Growth & New Business Leader - Creative Agency

Publicis Groupe; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension

Life Assurance

Private Medical

Reflection Days

Shared Parental Leave

Job summary

Publicis London is seeking a New Business Director to shape the next chapter of growth. You will own how the agency identifies opportunities, builds relationships, and turns ambitious thinking into winning pitches.

You’ll collaborate with senior leadership and teams across the agency and Publicis Groupe, aligning strategy, creativity and commercial thinking. If you enjoy making complex pitches happen while keeping people focused, collaborative and inspired, this role offers meaningful scope to

Qualifications

• Relevant new business experience within a creative agency or similar environment.
• Experience leading complex new business pitches from start to finish.
• Strong commercial judgement with ability to assess opportunities and client needs.
• Excellent project management skills bringing structure to multiple pitches and workstreams.
• Clear and persuasive communication; ability to build trusted relationships with senior stakeholders.
• Collaborative, solutions-focused approach across disciplines.
• Attention to detail and appreciation for high-quality creative work.

Responsibilities

• Shape and deliver the agency’s new business strategy, identifying and qualifying opportunities for growth.
• Build a strong pipeline of prospective clients and develop relationships with clients, pitch consultants and industry contacts.
• Lead pitches from brief to final submission with clear strategy, responsibilities, priorities and deadlines.
• Coordinate creative, strategy, planning, production, client services and Groupe expertise to craft compelling responses to briefs.
• Turn Publicis London’s positioning and credentials into persuasive stories tailored to clients and opportunities.
• Partner with marketing to align outreach, thought leadership, events, credentials and content with new business priorities.
• Use feedback and pitch performance data to strengthen future pitches and foster an inclusive, commercially focused new business culture.

Skills

New business experience

Leading pitches

Commercial judgement

Project management

Communication skills

Collaborative approach

Attention to detail

Job description

Publicis London is seeking a New Business Director to shape the next chapter of growth. You will own how the agency identifies opportunities, builds relationships, and turns ambitious thinking into winning pitches.

You’ll collaborate with senior leadership and teams across the agency and Publicis Groupe, aligning strategy, creativity and commercial thinking. If you enjoy making complex pitches happen while keeping people focused, collaborative and inspired, this role offers meaningful scope to