Senior Partnerships Executive

Publicis Groupe; City of London; Hybrid; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global communications group in London is seeking a Senior Partnerships Executive to join its partnerships team. The role involves managing media partnerships, supporting campaign executions, and providing research for client briefs. The ideal candidate has media experience, excellent communication skills, and project management abilities. This position offers a supportive work environment with competitive benefits and a hybrid working pattern.

Benefits

WORK YOUR WORLD opportunity

REFLECTION DAYS

HELP@HAND BENEFITS

FAMILY FRIENDLY POLICIES

FLEXIBLE WORKING

GREAT LOCAL DISCOUNTS

Qualifications

• Exposure to a media role preferably including branded content partnerships.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Flexible and hard working - used to working to deadlines under pressure.

Responsibilities

• Support with project management of integrated partnership solutions.
• Challenge suppliers & media owners to deliver innovative responses.
• Deliver insightful and valuable reports for clients.

Skills

Media partnerships

Communication skills

Project management skills

Negotiation skills

Research tools

Job description

Company description

Spark Foundry make up part of a thriving global media network and are part of the Publicis Groupe, one of the world’s leading communications groups. We are globally connected with over 8,000 employees in 110 offices across 70 countries.

Who We Are in the UK?

Spark Foundry, the Acceleration Agency.

We help brands to identify, learn and respond to opportunities faster than the competition.

Every client has an area of their business they need to accelerate, from short-term goals to long-term transformation.

We’ve proven our approach during the most difficult year on record. Now we’re using it to provide a launchpad for their future.

Come be an accelerator with us.

How we accelerate

• Planning: an approach that works in practice rather than theory, arming planners with the ability to create cutting edge campaigns
• Intelligence: a suite of tools that give definitive answers to big questions, and uncovers actionable insights about real people
• Trading: a model built on flexibility and trusted relationships, underpinned with bold guarantees
• Relationships: a culture of asking challenging questions to better understand the brief – we are not a ‘yes’ agency
• People: a strong history of recruiting talent from diverse backgrounds and accelerating their careers

Our Commitment

We are diverse though our experience, people and the clients we look after - and we celebrate that diversity. Our people hold us accountable to our beliefs and via regular surveys and our grass roots D&I team, The Collective, and internal next generation board, Firestarters, we hold regular events and work continually towards generating ideas, initiatives and educating our people to ensure we are a diverse and inclusive agency.

As part of our dedication to create an inclusive and diverse workforce, Spark Foundry is committed to equal access to opportunity for people without regard to race, age, sex, disability, neurodiversity, sexual orientation, gender identity or religion.

Overview

We are looking for a Senior Partnerships Executive to join the amazing partnerships team at Publicis

Reporting into the Partnerships Manager, you will support with the execution of multiple campaigns across a range of clients and sectors. You will be responsible for supporting with the day-to-day management of media partnerships and providing data and conducting research for brief responses.

Responsibilities

• Support with the project management of integrated partnership solutions to deliver KPIs across a range of clients, including brand partnerships, sponsorships, advertiser funded programmes and product placement.
• Challenge suppliers & media owners to deliver innovative responses to briefs & provide solutions to client challenges.
• Support your manager with responding to briefs and present ideas to enhance campaigns.
• Deliver insightful and valuable reports for clients on their media partnerships, to better inform future campaigns.
• Book media onto finance system and ensure clients are billed on time.
• Manage digital campaign trafficking.
• Produce deliverables in Excel, Word and PowerPoint with accuracy and attention to detail.
• Prioritise work-load, manage tasks and liaise with team members on a daily basis to ensure projects are delivered on time.
• Confidently provide input at client meetings and develop presentation skills to pitch ideas.
• Develop an understanding of all Publicis brands, services and practices.

Qualifications

• Exposure to a media role preferably including branded content partnerships.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Flexible and hard working - used to working to deadlines under pressure.
• Knowledge of all media channels and expertise in some.
• Experience using research tools.FU
• Project management skills and a level of negotiation skills.

Additional information

Publicis Media 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).