Senior Vice President, Group Client Director

Publicis Groupe; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage

Dental

Vision

401k

Paid time off

Parental leave

Job summary

Spark Foundry is seeking a senior leader to serve as SVP, Group Client Director, overseeing strategic client partnerships across television, print, digital, social, and more. You will lead a team of media practitioners, drive a holistic media approach, and deliver exceptional client results.

The role requires 15+ years of experience, strong leadership, and a track record in managing high-profile accounts. Travel up to 3-5x per quarter is expected.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of experience in strategic media recommendations.
• Strong leadership and team management abilities.
• Excellent client-facing and relationship-building skills.
• Experience transitioning new business.
• Familiar with marketing science and data-driven analytics.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain senior client relationships; conduct status sessions and strategy discussions.
• Set long-term vision across agency and client teams; drive integrated marketing across channels.
• Collaborate with Creative, PR and 3P partners; develop partnerships with media suppliers.
• Guide career development and performance reviews within the team; ensure alignment with media strategy.

Skills

Strategic mindset

Client relations

Team leadership

Analytics

Job description

Company description

Spark Foundry was built during the most transformative time in the history of advertising and marketing. We deliver everything a traditional media agency has to offer and have grown into one of the world’s most successful agencies by helping brands evolve their marketing by leveraging identity, commerce, artificial intelligence, and more to connect with people. Transformation is part of our DNA. Spark Foundry’s start-up spirit delivers high-touch approaches and a never-ending desire to challenge the status quo. Combined with Publicis Media’s powerhouse soul leveraging connected data assets, advanced AI applications, and investment clout, we “Bring HEAT to Brands.” No other agency possesses the expertise that we do to address today’s most pressing challenges to drive business transformation through media.

Overview

The SVP, Group Client Director is the Business Lead responsible for earning and maintaining a trusted client partnership for the management of a profitable account. This role maintains a team of successful media practitioners that deliver client and agency goals (content channels include but are not limited to: television, magazines, search, digital, mobile, OOH, in-office, social, DR). You will also manage the holistic Spark Foundry team in delivering media excellence.

Responsibilities

• Build and own senior client relationships, regularly conduct in person and remote client status sessions, relationship management and development opportunities, vision setting discussions, and collaboration with client teams
  • Anticipates business risks, opportunities, and organizational changes before they become client issues
  • Core client stakeholders with regular contact include: SVP Marketing, VP Media lead, Sr .Media Directors
  • Travel to client up to 3-5x per quarter
• Set Strategic & Tactical vision across agency and client teams
  • Develops a clear long-term vision for clients and teams
  • Balances immediate business needs with future growth opportunities
  • Lead strategic approach for integrated marketing across all channels
  • Shapes the strategic agenda rather than reacting to client requests
  • Evaluate current health of client business via analysis of relevant business metrics while also seeking innovative solutions to deliver on clients’ goals
  • Review, critique, and help propose revisions to all client facing recommendations, including Strategic & Tactical Recommendations
  • Drive Content strategy & execution including use of paid media added value, influencers, social channels, etc.
• Proactively develop collaborative relationships with other client partners:
  • Creative, PR, any other 3P partners
  • Build partnerships with key media partners/suppliers
• Manage team growth by monitoring performance and guiding career development
  • Creates accountability and performance standards across teams
  • Ensure team deliverables are aligned with media strategy and are well versed in knowledge of the client’s business
  • Manage performance reviews, coaching to maximize success, and goal setting for career development and advocate for team members

Qualifications

• 15+ years of experience developing strategic media recommendations and proven performance/knowledge across media
• Strong leadership skills and experience fostering a highly productive team with smart management, goal setting, and prioritization
• Prior new business transition experience highly encouraged
• Strong client facing and relationship building skills.
• Ability to relate to corporate marketing team as well as large division teams
• Experience with high volume performance account a plus
• Familiar with marketing science principles and problem solving / analytics used to influence a data-driven, quantitative approach in driving strategy
• Exemplify collaboration by building and maintaining productive relationships across internal teams and agency partners

Additional information

Our Publicis Groupe motto “Viva La Différence” means we’re better together, and we believe that our differences make us stronger. It means we honor and celebrate all identities, across all facets of intersectionality, and it underpins all that we do as an organization. We are focused on fostering belonging and creating equitable & inclusive experiences for all talent.

Publicis Groupe provides robust and inclusive benefit programs and policies to support the evolving and diverse needs of our talent and enable every person to grow and thrive. Our benefits package includes medical coverage, dental, vision, disability, 401K, as well as parental and family care leave, family forming assistance, tuition reimbursement, and flexible time off.

If you require accommodation or assistance with the application or onboarding process specifically, please contact [e-mail].

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

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Compensation

Compensation Range: USD $180,215.00 - USD $299,637.00/Annually. This is the pay range the Company believes it will pay for this position at the time of this posting. This role may also be eligible for bonus or incentive compensation. Consistent with applicable law, compensation will be determined based on the skills, qualifications, and experience of the applicant along with the requirements of the position, and the Company reserves the right to modify this pay range at any time. Temporary roles may be eligible to participate in our freelancer/temporary employee medical plan through a third-party benefits administration system once certain criteria have been met. For regular roles, the Company will offer medical coverage, dental, vision, disability, 401k, and paid time off. The Company anticipates the application deadline for this job posting will be 10/30/2026.