Senior Vice President, Planning (Tech Client)

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

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage

Dental

Vision

Disability

401K

Parental and family care leave

Family forming assistance

Tuition reimbursement

Flexible time off

Job summary

Spark Foundry in New York is seeking an SVP, Group Client Director to lead a major account and guide a high-performing media team across TV, print, search, digital, social and OOH. The role demands strategic vision, strong leadership, and deep client partnerships to align business goals with integrated media plans.

The position requires collaboration with Creative, PR, and partner networks to drive growth and client success, while mentoring team members and advancing career development across

Qualifications

• 15+ years of experience in strategic media recommendations and management.
• Strong leadership and relationship-building skills with clients.
• Experience across multiple media channels and data-driven decision making.

Responsibilities

• Build senior client relationships with regular status sessions and opportunity development.
• Set strategic and tactical vision across agency and client teams for integrated marketing.
• Lead content strategy and cross-channel execution including paid media and social.
• Develop partnerships with key media partners and internal agency teams.

Skills

Client relationships

Leadership

Media strategy

Analytics

Team collaboration

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 senior client relationship, regularly conduct in person and remote client status sessions, relationship management and development opportunities, vision setting discussions, and collaboration with Field teams
  • Client travel to X on average 2-3 days per week
  • Core client stakeholders with regular contact include:
• Set Strategic & Tactical vision across agency and client teams
  • Lead strategic approach for integrated marketing across all channels
  • 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 recommendation Strategy & Tactics communications
  • 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, Retail agencies, etc.
  • Build partnerships with key media partners/suppliers
• Manage team growth by monitoring performance and guiding career development
  • 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
• 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.

• medical coverage
• dental
• vision
• disability
• 401K
• parental and family care leave
• family forming assistance
• tuition reimbursement
• 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 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 also be eligible to participate in our freelancer/temporary employee medical plan through a third-party benefits administration system once certain criteria have been met. Temporary roles may also qualify for participation in our 401(k) plan after eligibility 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 10/19/2026.