Senior Partnerships Manager

Publicis Groupe UK; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension

Life Assurance

Private Medical cover

Reflection Days

Shared Parental Leave

Job summary

Publicis Connected Media UK is hiring a Media Partnerships Senior Manager to shape innovative, integrated campaigns for top UK brands. You will combine strategic thinking, commercial expertise and creative problem-solving to deliver partnerships that drive measurable results.

You will work closely with clients, media owners and internal teams to unlock opportunities, build lasting relationships and contribute to growth, while negotiating value-driven agreements and overseeing cross-channel

Qualifications

• Experience developing and delivering integrated media partnerships across multiple channels and platforms.
• Strong strategic thinking with ability to translate client objectives into effective partnership solutions.
• Commercial awareness and confidence in negotiating agreements that create value for clients and partners.
• Excellent relationship-building skills, with the ability to engage confidently with senior stakeholders and cross-functional teams.
• Strong project management and organisational skills, with experience managing multiple priorities successfully.
• Confidence using data, insights and performance measurement to inform recommendations and decision-making.
• A collaborative, solution-focused approach with a passion for delivering exceptional client experiences and developing others.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development and delivery of integrated partnership campaigns across content, sponsorship, brand partnerships, audio, social, AV, experiential activity and product placement.
• Create strategic partnership recommendations that align with client objectives, KPIs and long-term growth ambitions.
• Build and strengthen relationships with clients, agency teams, media owners and partners to identify new opportunities and maximise campaign impact.
• Negotiate commercial agreements and partnership structures that deliver value for clients while supporting business growth.
• Oversee campaign execution, ensuring projects are delivered on time, within budget and to a consistently high standard.
• Use campaign insights and performance data to provide recommendations that improve future activity and strengthen client outcomes.
• Support wider business objectives by contributing proactive ideas, sharing market insights and promoting the value of partnerships across the organisation.

Skills

Integrated media partnerships

Strategic thinking

Negotiation

Relationship management

Project management

Data-driven decision making

Collaborative problem solving

Job description

Company Description

Publicis Connected Media UK is a fully end-to-end offering that unites media, commerce, CXM, social and data to deliver connected consumerexperiences and drive exceptional business outcomes for our clients.

Powered by Publicis Connected Identity, the UK’s richest people-based data set built on real behaviours, it helps major brands move beyond siloed marketing and make more confident decisions in fast-changing conditions. Those insights truly differentiate our AI and agentic solutions to predict impact, create messaging and reach the right people.

The more than 3500-strong team spans Starcom, Zenith, Spark Foundry, Digitas, Performics, PMX, Epsilon,Lotame,Publicis Commerceand Influential. Publicis Connected Media is part of Publicis Groupe.

Overview

Media Partnerships Senior Manager

We are hiring aMedia Partnerships Senior Manager to play a leading role in shaping innovative, integrated partnership campaigns for some of the UK's most exciting brands. This is an opportunity to combine strategic thinking, commercial expertise and creative problem-solving to deliver impactful partnerships that drive measurable results for clients. Working closely with clients, media owners and internal teams, you'll help unlock new opportunities, build lasting relationships and contribute to the continued growth of the business.

What you'll be doing

• Lead the development and delivery of integrated partnership campaigns across content, sponsorship, brand partnerships, audio, social, AV, experiential activity and product placement.
• Create strategic partnership recommendations that align with client objectives, KPIs and long-term growth ambitions.
• Build and strengthen relationships with clients, agency teams, media owners and partners to identify new opportunities and maximise campaign impact.
• Negotiate commercial agreements and partnership structures that deliver value for clients while supporting business growth.
• Oversee campaign execution, ensuring projects are delivered on time, within budget and to a consistently high standard.
• Use campaign insights and performance data to provide recommendations that improve future activity and strengthen client outcomes.
• Support wider business objectives by contributing proactive ideas, sharing market insights and promoting the value of partnerships across the organisation.

Skills we're looking for

• Experience developing and delivering integrated media partnerships across multiple channels and platforms.
• Strong strategic thinking with the ability to translate client objectives into effective partnership solutions.
• Commercial awareness and confidence in negotiating agreements that create value for both clients and partners.
• Excellent relationship-building skills, with the ability to engage confidently with senior stakeholders and cross-functional teams.
• Strong project management and organisational skills, with experience managing multiple priorities successfully.
• Confidence using data, insights and performance measurement to inform recommendations and decision-making.
• A collaborative, solution-focused approach with a passion for delivering exceptional client experiences and developing others.

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Additional Information

Publicis Media 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 thePublicis Career Pagewhich 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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