Biddable Account Manager

Publicis Groupe; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - GBP 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global communications agency in Greater London is seeking a Biddable Account Manager to lead client and campaign management across Paid Social and Programmatic activities. The role involves overseeing a team, ensuring high standard deliverables, and driving campaign performance. Ideal candidates will have hands-on experience with social platforms, strong analytical skills, and a keen interest in digital marketing. The position also offers great benefits like flexible working and additional paid leave for well-being.

Benefits

WORK YOUR WORLD opportunity

REFLECTION DAYS

HELP@HAND BENEFITS

FAMILY FRIENDLY POLICIES

FLEXIBLE WORKING and BIRTHDAY DAY OFF

GREAT LOCAL DISCOUNTS

Qualifications

• Experience managing day-to-day client and campaign management.
• Ability to mentor junior team members.
• Keen interest in the Digital Marketing industry.

Responsibilities

• Lead day-to-day client and campaign management across Paid Social + Programmatic.
• Oversee a team of Senior Account Executives and Account Executives.
• Monitor campaign performance against business objectives.
• Identify areas of growth for the business.

Skills

Hands-on experience with Social platforms (Meta & TikTok)

Strong understanding of biddable media KPIs

Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills

Strong proficiency in Excel

Tools

DSP platforms (DV360, TTD, ADSP)

Job description

Company description

With a history that dates back over 80 years, Starcom is a global communications planning and media leader. We are an agency still grounded in our founding principle that people are at the centre of all we do. Each day, we apply this belief to harness the transformative power of data and technology to inspire and move people and business forward. With more than 7,000 employees in over 100 offices around the world, we are the flagship Publicis Media agency that uses our ‘Power of One’ business model, with teams that span multiple disciplines across clients such as Aldi, P&G, Primark, Samsung, Stellantis, and Visa.

We place a huge focus on our People, and have driven flagship D&I 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 for five years in a row, Media Week\'s Agency of the Year 2025 and one of the Sunday Times Best Places to Work 2025.

Overview

What will you be doing?

The Biddable Account Manager sits within the APEX Digital team, leading day-to-day client and campaign management across Paid Social and Programmatic activity to deliver Guaranteed Outcomes for Publicis Media clients. Combining trading excellence with data-driven strategy, this role ensures campaigns drive performance and growth across the full marketing funnel, with an initial focus on Paid Social activation.

The manager oversees a team of Senior Account Executives and Account Executives, managing daily workflows and maintaining a high standard of client deliverables, while monitoring performance, pacing, and profit benchmarks against defined business objectives. Working closely with Brand Leads, Strategy, Trading, Data, and Commercial teams, they support biddable planning across audiences, targeting, creative, measurement, and testing, while identifying opportunities to grow hub revenue through innovative solutions.

The role requires strong relationship management across Publicis agencies (Starcom, Zenith, Spark, Digitas), internal stakeholders, DSPs, and technology vendors, alongside active contribution to team best practices within a collaborative, supportive environment focused on continuous learning and improvement.

Responsibilities

• Lead day-to-day client and campaign management across APEX Paid Social + Programmatic campaigns.
• Oversee a team of SAEs and AEs, manage their daily tasks to ensure all clients deliverables are completed to a high standard.
• Monitor campaign performance in line with pre-defined business objectives ensuring Performance, Pacing, & Profit benchmarks are achieved.
• Work closely with the Brand leads to identify areas of growth for the business and increase the hub revenue.
• Support the Strategy team with biddable planning across audiences, targeting, creative, measurement, and testing.
• Build, maintain and manage relationships with Publicis Agencies, Internal teams, DSPs, & associated tech vendors.
• Contribute to daily / weekly team meetings / best practice approach.

Qualifications

What are we looking for?

• Hands-on experience with Social platforms (Meta & TikTok essential) experience across DSP platforms desirable, (DV360, TTD, ADSP).
• Strong understanding of biddable media KPIs, optimisation levers, measurement frameworks, and attribution.
• Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills, with the ability to turn data into clear actions.
• Confident communicating with clients, presenting insights, and influencing media decisions.
• Ability to manage and mentor junior team members, fostering a supportive and high-performance environment
• Strong proficiency in Excel
• A keen interest in the Digital Marketing industry and emerging biddable technology trends.

Additional information

Starcom has fantastic benefits on offer to all of our employees. In addition to the classics, Pension, Life Assurance, Private Medical and IncomeProtectionPlans we also offer;

• WORK YOUR WORLD opportunity to work anywhere in the world, where there is a Publicis office, for up to 6 weeks a year.
• REFLECTION DAYS - Two additional days of paid leave to step away from your usual day-to-day work and create time to focus on your well-being and self-care.
• HELP@HAND BENEFITS 24/7 helpline to support you on a personal and professional level. Access to remote GPs, mental health support and CBT. Wellbeing content and lifestyle coaching.
• FAMILY FRIENDLY POLICIES We provide 26 weeks of full pay for the following family milestones: Maternity. Adoption, Surrogacy and Shared Parental Leave.
• FLEXIBLE WORKING, BANK HOLIDAY SWAP &BIRTHDAY DAY OFF You are entitled to an additional day off for your birthday, from your first day of employment.
• GREAT LOCAL DISCOUNTS This includes membership discounts with Soho Friends, local restaurants and retailers in Westfield White City and Television Centre.

Full details of our benefits will be shared when you join us!

Publicis Groupe operates a hybrid working pattern with full time employees being office-based three days during the working week.

We are supportive of all candidates and are committed to providing a fair assessment process. If you have any circumstances (such as neurodiversity, physical or mental impairments or a medical condition) that may affect your assessment, please inform your Talent Acquisition Partner. We will discuss possible adjustments to ensure fairness. Rest assured, disclosing this information will not impact your treatment in our process.

Please make sure you check out the Publicis Career Page which showcases our Inclusive Benefits and our EAG’s (Employee Action Groups).

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