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About the Role

The Associate Client Director supports the Client Director in managing team workflow, guiding campaign response, and ensuring seamless internal team integration to deliver effective, inclusive, and innovative communications plans. This role shares responsibility for team output quality, champions attention to detail, and fosters a supportive, growth-oriented environment. The Associate Client Director actively participates in training and development, builds strong client relationships, particularly at the Marketing Manager level, and encourages collaboration across digital and mainstream media. Capacity permitting, they may also contribute to new business opportunities.

Responsibilities

Lead development of media initiatives to meet client objectives within agreed timeframes.
Identify opportunities to support clients’ broader business goals beyond immediate briefs, such as training sessions, industry updates, or innovation showcases.
Advocate for Spark and Publicis services, including SEO, SEM, Social, and APEX, when relevant.
Oversee planning and implementation of media activity across campaigns, ensuring alignment with client strategy and collaboration with activation teams.
Support and guide the team in developing media concepts, plans, and implementation approaches.
Ensure planning ideas are carried through activation or identify suitable alternatives with teams.
Maintain quality control processes and ensure deadlines are met, coordinating early with internal teams for major presentations.
Communicate issues promptly and constructively with internal teams and clients.
Contribute to weekly WIP meetings and provide top-line updates for Director-level WIPs.
Lead, inspire, and motivate the team to work collectively toward client goals.
Model Spark values and foster an inclusive, supportive team culture.
Delegate effectively and provide coaching for team member growth.
Support the Client Director in conducting bi-annual reviews.
Contribute to training plans for Coordinators and Planning Executives, and mentor the Client Manager.
Monitor, forecast, and re-forecast client financials across the assigned portfolio.
Highlight changes like budget shifts or campaign adjustments in weekly Director WIPs.
Understand each client’s financial requirements, including financial year, credit insurance, and commission structure.
Understand contractual obligations and KPIs linked to campaign performance, such as bonus pools.

Requirements

Strong understanding of the media landscape, tools, and industry trends.
Solid financial management skills and commercial awareness.
Broad media knowledge across digital and mainstream channels.
Passionate about media, advertising, and emerging technologies.
Focused on delivering strong outcomes for clients and the agency.
Confident communicator with the ability to influence and collaborate with stakeholders.
Accountable and supportive, holding self and team to high standards.
Builds respectful, professional relationships with media partners.
Inclusive leader who enjoys motivating and developing others.
Highly organised, adaptable, and able to manage multiple priorities.
Creative, curious, and able to think laterally and conceptually.

Skills

Proficiency across Microsoft Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel)

Experience Level

6–8 years of relevant experience

Education Level

Tertiary qualifications preferred but not essential
Equivalent experience valued

Benefits

Comprehensive Wholeself program supporting physical, mindful, and financial wellbeing.
Creative, lively, and rewarding office environment.
Publicis Liberté flexibility approach: "working your way with us."
Access to Global AI Platform Marcel for career mobility and global collaboration.
Extensive Learning & Development opportunities, including over 15,000 programs via Marcel Classes.
Culture of open feedback and support through Career Conversations program.
Committed Diversity, Equality, and Inclusion strategy driven by Viva Women, Égalité, enABLE, EmbRACE, and Écologique committees.
Leave benefits including Birthday Leave, Flexible Public Holidays, and an additional 5 days of leave after 2 years of service.
Work Your World program allowing employees to work from anywhere globally for up to 6 weeks per year.
Parental leave policy with up to 18 weeks based on tenure, paid primary carer leave, secondary carer swap, and Cub Care leave.
Access to counsellors, psychologists, and professionals through Sonder, a digital wellbeing platform.
Workplace supporting employees with life-threatening illnesses via the Working With Cancer Pledge.
Proud partners of Diversity Council Australia, Pride in Diversity, Family Friendly Workplaces, Supply Nation, and the Australian Disability Network.

About the Company

Spark Foundry brings Higher Engagement, Affinity, and Transaction (HEAT) to brands, impacting client businesses.
Spark is uniquely positioned to deliver HEAT through aligned beliefs, a structure designed for total accountability, and a repeatable methodology for continuous improvement.
The company values diverse thinkers ("Allsorts") to tackle challenges from different disciplines and perspectives.
Solutions must drive business results, embracing both art and evidence, imagination and activation, insight and technology.
Spark Foundry is "Famously Effective," attracting clients and talent driven to deliver award-winning and business-changing results.
Key values include: Allsorts (diverse thinkers and thinking), Art and Evidence (creativity backed by insight), Royalty Makes Loyalty (strong, respectful relationships), and Good Humans (decency, empathy, integrity).

Equal Opportunity

Encourages applications from individuals who do not meet every requirement, focusing on shared values of inclusion, collaboration, adaptability, fearlessness, and integrity.
Publicis Groupe is committed to inclusion and recognition of all people regardless of race, age, culture, ability, ethnicity, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, and religious affiliation.
Believes diverse people reflect diverse communities, leading to the best client solutions.
Values diversity and the skills, knowledge, and experience that difference brings.
Committed to providing reasonable adjustments for people with disability or those requiring additional support during the application process.