Global Account Manager

Publicis Groupe; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension

Life Assurance

Private Medical

Reflection Days

Shared Parental Leave

Job summary

Spark Foundry in London is seeking a Global Planning Manager to shape international media strategy for Meta’s brands, including Instagram, WhatsApp, Facebook, Meta Quest and Ray‑Ban Glasses. You’ll join Spark Foundry International’s Planning team, working at the centre of a highly connected global account.

You’ll turn strategy into effective media plans, strengthen collaboration across markets and help an innovative client navigate what comes next, with opportunities to mentor junior colleagues.

Qualifications

• Experience developing media plans and turning strategy into practical, compelling recommendations.
• Strong ability to manage multiple projects and communicate changes clearly.
• Proven collaboration with clients, colleagues and market teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead integrated media planning across international markets, connecting central strategy with local market needs.
• Coordinate global requests and deliverables, ensuring teams receive accurate information at the right time.
• Develop post-campaign analyses that bring together biddable and offline media performance, translating results into insights and recommendations.
• Build trusted relationships with Meta stakeholders, local Spark Foundry teams and investment partners across the global network.
• Create client-ready status reports, presentations and investment briefs, then lead discussions on progress and priorities.
• Improve account processes and ways of working, helping the team deliver high-quality work.
• Support and develop junior colleagues through clear delegation and feedback.

Skills

Media planning

Data analysis

Stakeholder management

Cross-market collaboration

Presentation skills

Attention to detail

Team development

Job description

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 though 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.

Overview

We are hiring a Global Planning Manager to help shape international media strategy for Meta’s portfolio of brands, including Instagram, WhatsApp, Facebook, Meta Quest and Ray-Ban Glasses. You’ll join Spark Foundry International’s Planning team, working at the centre of a highly connected global account. This is an opportunity to turn strategy into effective media plans, strengthen collaboration across markets and help an innovative client navigate what comes next.

What you'll be doing:

• Lead integrated media planning across international markets, connecting central strategy with local market needs.
• Coordinate global requests and deliverables, ensuring teams receive accurate information at the right time.
• Develop post-campaign analyses that bring together biddable and offline media performance, translating results into clear insights and recommendations.
• Build trusted relationships with Meta stakeholders, local Spark Foundry teams and investment partners across the global network.
• Create client-ready status reports, presentations and investment briefs, then confidently lead discussions on progress and priorities.
• Improve account processes and ways of working, helping the team deliver consistently high‑quality work.
• Support and develop junior colleagues through clear delegation, regular feedback and practical learning opportunities.

Skills we're looking for:

• Broad knowledge of media channels, gained within a media agency or a closely related environment.
• Experience developing media plans and turning strategic thinking into practical, compelling recommendations.
• Strong organisational skills, with the ability to prioritise multiple projects and communicate changes clearly.
• A collaborative approach to building relationships with clients, colleagues and market teams.
• Clear written, verbal and presentation skills, including the ability to make complex information easy to understand.
• Confidence working with data, identifying patterns and using evidence to support strategic decisions.
• Experience supporting or managing others, combined with curiosity about technology, culture and the evolving media landscape.

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.

At Spark Foundry, 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.

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