**Company description** Publicis Media is currently leading the field and winning AMAZING clients (have you heard about us winning L’Oréal yet?)—there’s never been a better time to join us! We're fuelling business growth by harnessing the modern media landscape to create personalised consumer connections on a HUGE scale and doing it to the highest of standards! Our 2,000 UK experts collaborate with top agencies like Zenith, Starcom, and Spark Foundry (..who are ALL award-winning🏆). Due to our expert talent and leading resources, we excel in media strategy, analytics, data, technology, and performance marketing. As part of Publicis Groupe, we operate in over 100 countries with 23,500+ employees worldwide which also opens the door to phenomenal growth and development opportunities for our talent. Want to work amongst the best? Then join us and be a part of our success story, you won’t regret it! **Overview** The Publishing, Audio & Direct Display team is a highly collaborative, honest, supportive, and proactive team of people who believe in going the extra mile to deliver a job brilliantly done. The team is made up of over 20 hardworking and dedicated people who are above all passionate about media and specifically, Publishing, Audio, and Direct Digital. The clients range from large to small in terms of spend and we are able to provide each with the best solution they need for P, A & D. We have weekly meetings as a department and keep each other up to date with; what’s going on, ensuring workloads are shared, discuss market trends and trading opportunities As Group Account Director, you will have full responsibility for a team of media experts, delivering exceptional outcomes for high-profile accounts. This position is ideal for a forward-thinking leader who can guide brands through the evolving media landscape, with a strong focus on innovation in both traditional and digital channels. **Responsibilities** + **Client Leadership:** Build and nurture strong, trusted relationships with key clients, ensuring high-quality service and strategic media planning. + **Team Management:** Lead and mentor a team of Managers and Executives, fostering a collaborative environment and setting clear progression plans. + **Media Expertise:** Act as a subject matter expert in Print, Audio, and Digital media, exploring innovative solutions and driving market-leading results. + **Negotiation & Collaboration:** Work closely with senior media owners to evaluate offerings and negotiate value-driven opportunities for clients, while collaborating with cross-functional teams. + **Operational Excellence:** Drive operational excellence by meeting KPIs, managing audits, and delivering timely, quality responses to client needs. **Qualifications** + **Experience & Passion:** Demonstrated experience and enthusiasm for the retail marketplace, with a keen understanding of its dynamics. + **Leadership & Vision:** Ambitious with the vision and skills to advance brand campaigns across Publishing, Direct Display, and Audio channels. + **Strategic Innovation:** Ability to drive innovation through regular test-and-learn approaches and rapid turnarounds while maintaining a focus on excellence. + **Communication Skills:** Excellent written and verbal communication, with the diplomacy to challenge clients constructively. + **Interpersonal Skills:** Strong interpersonal abilities to manage relationships and foster collaboration with internal teams and external partners. + **Detail-Oriented:** Meticulous attention to detail in planning and execution. + **People Management:** Proven people management skills, promoting a positive and productive team environment. + **Media Strategy Expertise:** Extensive knowledge in planning and buying across publishing, audio (including digital platforms), and direct digital channels. + **Collaboration & Integration:** Work closely with digital, programmatic, and comms planning teams to ensure campaign synergy and optimization. + **Commercial & Negotiation Skills:** Highly commercially astute with a track record of innovative work and confident in negotiations, maintaining strong relationships with partners and auditors. + **Retail Landscape Knowledge:** Strong understanding of the retail landscape and the ability to apply this knowledge to benefit high-profile brands. + **Track Record:** Proven success in developing commercially successful, innovative campaigns for high-profile clients. **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 Income Protection Plans** 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 (https://www.publicisgroupeuk.com/careers/) which showcases our Inclusive Benefits and our EAG’s (Employee Action Groups). \#LI-AN1