Company DescriptionPublicis Groupe
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.
Spark Foundry
Spark Foundry harnesses a startup spirit with a powerhouse soul by combining an entrepreneurial, innovative business approach with the resources, capabilities, and marketplace reach of Publicis Media. The agency leverages best-in-class industry talent in over 50 countries across the world, including the USA, UK, MENA, Poland, Australia, and China.
We have 4 simple values that resonate through our culture, development of our people, our environment and everything we do on a day to day basis. We are;
1.Team driven: our superpower comes from our teams, it’s where we learn our craft and how we stay connected across the agency
2.Inclusive: we know the road to representation is long but we’re proud of the steps we’re taking to elicit real change
3.Challenger: we’re proud to be an underdog, it motivates us to think differently and work harder than the competition, which means we find solutions that others miss
4.Passionate: we care about what we do, and our people have the freedom to follow those passions, from designing new technologies and innovations, to developing our culture and future talent
OverviewThe Clients
- UBS is one of the world’s largest financial services companies, and has grown even larger since last year’s acquisition of Credit Suisse.
- With 3 core divisions focusing on Wealth Management, Investment Banking & Asset Management they offer varied solutions to B2C and B2B clients.
- Spark Foundry undertakes strategic development and global media planning and buying and execution of UBS campaigns.
- We have a central team based out of London, working in close collaboration with UBS. Spark Foundry has been working with UBS for close to 20 years and has developed a strong partnership.
- We work in close collaboration with our offices in Zurich (global biddable activation), Hong Kong & Chicago (regional/local planning and activation)
Responsibilities- Play a key role in developing media plans, and activating those plans in collaboration with our teams in Zurich, Hong Kong & Chicago.
- Lead and manage campaign (direct display, programmatic /PMP) tagging and trafficking.
- Media negotiation, booking and buying – includes overseeing finance process from IO, bookings. Liaising with agency finance team to reconcile booked media insertions against finance / invoice reports.
- Collaborate on all campaign reporting outputs for the client & lead campaign optimisations .
- Overseeing and supporting an Account Executive & playing a key role in their management and growth.
- Building strong relationships with partner agencies, media vendors/owners and clients.
Qualifications- Experience in analysing data & building reports, to be shared internally & with clients.
- Works well under pressure and to tight deadlines.
- Ability to manage multiple work streams and projects.
- Experience trafficking campaigns & using an ad-server.
- Past experience working on international accounts or campaigns a plus.
- Self-starter.
- Strong project management skills.
- Passion for digital and innovation.
- Attention to detail and sound analytical skills.
- Experience of finance tools such as DDS and Prisma or similar is a bonus.
