Account Manager in London

Company Description

Who We Are in the UK? Spark Foundry, the Acceleration Agency. We help brands to identify, learn and respond to opportunities faster than the competition. Every client has an area of their business they need to accelerate, from short-term goals to long-term transformation. We’ve proven our approach during the most difficult year on record. Now we’re using it to provide a launchpad for their future. Come be an accelerator with us.

How we accelerate:

• Planning: an approach that works in practice rather than theory, arming planners with the ability to create cutting edge campaigns.
• Intelligence: a suite of tools that give definitive answers to big questions, and uncovers actionable insights about real people.
• Trading: a model built on flexibility and trusted relationships, underpinned with bold guarantees.
• Relationships: a culture of asking challenging questions to better understand the brief – we are not a ‘yes’ agency.
• People: a strong history of recruiting talent from diverse backgrounds and accelerating their careers.

Our Commitment

We are diverse through our experience, people and the clients we look after - and we celebrate that diversity. Our people hold us accountable to our beliefs and via regular surveys and our grass roots D&I team, The Collective, and internal next generation board, Firestarters, we hold regular events and work continually towards generating ideas, initiatives and educating our people to ensure we are a diverse and inclusive agency. As part of our dedication to create an inclusive and diverse workforce, Spark Foundry is committed to equal access to opportunity for people without regard to race, age, sex, disability, neurodiversity, sexual orientation, gender identity or religion.

Overview

We’re hiring a Media Account Manager & Planner with experience in healthcare/ with healthcare clients to join Spark Foundry and play a key role on an important consumer healthcare account. This hands‑on role combines specialist UK healthcare professional media planning with client partnership, campaign delivery and buying. You’ll own work from brief through to activation and optimisation, collaborating with specialists across the wider business. It’s a great opportunity to apply your healthcare media expertise while helping shape and strengthen a growing capability.

Responsibilities:

• Own day-to-day client relationships, turning briefs and business objectives into clear priorities and actionable media recommendations.
• Develop strategically grounded UK healthcare professional media plans, translating audience and communication objectives into channel, investment and activation recommendations.
• Take campaigns from brief through planning, buying, activation and optimisation, maintaining clear oversight throughout delivery.
• Evaluate and negotiate with healthcare publishers and media owners to identify relevant opportunities and deliver appropriate value.
• Bring together planning, activation, performance, data and other specialist teams to deliver joined‑up work for the client.
• Turn campaign performance and reporting into concise insights and practical recommendations that support better decision‑making.
• Maintain oversight of timelines, budgets, purchase orders, billing and governance, while helping establish effective and scalable ways of working.

Qualifications:

• Experience planning media for healthcare professional audiences in the UK, with a strong understanding of the UK healthcare professional media landscape.
• Media agency experience within planning, account management or an integrated role.
• The ability to take a client brief from initial exploration through strategic recommendation, media planning and delivery.
• Strong client‑partnership and communication skills, including the ability to present recommendations clearly to different stakeholders.
• Experience managing campaign timelines, budgets, reporting, optimisation and associated financial administration.
• A collaborative and accountable approach, with sound judgement about when to work independently and when to bring others in.
• Curiosity, attention to detail and an interest in specialist healthcare media; experience in consumer healthcare, pharmaceutical or another regulated category would be valuable.

Additional Information

Spark Foundry 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.

Publicis Groupe works primarily from the office or our clients' office four days per week. At Spark Foundry, 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.