Regional Client Partner

Publicis Groupe UK; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension

Life Assurance

Private Medical cover

Reflection Days

Shared Parental Leave

Job summary

Publicis Groupe UK is seeking an Integrated Agency Team Client Partner in London. You'll lead a multi-disciplinary client team across media, creative, data, and more, ensuring seamless collaboration across partners while driving strategic growth.

The ideal candidate will have over 7 years of experience in the marketing services environment, proven leadership capabilities, and a strong understanding of the industry.

Benefits include Pension, Life Assurance, and Private Medical cover, along with additional initiatives.

Qualifications

• 7+ years within media agency or marketing services.
• Proven experience leading complex multi-channel accounts.
• Strong understanding of paid media and digital workflows.

Responsibilities

• Own senior day-to-day client relationships and act as a trusted strategic advisor.
• Lead integrated planning across all channels and disciplines.
• Ensure projects are delivered on time and to quality standards.

Skills

Strategic leadership

Stakeholder management

Excellent presentation skills

Commercial negotiation

Project/programme management

Data literacy

Problem solving

Strong communication

Change management

Job description

Brand: Spark Foundry

Job Function: Client Management

Location: London, United Kingdom

Experience Level: Management

Workplace Type: Hybrid

Company Description

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 in experience, people, and the clients we look after, and we celebrate that diversity. We hold regular events and work continuously 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.

Role Purpose

The Integrated Agency Team (IAT) Client Partner is responsible for leading a multi‑disciplinary client team across media, creative, data, CRM, content, performance, and production functions, ensuring seamless collaboration across agency partners, driving strategic growth, operational excellence, and delivering best‑in‑class integrated marketing solutions for clients.

Client Leadership

• Own senior day‑to‑day client relationships and act as a trusted strategic advisor
• Lead integrated planning across all channels and disciplines
• Translate client business objectives into connected marketing solutions
• Present strategic recommendations and performance updates to senior stakeholders

Team Leadership

• Lead cross‑functional teams across planning, activation, strategy, analytics, creative and operations
• Create clear ways of working across internal teams and partner agencies
• Inspire high performance culture, accountability and collaboration
• Coach and develop direct reports and wider team talent

Commercial Management

• Own account profitability, forecasting and resource planning
• Manage scopes of work, fee negotiations and commercial growth opportunities
• Identify upsell / cross‑sell opportunities across services

Operational Excellence

• Build governance frameworks, meeting cadences, workflows and SLAs
• Ensure projects are delivered on time, on budget and to quality standards
• Resolve escalations quickly across internal and external stakeholders
• Improve efficiency through automation, process optimisation and simplification

Performance & Data

• Ensure integrated measurement frameworks are in place
• Lead campaign reviews and optimisation planning
• Translate data into actionable insights and future recommendations

Required Experience

• 7+ years within media agency / integrated agency / marketing services environment
• Proven experience leading complex multi‑channel accounts
• Strong understanding of paid media, digital, social, CRM and creative workflows
• Experience managing senior clients and multiple stakeholders
• Commercial acumen with budget and revenue responsibility
• Strong people management experience

Skills & Competencies

• Strategic leadership
• Stakeholder management
• Excellent presentation skills
• Commercial negotiation
• Project/programme management
• Data literacy
• Problem solving
• Strong communication
• Change management

Benefits

Core benefits include Pension, Life Assurance, and Private Medical cover. Additional policies such as Reflection Days and Shared Parental Leave are also provided. Access to a range of additional initiatives and programmes is available.

Equal Opportunity Employer

We are 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.