Account Director

Overview

In this role, you will lead media planning and key client partnerships for Vauxhall, Alfa Romeo and Spoticar, shaping integrated campaigns across the customer journey. You’ll partner with cross-functional experts to turn insights into impactful media plans that support client business goals. You’ll guide senior stakeholders and foster collaboration to deliver high-quality outputs and governance. This position sits within The Collective, Publicis’ Stellantis hub, offering a chance to influence automotive brands at scale. You help shape a performance-driven, people-first culture through strategic leadership and client outcomes.

Pay / Benefits

• Pension
• Life Assurance
• Private Medical cover
• Reflection Days
• Shared Parental Leave
• inclusive benefits

Responsibilities

• Lead day-to-day client relationships with senior stakeholders, providing direction and building trust
• Own end-to-end media planning by connecting audience insight, strategy and channels to business goals
• Translate complex media recommendations into clear, persuasive narratives for client meetings
• Coordinate specialists across strategy, digital, CRM, data, technology, performance and investment for integrated work
• Maintain high standards in planning outputs, governance, forecasting and contractual compliance
• Identify opportunities for client growth, expanding services and improving ways of working across the account
• Support colleagues’ development through feedback, clear goals, onboarding, and access to training

Key requirements

• Experience leading media planning and client relationships with a broad view of a client’s priorities
• Strong communication and presentation skills with ability to simplify complex thinking
• Collaborative leadership style that fosters contribution and development
• Sound commercial judgement involving budgets, fees, forecasting, billing or governance
• Insight-led approach using audience, category and performance data to inform decisions
• Broad knowledge of media channels, full-funnel planning and performance measurement
• Organised, solutions-focused mindset with willingness to challenge and improve processes

• collaborative leadership
• clear communication
• analytical thinking
• media planning and strategy
• audience insight analysis
• data-driven decision making

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