Job Description

Job Title: Client Director - Maternity Cover

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Please do not apply for this role if you require any form of sponsorship as this does not lend itself to it.

What you will be doing

Carat is an award-winning media, content, and branding agency that uses its peerless understanding of the passions, motivations, and behaviours of real people to bring brands and their customers together. Carat is privileged to work with some of the most eminent companies in the world.

The role of the Client Director is to guide and collaborate with local and regional agency colleagues to drive exemplary practices split across Mastercard and The Co-op. On the Co-op side, they will work across the Food part of the business, covering National. Live & Local Membership & E-commerce as well as collaborating with the planning leads, across all other business units. The primary focus of Mastercard will be on digital transformation, aiming to establish itself as a forward-thinking, innovative, and purpose-driven digital payment enabler, empowering everyday transactions.

The difference you\xe2\x80\x99ll make

Managing and overseeing planning and media delivery at annual, quarterly, and campaign cadences \xe2\x80\x93 ensuring that key planning principles are communicated and delivered against while being able to adapt and respond to changing business and market dynamics.

Leading strategic direction for your clients by working with the strategy/planning partner, client account directors, and digital specialist.

Supporting the integration of planning solutions into the network and effectively translating strategic plans into consistently good execution, working closely with local leads.

Collaborating with inter-agency partners (across Digital, Creative, PR, Social, and Retail) will be a key responsibility for the CD, ensuring a fully integrated response to client briefs is always delivered.

Working with the Client/Managing Partner to devise and implement TRR/Service Review action plans.

Setting the agenda for the media Test & Learn plan & Innovation Roadmap and working with the comms and activation teams to ensure that the plan is successfully rolled out.

What you\xe2\x80\x99ll bring

6+ Years experience in a similar position.

Strong strategic and leadership expertise.

Compelling and effective storytelling is critical to this role, so a strong grasp of media theory and the ability to consult multiple sources to validate & support media recommendations is key.

Experience across both brand and performance.

Background and experience in measurement projects such as attribution, MMM & econometrics would be useful for these accounts.

It would also be nice for you to have

Self-starter with a can-do attitude, who can work autonomously on projects if needed.

A grocery retail experience would be ideal.

Working with us

Joining dentsu International, you\xe2\x80\x99ll join a team of 48,000 people. It\xe2\x80\x99s an opportunity to produce career-defining work. Along the way, you\xe2\x80\x99ll team up with inspiring colleagues and encounter a richness of clients, cultures, and experiences. We offer exciting challenges, memorable experiences, and opportunities to shape your future.

Inclusion and Diversity

We\xe2\x80\x99re proud to be different and that starts with our people. We believe in equal opportunities for everyone. We won\xe2\x80\x99t define people by their race, gender, sexual orientation, age, or disability. Individuality is what makes us great, we want everyone to bring their full self to work and create something amazing. That\xe2\x80\x99s what we care about. So, whether you\xe2\x80\x99re joining us, or looking to move to a different part of the business, we work hard to make sure we create equal opportunities for everyone.

We are happy to discuss flexible and agile approaches to working for all our roles \xe2\x80\x93 we can\xe2\x80\x99t promise we will be able to offer you everything you want or need but we do promise to discuss it with you openly and honestly. If you have any reasonable adjustment needs arising from a disability or medical condition to fully participate in the recruitment process, please discuss this with our recruitment teams.

What else you\xe2\x80\x99ll need to know

This is a maternity cover to start ASAP and ends on 31 May 2024. The team is based in our London office but operates under flexible/hybrid working arrangements.

How we\xe2\x80\x99ll reward you

As well as a competitive salary, you\xe2\x80\x99ll enjoy a benefits package that you can tailor to your needs.

A bit more about Dentsu

Dentsu is a modern marketing solutions company. Our mission is to help clients navigate, progress, and thrive in a world of change. Businesses rely on our integrated network of agencies and specialized practices to champion meaningful progress through creative, media, commerce, data, and technology. Part of Dentsu Group, our global network comprises 66,000 diverse people in 143 countries, who are dedicated to teaming for growth and good. Some of our award-winning agencies include Carat, dentsuX, iProspect, Isobar, and Merkle.

We are champions for meaningful progress, and we strive to be a force for good\xe2\x80\x94for our people, for our clients, for the industry, and for our society. We keep our people at the center, creating space for growth, understanding, and learning so they can thrive. We embed diversity in our mindset, solutions, and teams to empower an inclusive, equitable, and culturally fluent environment. Building this culture within our teams makes us better collaborators with each other and with our clients, driving better outcomes for all.

Location: London

Brand: Carat

Time Type: Full time

Contract Type: Fixed Term Contract (Fixed Term)

Dentsu International