Global Senior Account Executive

UNAVAILABLE; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A global media agency in London is seeking a Senior Account Executive to support a flagship entertainment client. In this client servicing role, you will manage global requests and ensure campaign coordination across multiple markets. Ideal candidates will have strong Excel skills and experience in account management, with an interest in entertainment. The role offers exposure to major cultural events and the chance to work with diverse teams globally.

Benefits

Flexible working

Additional leave for well-being

Health support helpline

Full pay for family milestones

Discounts at local businesses

Qualifications

• Experience in client-servicing or account management within media, advertising or entertainment.
• Strong Excel skills including pivot tables and VLOOKUPs.
• Confident in navigating media plans and performance.

Responsibilities

• Act as day-to-day support for the team on a major entertainment client.
• Review and monitor media plans ensuring local teams are compliant.
• Organize and track global deliverables across multiple markets.
• Pull and analyze data using Excel for reporting and insights.

Skills

Client servicing experience

Strong Excel skills

Organizational skills

Communication skills

Ability to handle fast-paced environments

Understanding of media plans

Job description

Company Description

Spark Foundry make up part of a thriving global media network and are part of the Publicis Groupe, one of the world’s leading communications groups. We are globally connected with over 8,000 employees in 110 offices across 70 countries.

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.

Job Description

About the Role

We’re looking for a Senior Account Executive to join one of Spark Foundry’s flagship global accounts — a major entertainment and streaming brand competing at the very top of the category. This role sits at the heart of a fast-moving, multi-market operation that spans North America, Europe and APAC, supporting content launches, cultural moments and major sporting rights.

This is not a media planning role — it’s a client servicing role — but you’ll need to be comfortable navigating media plans, understanding performance outputs and ensuring markets are delivering against expectations. If you love organisation, thrive in a fast-paced environment, and want to grow your global experience, this is an exceptional opportunity.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Act as day-to-day support for the team on a major entertainment client, helping manage global requests and campaign coordination across multiple markets.
• Review and monitor media plans, ensuring local teams are following briefs, meeting deadlines and delivering accurate responses.
• Organise and track global deliverables — chasing markets, validating submissions and keeping workflows running smoothly.
• Pull and analyse data using Excel (pivot tables, VLOOKUPs etc.) and tools like GWI to support competitive reporting and campaign insights.
• Manage fast-turnaround requests, particularly around shifting release dates and last-minute campaign adjustments.
• Support senior client servicing leads with global governance, documentation, status updates and client-ready materials.
• Build strong relationships with local market teams, helping unblock issues and flagging risks early.
• Collaborate across time zones, including partners in North America and Australia.

What We’re Looking For

• Experience in a client-servicing or account management role, ideally within media, advertising or entertainment.
• Comfortable working with media plans, understanding the basics of channels and performance.
• Strong Excel skills — pivot tables and VLOOKUPs essential.
• Highly organised with exceptional attention to detail — you keep multiple workstreams moving.
• Confident communicator who can hold markets accountable without “barking orders” — firm, fair, and approachable.
• Able to handle fast-paced environments with shifting priorities and tight timelines.
• Experience working on multi-market campaigns or coordinating across regions is a big advantage.
• Proactive mindset — knows when to elevate, when to problem-solve and when to ask for help.
• A genuine interest in entertainment, content launches or major cultural/sporting moments.

Why This Role Stands Out

• Work on a global entertainment giant, competing at the highest level of the streaming landscape.
• Exposure to campaigns spanning major sports rights, global premieres and high-voltage release schedules.
• Be part of a flagship Spark Foundry account with visibility across leadership in both the UK and US.
• Build deep global experience — coordinating across markets from Canada to Australia.
• Learn from brilliant senior talent and develop quickly in a role with genuine responsibility.
• Be part of a team that is growing, ambitious and known for delivering excellence.

Additional Information

Sparkhas fantastic benefits on offer to all of our employees. In addition to the classics,Pension,Life Assurance, Private Medical and IncomeProtectionPlanswe also offer;

• WORK YOUR WORLDopportunity to work anywhere in the world, where there is a Publicis office, for up to 6 weeks a year.
• REFLECTION DAYS- Two additional days of paid leave to step away from your usual day-to-day work and create time to focus on your well-being and self-care.
• HELP@HAND BENEFITS24/7 helpline to support you on a personal and professional level.Access to remote GPs, mental health support and CBT.Wellbeing content and lifestyle coaching.
• FAMILY FRIENDLY POLICIESWe provide 26 weeks of full pay for the following family milestones: Maternity. Adoption, Surrogacy and Shared Parental Leave.
• FLEXIBLE WORKING, BANK HOLIDAY SWAP&BIRTHDAY DAY OFFYou are entitled to an additional day off for your birthday, from your first day of employment.
• GREAT LOCAL DISCOUNTSThis includes membership discounts with Soho Friends, local restaurants and retailers in Westfield White City and Television Centre.

Full details of our benefits will be shared when you join us!

Publicis Groupe operates a hybrid working pattern with full time employees being office-based three days during the working week.

We are supportive of all candidates and are committed to providing a fair assessment process. If you have any circumstances (such as neurodiversity, physical or mental impairments or a medical condition) that may affect your assessment, please inform your Talent Acquisition Partner. We will discuss possible adjustments to ensure fairness. Rest assured, disclosing this information will not impact your treatment in our process.

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