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About the Role
This role involves leading client relationships and shaping media and communications planning for three automotive brands: Maserati, Peugeot, and Leapmotor. You will own the Maserati relationship, contribute to strategic planning for Peugeot and Leapmotor, and combine client leadership, strategic thinking, and media expertise.
Responsibilities
- Lead the day-to-day Maserati client relationship, becoming a trusted planning partner and turning business priorities into clear, connected media recommendations.
- Shape UK media and communications planning across brand, audience, channel and commercial considerations, while connecting local priorities with Global and EMEA direction.
- Own briefs from challenge through to delivery, bringing together strategy, performance, investment, data, digital and creative expertise.
- Drive smooth, high-quality campaign delivery, including reporting, finance, insights and proactive recommendations.
- Play an active role across Peugeot and Leapmotor, contributing to strategic briefs, campaign development and planning for two distinctive brands.
- Support and develop colleagues, providing clear direction while helping create collaborative, effective ways of working across the wider team.
- Bring fresh thinking to the client relationship, identifying relevant opportunities across media, partnerships, content, data and technology while keeping commercial outcomes in view.
Requirements
- Strong media or communications planning experience, with experience leading client-facing projects and campaigns.
- A good understanding of the media landscape, including how digital, performance and traditional channels can work together.
- Clear, thoughtful communication skills, with the ability to lead client conversations, present recommendations and offer a constructive point of view.
- Strong planning and organisational skills, with the ability to prioritise effectively and maintain high-quality output.
- The ability to turn business challenges into practical solutions, from clear briefs through to strategic recommendations and delivery plans.
- A collaborative approach, comfortable bringing together different perspectives across media, data, technology and creative teams.
- Commercial awareness and curiosity, paired with sound judgement and a proactive approach to solving problems.
- Automotive or luxury experience would be useful, but it is not essential.
Skills
- Media planning
- Communications planning
- Client relationship management
- Strategic thinking
- Media craft
- Digital media
- Performance media
- Traditional media
- Data analysis
- Technology integration
- Creative collaboration
- Reporting
- Financial management
- Insight generation
- Partnership development
- Content strategy
Location
- Office-based (4 days per week)
Work Type
- Full-time
- Hybrid
Experience Level
- Associate Director
Benefits
- Pension
- Life Assurance
- Private Medical cover
- Reflection Days
- Shared Parental Leave
- Access to Publicis Career Page showcasing Inclusive Benefits and Employee Action Groups (EAGs)
About the Company
- Starcom is a global communications planning and media leader with over 80 years of history.
- Grounded in the principle that people are central to all operations.
- Harnesses the power of data and technology to drive progress for people and businesses.
- Operates as the flagship Publicis Media agency with a 'Power of One' business model.
- Works with major clients including Aldi, P&G, Primark, Samsung, Stellantis, and Visa.
- Focuses on employee development with D&I and L&D programmes.
- Encourages "Brave Plays" in work and career development.
- Recognized as one of Campaign’s Best Places to Work for five consecutive years.
- Named Media Week's Agency of the Year 2025.
- Recognized as one of the Sunday Times Best Places to Work 2025.
- Values include listening with empathy, uplifting each other, taking responsibility, and embracing change.
Equal Opportunity
- Starcom is an equal opportunities employer.
- Welcomes and encourages applications from people of all backgrounds.
- Does not discriminate on the basis of race, ethnicity, nationality, religion or belief, disability, age, citizenship, relationship status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other protected characteristic.
- Committed to providing a fair, accessible, and inclusive recruitment process.
- Offers support for candidates with access needs (e.g., disability, neurodivergence, health condition) to ensure the process works for them.
- Sharing information about access needs will not impact an application.