Retail Media Director

Overview

The Retail Media Director will lead the strategic development and execution of retail media campaigns across multiple platforms, overseeing a team dedicated to driving eCommerce success for our clients. This role requires a seasoned professional with strong leadership skills, a deep understanding of retail marketing strategies, and the ability to foster client relationships while achieving revenue targets.

Responsibilities

• Lead client account growth through clear eCommerce strategies and innovation roadmaps, delivering against revenue and performance targets
• Set strategic direction for retail media activations across platforms including Amazon Advertising, Epsilon Retail Media and Criteo
• Own senior client relationships, ensuring alignment on objectives, KPIs and performance, and acting as the escalation point when needed
• Lead, coach and develop high-performing account teams, fostering collaboration, capability growth and continuous improvement
• Oversee campaign quality, performance and optimisation, translating data into actionable insights and improvement plans
• Manage financial governance across accounts, including budgets, reconciliations and billing, to maximise ROI
• Build strong partnerships with key retail and technology players and represent the agency externally to stay ahead of industry trends

Qualifications

We are seeking an enthusiastic and entrepreneurial candidate who thrives in dynamic environments. This role presents an exciting opportunity to join a young and vibrant agency environment, working on high-profile multi-million budget accounts within the retail media sector.

• Experience in retail media and/or agency environments, including hands-on activation across platforms such as Amazon Advertising, Epsilon Retail Media or Criteo
• Proven experience managing large, complex client accounts, ideally within an agency setting
• Strong strategic understanding of retail search and Amazon Advertising, alongside broader digital media, attribution and conversion best practice
• Experienced people manager, with a track record of leading, coaching and developing high-performing teams
• Strategic thinker with the ability to define goals, shape innovation roadmaps and drive measurable outcomes
• Confident communicator and presenter, able to manage senior internal and external stakeholders
• Strong analytical and reporting capability, with advanced Excel and PowerPoint skills (certifications across retail media platforms a plus)

Additional information

Spark has fantastic benefits on offer to all of our employees, full details of which are shared when you join. This includes the classics like Pension, Life Assurance, Private Medical, as well as Reflection Days, Shared Parental Leave, and spans other initiatives like:

Please check out the Publicis Career Page which showcases our Inclusive Benefits and our EAG’s (Employee Action Groups).

At Spark, 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.

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