Global Senior Account Manager (ASICS)

Publicis Groupe Holdings B.V; Amsterdam; On-site; EUR 60,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Laptop provided

Phone provided

Travel expense reimbursement

Work Your World Program

Amsterdam office in Zuid area

Classpass and bike-plan discounts

Professional development opportunities

Inclusive, respectful work environment

Job summary

Publicis Groupe in Amsterdam is seeking a Global Account Manager for ASICS EMEA, focusing on Core Performance Sports and Thought-Leadership campaigns. You will be the primary client contact, coordinating with planners, specialists and local markets to deliver integrated campaigns end-to-end.

Reporting to the Global Client Lead, you turn briefs into recommendations, manage campaigns, and drive performance with a continuous test-and-learn mindset.

Qualifications

• You are an experienced account manager with 3+ years of media, account management or integrated planning experience.
• Strong client service, strategic thinking and digital media expertise.
• Proven experience owning client relationships and leading client conversations independently.
• Media fluency in an integrated environment; able to challenge planners and specialists.
• Up-to-date knowledge of the European media landscape, platforms and measurement.
• Excellent English and proficiency with Excel, PowerPoint and Google Workspace.

Responsibilities

• Lead day-to-day client conversations for your category and be the primary category contact.
• Connect teams and own campaign delivery end-to-end across markets and the client.
• Drive performance and continuous improvement with data-driven actions for future activity.
• Use data, technology and approved AI tools to make work smarter, faster and more effective.
• Own the day-to-day with autonomy, escalating with a recommended next step when needed.

Skills

Account management

Media planning

Digital media

Client service

Excel

PowerPoint

Google suite

English proficiency

Tools

Ad Managers

Campaign planning tools

Job description

Company description

Who Are We?

At Publicis Groupe, we work around the needs and desires of our clients. We operate as one organization and under one P&L, integrating our specialties. This allows us to fulfill our clients' needs in creativity, media, technology, data, and production. We collaborate in multidisciplinary teams, giving our clients access to all our talents, expertise, and tools, both locally and internationally. This enables us to deliver integrated creative marketing and technology solutions where quality, speed, and cost are prioritized for our clients.

Overview

Job Description

We are looking for a Global Account Manager specialising in Media, dedicated primarily to ASICS EMEA, focusing on Core Performance Sports (e.g. Tennis, Padel, Volleyball) and Thought-Leadership campaigns, with support for other categories as needed. This client service role combines strong account management with genuine media expertise and an understanding of how integrated campaigns work end-to-end. You will be the primary client contact for your categories and the link between planners, specialist execution teams and local markets.

Reporting to the ASICS Global Client Lead, you will turn client briefs into strong recommendations and coordinate follow-up deliverables, including Response to Briefs, Media Plans and Post Campaign Analysis.

Responsibilities

Key Responsibilities

• Lead day-to-day client conversations for your categoryAct as the primary category contact, building trusted relationships across the ASICS team. Take and distil briefs, understand business and media objectives, ask the right questions and challenge constructively. Turn conversations and data into clear recommendations, decisions and actions.
• Connect teams and own campaign delivery end-to-endBe the central point of integration between planners, specialists, biddable teams in the UK, local markets and the client, with clear responsibilities and timelines. Maintain oversight from brief and planning through activation, optimisation, reporting and post-campaign analysis, keeping quality, timelines, budgets, approvals, tracking, measurement, reporting and billing on track.
• Drive performance and continuous improvementWork closely with planners and specialists to turn campaign performance and learnings into clear actions for future activity. Help drive a continuous test-and-learn mindset across campaigns, bringing relevant digital platform developments, performance opportunities and new ideas into the day-to-day client conversation.
• Use data, technology and AI practicallyUse data, technology and approved AI tools to make everyday work smarter, faster and more effective, from brief synthesis and presentations to reporting and analysis. Apply sound judgement around accuracy, confidentiality and where human review remains essential.
• Own the day-to-day independentlyOperate with a high degree of autonomy, prioritising effectively, anticipating risks and resolving issues. Bring in the right specialists where deeper expertise is required and involve the Global Client Lead for senior strategic, commercial or relationship decisions, always escalating with clear context and a recommended next step.

Qualifications

Who We Are Looking For

• You are an experienced account manager with 3+ years of media, account management or integrated planning experience, ideally in an agency, international or multi-market environment, who combines strong client service, strategic thinking and digital media expertise.
• You have proven experience owning client relationships. You are confident leading client conversations independently, curious enough to challenge what you hear and commercially aware enough to understand the context behind a media brief.
• You are media fluent rather than simply media exposed. You have worked in an integrated media environment, understand how the upper, middle and lower funnel work together and can confidently challenge planners and specialists. Hands-on execution is not required, though experience in Ad Managers or planning integrated brand campaigns is a plus.
• You understand campaign setup, ad serving, taxonomy, tracking, measurement and optimisation.
• You have up-to-date knowledge of the European media landscape, including platforms, technology, measurement and emerging opportunities.
• You have strong strategic and analytical judgement, connecting media recommendations and performance to wider brand and business objectives, and communication and presentation skills that make complex subjects simple, clear and meaningful for clients.
• You are comfortable working across multiple markets, cultures, disciplines and levels of media maturity. You are collaborative but decisive, with strong prioritisation, organisation, attention to detail and accountability.
• Excellent English; additional languages are an advantage.
• Strong working knowledge ofExcel, PowerPoint and the Google suite.

Additional information

What do we offer?

• A competitive salary, a laptop, phone, and travel expense reimbursement.
• Plenty of opportunity to continue developing your client leadership, strategic and digital capabilities through courses and workshops.
• The opportunity to (continue to) develop yourself and the option to take courses/workshops.
• Opportunity to work on big brands and with an experienced global agency across multiple verticals.
• A super ‘gezellig’ (if you know you know) and brand new office in the Staal-Kade building, Zuid area of Amsterdam (moving in December 2026).
• The Work Your World Program: the opportunity to work elsewhere in the world for 6 weeks a year.
• Discounts on Classpass and a bike plan.
• A work environment where everyone feels heard, valued, and respected.