Spark Foundry is a global media agency that exists to bring HEAT – Higher Engagement, Affinity, and Transactions – to brands. By combining flawless media fundamentals with aggressive innovation, Spark inspires consumers to pay more attention, to care more about our clients’ brands, and to buy more products and services from them.

Balancing the nimble spirit of a startup with the powerhouse soul of Publicis Media, Spark Foundry delivers the best of both worlds to a client roster that spans some of the world’s best and most beloved brands and companies. We combine boutique-caliber insights and service with the buying clout and first-look access of a global leader, bringing the heat to challenger brands that want to act like giants, and to giant brands that want to act like challengers.

With a bottom-up culture that celebrates diversity and aims for all voices to be heard, Spark has become a magnet for the industry’s best talent, with one of the best retention rates in the industry. And by applying a whole-person approach to professional and personal development, Spark develops a workforce that is well prepared for today’s challenges, and also poised to create meaningful careers in the years to come.

Because we know that heat arises the intersection of complementary forces, our professionals come from myriad disciplines and backgrounds: data, analytics, and insights, content and creative production, communications and strategy, finance and marketing, and sociology, psychology, and other liberal arts disciplines.

To accelerate our growth, we are looking for a strategic, proactive, and well-organized leader to drive new thinking and deliver truly innovative work. Reporting into the Executive Vice President of Growth, this role will be responsible for leading and supporting the development of pitch.

• Own all RFI submissions and RFP presentations, including the interpretation of the brief, organizing a team to answer questions, chasing responses, and editing responses
• Lead and support the development of pitch presentations including critiquing and editing the media plan content, brainstorming big ideas, and develop the pitch “story”
• Manage and motivate the pitch team while guiding and enabling pitch coordination including timelines, checkpoints, accountabilities, deliverables, design, and production needs
• Actively participate in presentation rehearsals by preparing presenters and making sure key message points are delivered
• Constantly review new business team’s ways of working to identify innovation opportunities to increase speed and efficiency throughout the network
• Manage, coach, and develop business development and Growth team talent and Associate Director and/or Manager level direct reports
• Establish strong, collaborative connections with client and team members to work seamlessly together

• Successful marketing and/or media experience –10+ years in media, marketing, or consulting fields
• Strong communication skills – Communicate clearly, concisely, adapted for audience, with a focus on soliciting feedback and driving consensus
• Ability to anticipate - Proactive self-starter with ability to understand what is needed and drive against it
• Excellent project management and organizational skills - Work comfortably and effectively in fast shifting, high pressure, and constantly iterating environments and situations
• Build meaningful relationships - Establish productive working relationships, facilitate consensus, empower people, and inject a spirit of inclusiveness
• Highly detail oriented - Double check data and ensure accuracy of output
• Bold and inventive – Bring/Create new models, new approaches, new stories, new capabilities
• Drive simplification – Ability to simplify complex concepts, constructs, and language

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 USMSTACompliance@publicis.com.

Compensation Range: $119,510 - $188,025 annually. This is the pay range the Company believes it will pay for this position at the time of this posting. 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. 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 05/19/2025.

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

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