**Company description** At Spark Foundry, our vision is to Fuel Famously Effective Ideas. Famous and Effective. Not one or the other — both. That sounds nice, but to get to famously effective ideas you need some key ingredients. You need diverse thinkers and diverse thinking. We call this Allsorts. This helps us tackle obstacles through different disciplines and perspectives. You need to thrive on the belief that great ideas are only great if they work. It’s not enough to be new or cool or interesting. Our solutions need to drive a business result. Everything else is vanity. You need to embrace both the art and the evidence. Right and left. Imagination and activation. Insight and technology. Big ideas forensically measured. All that while being a good human. Sound like you? Sound like where you’d like to be? We’d love to meet you. Off the back of continued business growth, we are currently on the lookout for a **New Business & Marketing Manager** to join us. You will represent Spark Foundry within the Publicis New Business team, and work directly with Spark Foundry’s leadership team for broader marketing responsibilities. This is an incredible opportunity for a driven individual to spearhead the efforts around ensuring Spark Foundry’s profile is distinct in industry positioning and representation. Whether you’re someone with experience in new business, marketing, operations, awards, and/or project management; or, an agency Account / Client Director looking to make the pivot away from day-to-day account management and client servicing – we’d love to hear from you. **Overview** **The role** As part of the **New Business** team, you will support the operations and production of Spark Foundry’s most strategically important new business pitches, ensuring the agency’s unique selling proposition is brilliantly articulated through written documentation, presentations, videos, and marketing collateral. In instances where Spark Foundry is the lead Groupe media agency in a “Power of One” solution for a client, your responsibilities will include liaising with creative, PR, data and technology, and others to ensure a holistic new business solution across Publicis Groupe You will be central to managing Spark Foundry’s contribution within Publicis Groupe’s internal and external data reporting, tracking new business activity via the Salesforce platform and reporting wins, losses, and other key business data to external companies such as RECMA, COMvergence and R3. In summary, your key responsibilities across new business activity will include: Supporting new business pitches + Gather Request for Information (RFI) and Request for Proposal (RFP) content, complete Excel templates and construct written documents + Work with the Design team to ensure all documents are of highest visual quality and pitch teams have engaging marketing materials to help them standout versus competition + Collaborate with New Business colleagues in other countries by providing inputs for global/regional pitches + Gather feedback and compile learning from all pitches, won or lost Carrying out data analysis and support pipeline reporting + Champion the Salesforce platform – support agencies as required, monitor new opportunities, and ensure client rosters are accurate + Carry out competitor and industry data analysis to assist in building new business pipeline strategy, and compile regular reports for Groupe + Supply accurate market data for Publicis Groupe Australia as and when required for internal or external purpose + Ensure data is always up to date and at fingertips so we can deliver at pace Championing knowledge sharing + Build and maintain online libraries of best practice RFP answers, presentations, and collateral – help teams to help themselves + Participate in the global business development community, listening to monthly global call recordings (owing to time zone challenges) and participating in fortnightly Asia Pacific community calls – share relevant information with Australian stakeholders as appropriate + Digest and share all latest global best practice pitch documents and product overviews with local teams In tandem, as part of the **Product and Marketing team,** you will ensure a distinct Spark Foundry’s ‘voice’ in market, elevating the profile and positioning of our internal and external events, communications, and representation. The focus will be supporting Spark Foundry in raising the profile of our industry benefits and POV. This will include capturing and representing events, perspectives, talent and news across social media and marquee industry awards. In summary, your key responsibilities across marketing activity will include: Awards + Development of an annual Industry Awards calendar including deadlines and categories + Liaising with Strategy and Office leads to nominate best work from across Spark Foundry + Facilitate quality control for final submissions including approval from Executive Team Leads + Upload and manage all Award portals Events + Manage and arrange our client CMO dinner events and additional client thought leadership events: Invites, RSVPs, any content, and distribution / collation of follow up thought leadership written content + Creation of industry events calendar and liaison with Strategy & Executive team members on potential representation and content Content + Manage social media content (focus on LinkedIn, and re-engage / establish presence on Instagram and Facebook) including capturing and reporting of Spark Foundry’s presence or representation at events and news / updates + Liaise with Publicis Comms Team for PR: written perspectives, talent updates, new business success, etc. + Develop PR content calendar nationally for teams to be in market with Spark Foundry perspectives and thought leadership + Create central library for global and locally developed assets and perspectives to enable connectivity and application to elevate client and industry work As the New Business & Marketing Manager, you must be a calm collaborator with a natural aptitude for multi-tasking and project management at pace; and be able to demonstrate success working with stakeholders at all levels within a business. You will be a savvy content creator for social media, with the ability to create compelling content in a distinctly Spark Foundry tone of voice. Understanding and application of brand guidelines and points of difference will be central to appropriate brand representation for Spark Foundry. **What type of person will be successful in this role** + Ideally 4-5 years’ experience in a similar, fast paced business environment; with the ability to be flexible, roll up your sleeves, problem solve, and bring calm + Organised and detailed with exceptional time management + Excellent written/grammatical skills and able to draft pitch-ready content + Experience in implementing effective processes and systems + Confidence dealing with a wide range of stakeholders + **Advanced PPT, Word and intermediate Excel skills are essential** – Salesforce a bonus \#LI-ND1 **Additional information** Publicis Groupe benefits: Be a part of the Publicis Groupe family, recent winner of the Employer of Choice Awards and one of the world's most progressive and dynamic modern communications businesses. You can learn more about us at www.publicisgroupeanz.com Enjoy all the perks that come with our network offering: + A comprehensive Wholeself program supporting physical, mindful, and financial wellbeing. + A creative, lively, and rewarding office environment where people love working with each other, supported by our Publicis Liberté flexibility approach — "working your way with us." + Access to our Global AI Platform Marcel, connecting Publicis Groupe employees with opportunities for career mobility and collaboration across our global network. + Extensive Learning & Development opportunities including more than 15,000 learning programs via our online learning platform, Marcel Classes. + A culture of open feedback and support to reach your goals through our Career Conversations program. + A committed Diversity, Equality, and Inclusion strategy driven through our Viva Women, Égalité, enABLE, EmbRACE, and Écologique committees. + Leave benefits including Birthday Leave, Flexible Public Holidays, and an additional 5 days of leave after 2 years of service. + Work Your World program enabling employees the flexibility to work from anywhere in the world for up to 6 weeks per year. + Parental leave policy with up to 18 weeks based on tenure, paid primary carer leave, secondary carer swap, and Cub Care leave. + Access to counsellors, psychologists, and professionals through Sonder, an all-in-one digital wellbeing technology platform designed to support psychological, medical & safety needs. + A workplace that stands together to provide a more open, supportive, and recovery-forward culture for all employees with life-threatening illnesses. Read more about our Working With Cancer Pledge: https://workingwithcancerpledge.com/ + Proud partners of Diversity Council Australia, Pride in Diversity, Family Friendly Workplaces, Supply Nation, and the Australian Disability Network. If you don't tick every box in this ad, please don't rule yourself out. Research suggests that women and other people in underrepresented groups tend to only apply if they meet every requirement. We focus on hiring people who share our values of inclusion, collaboration, adaptability, fearlessness, and integrity rather than ticking boxes — so if this role resonates with you, please apply. Diversity. Inclusion. Equity. More than just words; these are part of our DNA. At Publicis Groupe, we are committed to the inclusion and recognition of all people regardless of race, age, culture, ability, ethnicity, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, and religious affiliation. We believe that to deliver the best solutions to our clients, our people need to reflect the diverse communities in which our clients operate. We value diversity and the skills, knowledge, and experience that difference brings to our culture and solutions. **Uniqueness is powerful; without it, we wouldn't be where we are today. So be you — we like it that way.** We are committed to providing reasonable adjustments for people with disability or those that require additional support throughout the application process. If you need any assistance or adjustments, please contact us via recruitment@publicisgroupe.com (recruitmentpublicisgroupe.com) ; your personal information will be kept confidential.