At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead multi-disciplinary client teams and ensure seamless collaboration across media, creative, and data functions.
- Company: Spark Foundry is known as the Acceleration Agency, helping brands respond to opportunities faster than competitors.
- Benefits: Core benefits include Pension, Life Assurance, and Private Medical cover, plus Reflection Days and Shared Parental Leave.
- Other info: The role is based in London and offers a hybrid workplace.
- Why this job: Join a diverse team committed to accelerating client growth through innovative marketing solutions.
- Qualifications: Requires 7+ years in media or integrated agency with strong experience in managing senior clients and multi-channel accounts.
The predicted salary is between 60000 - 80000 £ per year.
Company Description
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 in experience, people, and the clients we look after, and we celebrate that diversity. We hold regular events and work continuously 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.
Role Purpose
The Integrated Agency Team (IAT) Client Partner is responsible for leading a multi‑disciplinary client team across media, creative, data, CRM, content, performance, and production functions, ensuring seamless collaboration across agency partners, driving strategic growth, operational excellence, and delivering best‑in‑class integrated marketing solutions for clients.
Client Leadership
- Own senior day‑to‑day client relationships and act as a trusted strategic advisor
- Lead integrated planning across all channels and disciplines
- Translate client business objectives into connected marketing solutions
- Present strategic recommendations and performance updates to senior stakeholders
Team Leadership
- Lead cross‑functional teams across planning, activation, strategy, analytics, creative and operations
- Create clear ways of working across internal teams and partner agencies
- Inspire high performance culture, accountability and collaboration
- Coach and develop direct reports and wider team talent
Commercial Management
- Own account profitability, forecasting and resource planning
- Manage scopes of work, fee negotiations and commercial growth opportunities
- Identify upsell / cross‑sell opportunities across services
Operational Excellence
- Build governance frameworks, meeting cadences, workflows and SLAs
- Ensure projects are delivered on time, on budget and to quality standards
- Resolve escalations quickly across internal and external stakeholders
- Improve efficiency through automation, process optimisation and simplification
Performance & Data
- Ensure integrated measurement frameworks are in place
- Lead campaign reviews and optimisation planning
- Translate data into actionable insights and future recommendations
Required Experience
- 7+ years within media agency / integrated agency / marketing services environment
- Proven experience leading complex multi‑channel accounts
- Strong understanding of paid media, digital, social, CRM and creative workflows
- Experience managing senior clients and multiple stakeholders
- Commercial acumen with budget and revenue responsibility
- Strong people management experience
Skills & Competencies
- Strategic leadership
- Stakeholder management
- Excellent presentation skills
- Commercial negotiation
- Project/programme management
- Data literacy
- Problem solving
- Strong communication
- Change management
Benefits
Core benefits include Pension, Life Assurance, and Private Medical cover. Additional policies such as Reflection Days and Shared Parental Leave are also provided. Access to a range of additional initiatives and programmes is available.
Equal Opportunity Employer
We are 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.
Regional Client Partner employer: Publicis Groupe UK
Located in London, Spark Foundry focuses on diversity and inclusion, providing a range of benefits like Private Medical cover. The team is dedicated to accelerating client success through innovative strategies and collaborative efforts.
