Biddable Account Director
Publicis Groupe UK, California, MO, United States
Overview
What will you be doing?
The client is Mars, a recent client win for Starcom, the account is set to be incredibly dynamic to deliver on performance objectives of lead generation, traffic and awareness to its consumer audience. Activity runs across Social, Search and Programmatic channels across the EMEA region. As an Account Director, you will be responsible for delivering the strategic direction and best in class execution for your accounts and ensuring campaigns go live appropriately, playing a pivotal role in building relationships with key client and internal stakeholders. Additionally, you will have responsibility for day-to-day running of the team, ensuring all members are trained, knowledgeable and executing every aspect of their duties within the agreed scope of work.
Responsibilities
Own strategic performance and commercial delivery
Be accountable for Search and Social performance across assigned EU accounts, ensuring activity delivers against client business objectives, commercial targets and agency standards.
Act as the strategic lead on Search and Social, demonstrating deep understanding of the client’s business, category dynamics, competitive landscape and growth ambitions, and translating these into clear, long-term channel strategies.
Own budget stewardship and financial governance, including annual planning, forecasting, investment allocation, margin management and risk mitigation, in partnership with senior account and finance stakeholders.
Define and oversee strategic roadmaps, including innovation, testing frameworks, automation and platform evolution, ensuring continual improvement and scalable impact across markets.
Lead day to day client relationship
Serve as the primary senior point of contact for Search and Social, building trusted relationships with client stakeholders
Set standards for operational excellence and innovation
Establish and embed best‑in‑class ways of working across Search and Social teams
Identify gaps/inefficiencies in a timely manner and create improved processes for the team
Own the Search and Social product vision within the account remit, including testing priorities, beta adoption, innovation pilots
Ensure quality control across all outputs
Qualifications What are we looking for?
Experience in planning, activating and reporting on Paid Search & Paid Social campaigns
Strong communication and presentation skills
Aptitude in maintaining relationships with both internal and external stakeholders
Exemplary track record in managing activation excellence + delivering strategic workstreams
Ability to deliver a high standard of work with strong attention to detail within an agreed deadline
Experience in managing members of a team and delegating tasks in a fast‑paced environment
Experience delivering automated solutions to manual tasks to improve account efficiency
Line management experience and delivery of appraisals
Experience in driving innovation through Test & Learn
Knowledge of all digital elements
Additional Information Starcom
offers a wide range of benefits to support our employees. Full details are shared when you join, but highlights include core benefits such as Pension, Life Assurance, and Private Medical cover, alongside enhanced policies like Reflection Days and Shared Parental Leave. You’ll also have access to a range of additional initiatives, including:
Publicis Groupe works primarily from the office or our clients' office four days per week.
At
Starcom , we are proud to be an equal opportunities employer. We welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, and do not discriminate on the basis of race, ethnicity, nationality, religion or belief, disability, age, citizenship, relationship status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other protected characteristic.
We are committed to providing a fair, accessible, and inclusive recruitment process. If you have any access needs - for example, related to disability, neurodivergence, or a health condition - please let us know. We’ll work with you to ensure the process works for you. Sharing this information will never impact your application.
Guided by our values, we listen with empathy, uplift each other, take responsibility, and embrace change - building a culture where everyone feels seen, respected, and genuinely included.
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The client is Mars, a recent client win for Starcom, the account is set to be incredibly dynamic to deliver on performance objectives of lead generation, traffic and awareness to its consumer audience. Activity runs across Social, Search and Programmatic channels across the EMEA region. As an Account Director, you will be responsible for delivering the strategic direction and best in class execution for your accounts and ensuring campaigns go live appropriately, playing a pivotal role in building relationships with key client and internal stakeholders. Additionally, you will have responsibility for day-to-day running of the team, ensuring all members are trained, knowledgeable and executing every aspect of their duties within the agreed scope of work.
Responsibilities
Own strategic performance and commercial delivery
Be accountable for Search and Social performance across assigned EU accounts, ensuring activity delivers against client business objectives, commercial targets and agency standards.
Act as the strategic lead on Search and Social, demonstrating deep understanding of the client’s business, category dynamics, competitive landscape and growth ambitions, and translating these into clear, long-term channel strategies.
Own budget stewardship and financial governance, including annual planning, forecasting, investment allocation, margin management and risk mitigation, in partnership with senior account and finance stakeholders.
Define and oversee strategic roadmaps, including innovation, testing frameworks, automation and platform evolution, ensuring continual improvement and scalable impact across markets.
Lead day to day client relationship
Serve as the primary senior point of contact for Search and Social, building trusted relationships with client stakeholders
Set standards for operational excellence and innovation
Establish and embed best‑in‑class ways of working across Search and Social teams
Identify gaps/inefficiencies in a timely manner and create improved processes for the team
Own the Search and Social product vision within the account remit, including testing priorities, beta adoption, innovation pilots
Ensure quality control across all outputs
Qualifications What are we looking for?
Experience in planning, activating and reporting on Paid Search & Paid Social campaigns
Strong communication and presentation skills
Aptitude in maintaining relationships with both internal and external stakeholders
Exemplary track record in managing activation excellence + delivering strategic workstreams
Ability to deliver a high standard of work with strong attention to detail within an agreed deadline
Experience in managing members of a team and delegating tasks in a fast‑paced environment
Experience delivering automated solutions to manual tasks to improve account efficiency
Line management experience and delivery of appraisals
Experience in driving innovation through Test & Learn
Knowledge of all digital elements
Additional Information Starcom
offers a wide range of benefits to support our employees. Full details are shared when you join, but highlights include core benefits such as Pension, Life Assurance, and Private Medical cover, alongside enhanced policies like Reflection Days and Shared Parental Leave. You’ll also have access to a range of additional initiatives, including:
Publicis Groupe works primarily from the office or our clients' office four days per week.
At
Starcom , we are proud to be an equal opportunities employer. We welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, and do not discriminate on the basis of race, ethnicity, nationality, religion or belief, disability, age, citizenship, relationship status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other protected characteristic.
We are committed to providing a fair, accessible, and inclusive recruitment process. If you have any access needs - for example, related to disability, neurodivergence, or a health condition - please let us know. We’ll work with you to ensure the process works for you. Sharing this information will never impact your application.
Guided by our values, we listen with empathy, uplift each other, take responsibility, and embrace change - building a culture where everyone feels seen, respected, and genuinely included.
#J-18808-Ljbffr