Account Director (German Speaking)

Publicis Groupe; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension

Life Assurance

Private Medical cover

Reflection Days

Shared Parental Leave

Job summary

Fabric Social, a social-first creative agency, seeks a German-speaking Account Director to lead a portfolio of international client relationships with a focus on the German market. You’ll work across Subway DE, Sony Europe DE and Ever Clean, bringing German cultural insight to work developed across markets.

Fluent German and strong English are essential as you’ll build relationships with German stakeholders while collaborating with Fabric’s UK and NL teams.

Qualifications

• Experience in a social/creative or integrated agency environment.
• Fluent German and strong English, both written and spoken.
• Deep knowledge of the German market, culture and consumer trends.
• Ability to build effective, consultative relationships with mid and senior client stakeholders.
• Strategic understanding of social, paid media and influencer marketing and their role in wider comms.
• Experience managing budgets, scopes of work and profitability.
• Collaborative, ownership-minded approach across multiple accounts.

Responsibilities

• Lead day-to-day relationships across Subway DE, Sony Europe DE and Ever Clean.
• Bring German market and cultural insight into international work and ensure local relevance.
• Shape integrated social strategies across organic, paid, influencer and creative.
• Collaborate with UK and NL teams, plus production, strategy and paid specialists.
• Own delivery from briefs to budgets, timelines and scopes, managing changes.
• Take responsibility for portfolio commercial health and growth opportunities.
• Build relationships face-to-face and remotely, including monthly travel to Berlin for client workshops.

Skills

Fluent German and strong English

Strong client-services experience

Knowledge of German market

Consultative client relationships

Strategic understanding of social/paid

Commercial awareness

Collaborative, solutions-focused

Job description

Company description

Fabric Social is a social-first creative agency.

We were born into - and built for - the new era of social. An era where audiences gather around interests, communities and culture, not brands.

So we built a different kind of agency. One that brings strategy, trend‑first creative, production, community, creators and paid into a single social engine - designed for how social actually works.

We turn brands on social into social brands - the ones people choose to follow, talk about and bring into culture. Not the ones interrupting it.

Some of our clients include Currys, Sky, Subway, Autotrader, Morrisons, Holland & Barrett, Just Eat, Garnier, Vodafone, Kleenex, Andrex, and more.

Overview

Account Director, German Speaking

We are hiring a German-speaking Account Director to lead a portfolio of international client relationships at Fabric, with a particular focus on the German market. You’ll work across Subway DE, Sony Europe DE and Ever Clean, bringing German cultural insight and local social expertise to work developed across markets. Fluent German is essential, alongside strong English, as you’ll build relationships with German stakeholders while collaborating closely with Fabric’s UK and NL teams

Responsibilities

What you’ll be doing:

• Lead the day-to-day relationships across Subway DE, Sony Europe DE and Ever Clean, becoming a trusted partner to mid and senior client stakeholders.
• Bring German market and cultural insight into international work, adapting strategy, creative approaches and learnings so they feel locally relevant.
• Shape integrated social strategies and campaigns across organic, paid, influencer and creative, connecting the work to wider marketing and business objectives.
• Collaborate with UK and NL teams, as well as creative, production, paid and strategy specialists, to deliver thoughtful, high-quality work across markets.
• Own delivery across your accounts, translating briefs into clear budgets, timelines and scopes while managing changes and keeping projects on track.
• Take responsibility for the commercial health of your portfolio, managing budgets and scopes while identifying opportunities to grow client relationships and services.
• Build relationships face-to-face as well as remotely, including regular travel to Berlin, typically monthly, for client workshops, reviews and relationship-building.

Qualifications

Skills we’re looking for:

• Strong client-services experience gained within a social, creative or integrated agency environment.
• Fluent German and strong English, written and verbal, enabling you to work effectively with clients and international teams.
• Strong knowledge of the German market, including cultural nuances, social platform behaviours, consumer trends and the competitive landscape.
• The ability to build effective, consultative relationships with mid and senior client stakeholders and communicate strategic recommendations clearly.
• A strategic understanding of social, paid media and influencer marketing, and how these disciplines contribute to the wider communications picture.
• Commercial awareness, including experience working with budgets, scopes of work and project profitability.
• A collaborative, solutions-focused approach, with the ability to take ownership, support colleagues and maintain quality across multiple accounts.

Additional information

Fabric Socialoffers 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.

At Fabric Social, 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.