At Spark Foundry we design solutions for a modern world, we’re built to be different; we have the spirit of a start-up and the soul of a power house.

Our purpose is to Create Work That Matters; to our clients, to our people and to society. That sounds nice, but to get to work that matters you need some key ingredients.

You need Builders and Creators. We call this our Brilliant Thinkers which means exceptional people and work. We are in it together; we back ourselves and each other. We are always moving forward, always seeking solutions and we are relentless caring and understand each other and the world around it.

This helps us tackle challenges through different disciplines and perspectives. You need to thrive on the belief that great ideas are only great if they work. It’s not enough to be new, or cool, or interesting. Our solutions need to drive a business result. Everything else is vanity. You need to embrace both the art and the evidence. Right and left. Imagination and activation. Intelligence and technology. Big ideas, forensically measured.

All that while being a good human?  Sound like you? Sound like where you’d like to be? We’d love to meet you.

Performance Media Specialist

Spark Foundry is seeking a Performance Media Specialist with programmatic and social platform experience to join our team in Auckland.

At Spark Foundry, our vision is to Create Work That Matters. To achieve this, we need some key ingredients:

• Builders and Creators: We value Brilliant Thinkers who tackle challenges through diverse disciplines and perspectives.
• Effective Ideas: Great ideas must drive business results, not just be new, cool, or interesting.
• Art and Evidence: Embrace both imagination and activation, intelligence and technology, big ideas, and precise measurement.

If this sounds like you, we'd love to meet you!

Purpose of the Role

This role combines performance media capabilities across real-time bidding activations with planning and strategy to enhance media impact on clients' businesses. The Performance Media Specialist role collaborates closely with the Digital Account Management team, ensuring the implementation of best practice ad operations and self-service activities to achieve outstanding, measurable results for clients. This role reports to a Performance Media Manager.

Key Responsibilities

• Collaborate with the internal client team to deliver best in class campaigns for our clients.

• Understand programmatic and social media platforms and digital tools for audience targeting and measurement.
• Create and implement ad servers to track and measure campaign performance.
• Implement programmatic/social activities using first and third-party data.
• Maintain best practices in campaign setup and ongoing management.

• Take ownership of tasks allocated and communicate effectively throughout campaign process, from brief to campaign completion.
• Monitor and optimise campaign performance.
• Create insightful performance reports and identify future campaign insights, including contributing and presenting quarterly client reports.

• Maintain accurate timesheet records.
• Understand and implement accurate platform/client specific fees.
• Actualise programmatic and social spends in Pegasus.
• Assist in resolving invoice queries efficiently.

• Maintain relevant platform certifications.
• Stay updated on platform and partner developments.
• Mentor/train junior staff on campaign implementation.
• Contribute positively to agency culture.

Desired Behaviours

• Team player who enjoys collaborating to deliver exceptional client experiences.
• Problem-solving attitude with a can-do spirit.
• Curiosity and willingness to take risks to improve work processes.
• Intuitive self-starter who seeks ways to add value.
• Ability to manage multiple deadlines and projects simultaneously.
• Excellent attention to detail and strong numerical skills.
• Growth-oriented mindset, taking initiative even when tasks seem beyond current capabilities.
• Proactively identifies gaps and opportunities for clients or internally and initiates approaches.
• Desire to contribute broadly to the agency, including culture initiatives and new business pitches.

Key Requirements

• 3+ years of industry experience.
• Experience with DSP and Social platforms and ability to accurately activate media plans.
• Understanding and working knowledge of the New Zealand media landscape, digital platform capabilities and audience opportunities.

Additional information 

Be a part of the Publicis Groupe network, one of the world’s most progressive and dynamic modern communications businesses, enjoying all the perks that come with our network offering:  

• A comprehensive Wholeself program supporting Physical, Mindful and Financial wellbeing  
• A creative, fun and rewarding office environment backed up by our Publicis Liberté flexibility approach “working your way, with us!”  
• Access to our Global AI Platform, Marcel, connecting Publicis Groupe employees with opportunities for career mobility and collaboration across our global network  
• Extensive Learning & Development opportunities, including more than 15,000 learning programs via our online learning platform Marcel Classes 
• A culture of open feedback and support to reach your goals through our Career Conversations program   
• A committed Diversity, Equality and Inclusion strategy driven through our Viva! Women, Égalité, enABLE and Embrace (reconciliation action plan) programs   
• Work Your World program enabling employees the flexibility to work from anywhere in the world for up to 6 weeks per year  
• A workplace that stands together to provide a more open, supportive, and recovery-forward culture for all employees with life-threatening illnesses. Read more about our Working With Cancer Pledge - Homepage - Working with Cancer Pledge
• Inclusive leave policies such as Fertility Treatment, Menopause, Flexible Public Holidays, Gender Affirmation and Parental leave with up to 18 weeks paid primary carer leave and generous secondary carer benefits  
• Access to counsellors, psychologists, and professionals through Sonder - an all-in-on digital wellbeing technology platform designed to support psychological, medical & safety needs 

If you don’t tick every box in this ad, please don’t rule yourself out. Research suggests that women and other people in underrepresented groups tend to only apply if they meet every requirement. We focus on hiring people who share our values of inclusion, collaboration, adaptability, fearlessness, and integrity, rather than ticking boxes – so if this role resonates with you, please apply. 

Diversity. Inclusion. Equity. More than just words, these are part of our DNA. At Publicis Groupe we are committed to the inclusion and recognition of all people; regardless of race, age, culture, ability, ethnicity, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status and religious affiliation. We believe that to deliver the best solutions to our clients, our people need to reflect the diverse communities in which our clients operate in. We value diversity and the skills, knowledge and experience that difference brings to our culture and solutions. 

Uniqueness is powerful; without it we wouldn’t be where we are today. So be you – we like it that way.  

We are committed to providing reasonable adjustments for people with disability or those that require additional support throughout the application process.  If you need any assistance or adjustments, please contact us via recruitment@publicisgroupe.com - your personal information will be kept confidential.