Regional Account Director

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.

Job Description

We are hiring for a Regional Account Director to join our team working across an exciting global client. This role is ideal for a strategic, process-driven individual who seeks innovative, effective ways of working, it requires understanding global vs. regional operating models, process implementation, insights management and relationship-building with diverse stakeholders across multiple markets and capabilities.

Key Responsibilities:

• Oversee daily orchestration, implementation, and optimisation of the client model from briefing to delivery across marketing capabilities.
• Collaborate with internal and external teams to ensure seamless integration of marketing efforts.
• Manage intake of integrated and capability specific client briefs including review and assignment to appropriate internal teams for execution.
• Oversee and/or support resource management for briefs/projects, ensuring efficient allocation for marketing projects.
• Communicate project details and action steps to internal and external teams.
• Track deliverables, budgets, and project overlaps, adjusting schedules, and notifying teams as needed.
• Lead initiative and process feedback communications with clients and internal teams ensuring continual optimisation on ways of working.
• Manage development of scope components, including timelines, resources, and costs.
• Work with the Agency Orchestration team to propose solutions-led approaches based on global standards.
• Identify blockers and insights for regional leadership and clients and develop local and regional action plans.
• Ability to manage client facing communication directly and compile client facing presentations/documentation.

Critical Skills:

• Substantial marketing, advertising, operations, or program management experience within the media industry.
• Clear accountability to evolve the business to become a more operationally functional team, ready for the future.
• Strong understanding of global and regional operating models, with proven ability to implement and optimise processes.
• Proactivity and proficiency delivering progress and completing work even with overlapping deadlines.
• Experience developing C-level stakeholder presentations and presenting your thoughts and ideas.
• Excellent communication and people skills, with the ability to collaborate with diverse teams and stakeholders.
• Demonstrated experience in managing complex projects from initiation to completion, ensuring on-time and on-budget delivery.
• Strong analytical and critical thinking skills, with the ability to identify issues and develop effective solutions.

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

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