Market Planning Account Manager

Publicis Groupe Holdings B.V; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension

Life Assurance

Private Medical Cover

Reflection Days

Shared Parental Leave

Job summary

Publicis Groupe is seeking a Market Planning Account Manager to shape how leading snacking brands connect with consumers across Europe and Central Eurasia. You will collaborate with regional strategy teams, local markets and senior stakeholders to turn regional strategy into market success.

Join a highly integrated client model and help drive aligned, scalable communications planning across multiple markets with a focus on partnership and outcomes.

Qualifications

• Experience in media, communications, marketing or integrated agency environments.
• Strong stakeholder management, with ability to build relationships across clients, markets and teams.
• Ability to turn strategic direction into practical plans for multiple markets.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, collaborative style.
• Strong organizational capabilities and attention to detail for multiple priorities.
• Curious mindset with ability to integrate diverse perspectives.
• People-focused leadership to support and motivate others.

Responsibilities

• Partner with regional strategy teams to translate campaign objectives into communications planning frameworks.
• Support development and distribution of regional campaign briefs to ensure consistent execution.
• Build trusted relationships with local market teams to align regional strategy with market activation.
• Act as a connector across Publicis Groupe capabilities to create integrated solutions.
• Serve as day-to-day contact for client stakeholders across the Kellanova portfolio.
• Lead regional workstreams including planning principles, market engagement and capability connectivity.
• Manage and coach an Account Executive with clear direction.

Skills

Media experience

Stakeholder management

Strategic-to-execution translation

Communication & presentation

Organizational skills

Curious mindset

People-focused leadership

Job description

Overview

We are hiring a Market Planning Account Manager to play a pivotal role in shaping how some of the world’s most recognised snacking brands connect with consumers across Europe and Central Eurasia.

This is an exciting opportunity to work at the heart of a highly integrated client model, collaborating with talented teams, local markets and senior stakeholders to turn regional strategy into market success. If you enjoy building partnerships, influencing outcomes and creating connected solutions at scale, this could be the perfect next step.

Responsibilities

What will you be doing?

• Partner with regional strategy teams to translate campaign objectives into clear and effective communications planning frameworks.
• Support the development and distribution of regional campaign briefs, ensuring markets have the guidance needed to deliver consistently strong execution.
• Build trusted relationships with local market teams, helping drive alignment between regional strategy and market activation.
• Act as a key connector across Publicis Groupe capabilities, bringing together specialist expertise to create integrated solutions.
• Serve as a primary day‑to‑day contact for client stakeholders across the Kellanova portfolio, fostering collaborative and productive partnerships.
• Lead regional workstreams including planning principles, market engagement and capability connectivity, ensuring consistency and continuous improvement.
• Manage and support an Account Executive, providing coaching, development and clear direction to help them thrive.

Qualifications

What are we looking for?

• Experience working within media, communications, marketing or integrated agency environments.
• Strong stakeholder management skills, with the confidence to build relationships across clients, markets and specialist teams.
• An ability to turn strategic direction into practical plans that can be implemented across multiple markets.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, with an approachable and collaborative style.
• Strong organisational capabilities and attention to detail when managing multiple priorities and deadlines.
• A naturally curious mindset with enthusiasm for bringing together different perspectives and expertise to solve challenges.
• A people-focused approach to leadership, with the ability to support, develop and motivate others.

Additional information

Starcom 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.

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