Biddable Account Director

Starcom; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension

Life Assurance

Private Medical

Job summary

Starcom is seeking a Biddable Account Director to shape the future of our European client partnerships, guiding paid social strategy, inspiring a team, and delivering measurable outcomes across markets. You’ll lead paid social across platforms, build measurement frameworks, and work closely with clients and cross-functional teams to drive experimentation and clean delivery.

You will collaborate with internal teams to ensure alignment with campaign goals and deliver high-impact results for

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading paid social strategy and client relationships in a media or agency environment.
• Strong knowledge of paid social platforms and ability to translate data into action.
• Collaborative leader able to drive teams across disciplines to deliver outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Lead paid social strategy, planning, and activation across platforms to align with client goals.
• Build measurement frameworks linking paid social to business KPIs.
• Partner with clients as trusted advisors, providing actionable insights.

Skills

Paid social strategy

Team leadership

Client relationships

Data-driven mindset

Cross-functional collaboration

Tools

Facebook/Instagram/LinkedIn ads

Job description

With a history that dates back over 80 years, Starcom is a global communications planning and media leader, with over 7,000 employees in more than 100 offices worldwide, serving clients such as Aldi, P&G, Primark, Samsung, Stellantis, and Visa.

Overview

We are hiring a Biddable Account Director to shape the future of one of our most exciting international client partnerships, influencing strategy, inspiring a team, and delivering meaningful outcomes across multiple European markets. You’ll guide clients through an evolving media landscape, ensuring paid social plays a clear, measurable role in their success.

Responsibilities

• Lead paid social strategy, planning, and activation across a diversified mix of platforms, ensuring clear alignment to client goals.
• Build robust measurement frameworks that connect paid social performance to broader business and marketing KPIs.
• Partner closely with clients as a trusted advisor, simplifying complexity and providing clear, actionable insight.
• Drive experimentation and innovation through structured testing, demonstrating the incremental value of paid social.
• Collaborate across media and specialist teams to integrate paid social into wider campaign strategies.
• Establish and refine operational processes, ensuring high‑quality delivery, efficient workflows, and strong financial governance.
• Support and develop your team, creating an inclusive environment where people feel motivated, recognised, and able to grow.

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading paid social strategy, client relationships, and team delivery in a media or agency environment.
• Strong knowledge of paid social platforms, with a clear perspective on strategy, performance, and creative effectiveness.
• Confidence working with complex clients and large‑scale projects, with solid commercial awareness.
• A data‑led mindset, able to translate performance insights into meaningful actions and recommendations.
• Curiosity for technology and innovation, with an openness to test, learn, and evolve ways of working.
• Collaborative approach, building strong relationships across teams and disciplines to deliver the best outcomes.
• Commitment to inclusive leadership, with a passion for supporting others’ development and creating a positive team culture.

Benefits

Starcom offers a wide range of benefits such as Pension, Life Assurance, and Private Medical cover, along with policies like Reflection Days and Shared Parental Leave.

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

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

At Starcom, 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. 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.