Group Acct Director/Business Director – Social & CommerceFull-time
About Publicis Groupe
Publicis Groupe, known for its world-renowned creativity, best in class technology, digital and consulting expertise, is the world's third largest communications group. With more than 80,000 people in over 100 countries, the Groupe has four Solution hubs: Creative with Publicis Communications, Media with Publicis Media, Digital business transformation with Publicis Sapient, and Health & Wellbeing with Publicis Health.
This model, with a country led approach, is called the "Power of One" and gathers all the capabilities of the Groupe under one roof, putting clients at the core of the organisation.
This individual will play a leading role in shaping & delivering robust social-first solutions that delight our clients cutting across strategy, content, commerce, analytics. As well as having a deep understanding of social, this person is a creative leader with a strong desire to deliver award-worthy work and able to work collaboratively across the business towards shared agency outcomes.
Responsibilities include:
Leadership:
Build positive and collaborative relationships both within the direct team and across the wider business
Build productive relationships with external partners inc. suppliers & partner agencies
Inspire, motivate and mentor broader teams to get to inventive social solutions on client briefs
Positively and proactively support on new business and pitch opportunities
Responsible for the line management, development and overall quality and delivery of work by the broader social team, along with head of social.
Skilfully manage up to Sr Teams, seeking support and advice
Clients:
Nurture and impact influential senior client relationships through effective communication and by taking the time to understand their working styles
Demonstrate a deep understanding of our clients' business and brand
Direct effective client meetings, setting the agenda, tone and desired outcome
Utilise data from internal and client surveys to strengthen client relationships and inform healthy challenge to get to the best outcome for our clients
Proactively reach out to clients with new or interesting information and ideas
Culture:
Lead from the front, role modelling our agency values and contributing to our culture
Play a leading role in cultivating a collaborative, insightful and social first culture within the agency
Champion a feedback culture within the team by creating opportunities for two-way feedback
Seek inventive solutions to problems with a focus on doing the right thing (asking for support if needed)
Develop proactive ideas and initiatives for clients and the agency
Commercial:
Identify opportunities to deliver incremental and profitable growth for the agency
Contribute to accurate scoping and costing of social projects
Accountable for frictionless financial process with accurate and timely billings and expenses
Ensure accurate and consistent weekly completion of timesheets for themselves and for their team
Demonstrate excellent time management skills to work effectively and efficiently across multiple projects
The requirements
Previous experience working in a senior, strategic social role within an agency environment
Strategic smarts; able to distil complex challenges into an easily understood, actionable social/content strategy
Creativity and a passion for social-first ideas; able to work with capability teams across agency to translate strategy into award-worthy, social-first ideas and campaigns
Detailed understanding of a social first production process
Ability to be comfortable and convincing in both client and wider agency meetings
Able to build a compelling narrative to sell in thinking and ideas
Ability to inspire, motivate and mentor members of the agency
Exceptional leadership skills and ability to flex style to get the best out of team
An influential presenter who develops impactful presentations through simple and creative storytelling
A creative thinker with a passion for cracking client problems within the social and content space
Collaborative and naturally entrepreneurial, with a positive approach and ability to galvanise others
Able to manage multiple projects, in a deadline-driven environment
Commercially astute
Is a clear and concise communicator who listens well
Demonstrates sound instincts and judgement in 'doing the right thing'
Able to think around problems and get to inventive solutions
Our employee benefits package comprises the following:
Generous leave entitlements, including birthday leave, rest day and family care leave.
Additional Company closure for all 4 major festive Celebrations
Cashless comprehensive medical coverage, including access to a panel clinic, dental and optical care.
Life and personal accident insurance and group hospitalization and surgery.
A hybrid working schedule and with Friday disconnects.
Rest Relax & Recharge - office closure last week of December every year.#J-18808-Ljbffr