Publishing & Audio Executive

Starcom Worldwide, Inc.; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 26,000 - 32,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension

Life Assurance

Private Medical

Reflection Days

Shared Parental Leave

Job summary

Starcom Worldwide, Inc. in the United Kingdom is hiring a Publishing & Audio Executive to join our specialist team. This role involves building a career in media across digital display, print, radio, podcasts and streaming audio campaigns for world-renowned brands.

You'll learn from experienced specialists, contribute to client work from day one, and develop skills across media, technology, and advertising. The ideal candidate is curious, organized, and eager to grow.

Qualifications

• Interest in media, advertising, marketing, or digital communications.
• Strong organisational skills with ability to manage multiple tasks.
• Confident with numbers and Excel or willingness to learn.
• Clear communication and collaborative approach.
• Curiosity about media, AI-enabled tools and evolving advertising.
• Proactive mindset with eagerness to learn and develop.
• Attention to detail and problem-solving.

Responsibilities

• Support the planning, delivery, and review of media campaigns across digital display, print, radio, and digital audio channels.
• Work closely with planning, activation, and specialist teams to help deliver successful client campaigns.
• Coordinate campaign assets, documentation, and timelines to ensure campaigns launch smoothly and on schedule.
• Monitor campaign activity, maintain accurate tracking, and provide clear status updates to stakeholders.
• Build strong working relationships with media partners, suppliers, and internal teams.
• Assist with campaign reporting, uncovering insights and opportunities to improve performance.
• Continue developing your media knowledge through training, supplier sessions, and hands-on project experience.

Skills

Media interest

Organisational skills

Clear communication

Curiosity about AI in media

Proactive mindset

Attention to detail

Tools

Excel

Job description

Company description

With a history that dates back over 80 years, Starcom is a global communications planning and media leader. We are an agency still grounded in our founding principle that people are at the centre of all we do. Each day, we apply this belief to harness the transformative power of data and technology to inspire and move people and business forward. With more than 7,000 employees in over 100 offices around the world, we are the flagship Publicis Media agency that uses our ‘Power of One’ business model, with teams that span multiple disciplines across clients such as Aldi, P&G, Primark, Samsung, Stellantis, and Visa.

We place a huge focus on our People, and have driven flagship D&I and L&D programmes within Publicis Media; our goal is to help every individual reach their fullest potential, and we encourage everyone to make “Brave Plays” in how they approach their work and their own career development. As a result, we have an exceptionally energised and committed talent base, all of us proud of our welcoming and supportive culture, as evidenced by our recognition as one of Campaign’s Best Places to Work for five years in a row, Media Week's Agency of the Year 2025 and one of the Sunday Times Best Places to Work 2025.

Overview

What will you be doing?

We are hiring a Publishing & Audio Executive to join our specialist team at Starcom. This is a fantastic opportunity to build a career in media, working across digital display, print, radio, podcasts, and streaming audio campaigns for some of the world's most recognised brands. You'll learn from experienced specialists, contribute to real client work from day one, and develop valuable skills across media, technology, and advertising. If you're curious, organised, and excited by how brands connect with audiences, we'd love to hear from you.

Responsibilities

• Support the planning, delivery, and review of media campaigns across digital display, print, radio, and digital audio channels.
• Work closely with planning, activation, and specialist teams to help deliver successful client campaigns.
• Coordinate campaign assets, documentation, and timelines to ensure campaigns launch smoothly and on schedule.
• Monitor campaign activity, maintain accurate tracking, and provide clear status updates to stakeholders.
• Build strong working relationships with media partners, suppliers, and internal teams.
• Assist with campaign reporting, uncovering insights and opportunities to improve performance.
• Continue developing your media knowledge through training, supplier sessions, and hands-on project experience.

Qualifications

What are we looking for?

• An interest in media, advertising, marketing, or digital communications.
• Strong organisational skills and the ability to manage multiple tasks effectively.
• Confidence/interest working with numbers and tools such as Excel, or a willingness to learn.
• Clear communication skills and a collaborative approach to working with others.
• Curiosity about media, technology, AI-enabled tools, and how they influence advertising.
• A proactive mindset with a willingness to ask questions, learn, and develop new skills.
• Attention to detail and the ability to spot issues, solve problems, and follow processes accurately.

Additional information

Employees joining The Pack, an early careers programme that connects, supports and develops you to kick‑start your career with us, initially start with an annual salary of £28,860.

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.

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. 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.