud to unleash creativity, including famous apps such as Photoshop.
• Document Cloud to accelerate document productivity, including Adobe Acrobat.
• Experience Cloud to power digital businesses, including Adobe Analytics.

Adobe have been at the forefront of digital technology for over 40 years and continue to see rapid sales growth. They are an exciting, dynamic company with a respectful internal culture based on their four key values: Genuine, Innovative, Exceptional & Involved. From a marketing perspective, Adobe are one of the most sophisticated digital marketing businesses in the world. Their activity is split between upper funnel and performance budgets and they invest circa ~$160mill in media in EMEA alone.

ADOBE.PUB

Publicis Media were awarded the Adobe business in March 2023 for EMEA, APAC and Japan. To handle the client, we set up a specific unit, sitting within Zenith Global, called Adobe.pub. The EMEA team is 80 strong across London and India and handles all activity for EMEA, from developing strategy through media planning, activating media in digital channels and reporting on campaign performance. We cover both performance and upper funnel activity and are looking to create full-funnel strategies to deliver maximum digital engagement for Adobe. Adobe.pub is a seamless .ext of Adobe’s marketing team.

The Opportunity

This role is an opportunity to work with one of the world’s premier global technology companies in a high performing team that is set up to deliver the world’s best digital marketing. It is an opportunity to manage large budgets and learn from the best practitioners in an exciting dynamic & diverse environment.

We are looking for someone who can come in and immediately make an impact. This person should exude confidence and be able to motivate, educate and aid the development of other members of the team. Whilst the successful candidate will be well supported, it is expected that they should be able to ‘hit the ground running’, and for the most part be able to manage their team autonomously.

• Primary tactical POC across paid search
• Full accountability for the delivery of paid search results
• Lead a team of three to deliver, execute and iterate media strategy
• Ensure quality assurance processes are adhered to
• Ensure the team and accounts are aligned with and executing against agreed KPIs
• Liaise with Google reps to test new betas
• Provide insightful and actionable performance reports on a regular cadence
• Support Business Director with QBRs, commercials and revenue growth opportunities
• Positive team leadership amongst junior team members
• Identify areas of development for line reports and create career development plans

We Win Awards

We develop award winning strategies that are consistently recognised by our peers. Since 2019 we have won 12+ Search awards at Award Shows that include UK Search Awards, European Search Awards, Global Search Awards, and Drum Search, with many more planned for 2024.

We develop Careers

Back in 2018 Publicis launched Marcel, an enterprise communications platform that brings together teams, training, job opportunities, case studies and more to over 80,000 employees across the network. Of course in addition to this you will always be able to learn from the wider Zenith Global team, where you are actively encouraged to share and learn from teams from all disciplines across search, performance, planning and strategy. We invest in our people and reward their success. We also recognise the value of team building and regularly fund staff social events.

We are looking for an established Associate Director or an ambitious and experienced Account Manager, to lead the tactical day to day of the Paid Search campaigns and ensure accounts are aligned with the central strategy and adhere to best practice.

The ideal candidate will have a passion for search, care about delivering results and strive to understand key blockers affecting performance. This search account is one of the largest in the global roster, and the ideal candidate will have a passion for making automation drive performance at scale through the use (not an exclusive list) of scripts, bid management platform or PPC audit tools.

pre-requisites for the role

• Experience in line management
• Experience of managing Enterprise level accounts in an agency environment
• Relevant certifications within Google Ads

Nice to Have

• Experience with Adobe Ad Cloud
• Batchelor’s degree