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Company Description

 

With a history that dates back over 80 years, Starcom is a global communications planning and media leader. We are an agency still grounded in our founding principle that people are at the centre of all we do. Each day, we apply this belief to harness the transformative power of data and technology to inspire and move people and business forward. With more than 7,000 employees in over 100 offices around the world, we are the flagship Publicis Media agency that uses our ‘Power of One’ business model, with teams that span multiple disciplines across clients such as Aldi, P&G, Primark, Samsung, Stellantis, and Visa. 

We place a huge focus on our People, and have driven flagship D&I and L&D programmes within Publicis Media; our goal is to help every individual reach their fullest potential, and we encourage everyone to make “Brave Plays” in how they approach their work and their own career development. As a result, we have an exceptionally energised and committed talent base, all of us proud of our welcoming and supportive culture, as evidenced by our recognition as one of Campaign’s Best Places to Work for five years in a row, Media Week's Agency of the Year 2025 and one of the Sunday Times Best Places to Work 2025.

Overview

Biddable Account Director

Performics | London (White City)  We are hiring a Biddable Account Director to lead some of Performics’ most exciting and complex paid social work, partnering closely with iconic beauty and luxury brands. This role sits at the intersection of strategy, creativity, data and leadership — shaping how paid social drives meaningful business growth. You’ll guide clients through a fast‑evolving media and tech landscape while creating the conditions for your team to do their best work. If you’re motivated by impact, collaboration and craft, we’d love to hear from you.

What you’ll be doing

• Own and lead paid social strategy across multiple platforms, ensuring activity delivers clear, measurable impact for clients.
• Act as a trusted senior partner to clients, helping them navigate change across media, data and technology.
• Build and evolve measurement frameworks that connect paid social performance to wider business outcomes.
• Champion thoughtful testing and learning to demonstrate the incremental value of paid social.
• Lead, coach and develop a high‑performing team, creating space for growth, confidence and progression.
• Collaborate closely with wider agency teams to ensure paid social is fully integrated into broader media plans.
• Shape ways of working that balance quality, efficiency and team wellbeing.

Skills we’re looking for

• Proven experience leading paid social strategy and teams within an agency or complex client environment.
• Strong understanding of paid social platforms, with a clear point of view on strategy, innovation and creative effectiveness.
• Confidence working with data and measurement, and translating insight into clear client narratives.
• A collaborative leadership style that brings people together and builds trust.
• Commercial awareness and comfort managing large accounts and ambitious objectives.
• Curiosity about technology, privacy and the future of performance marketing.
• A people‑centred mindset, with a commitment to inclusive leadership and continuous improvement.

You’ll be based in White City, London, working as part of Performics UK — the performance marketing arm of Publicis Media, focused on blending data, technology and talent to accelerate growth for our clients.

Qualifications

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Additional Information

Starcom offers a wide range of benefits to support our employees. Full details are shared when you join, but highlights include core benefits such as Pension, Life Assurance, and Private Medical cover, alongside enhanced policies like Reflection Days and Shared Parental Leave. You’ll also have access to a range of additional initiatives, including:

 

📖 Please check out the Publicis Career Page which showcases our Inclusive Benefits and our EAG’s (Employee Action Groups).

 

Publicis Groupe works primarily from the office or our clients' office four days per week.

 

At Starcom, we are proud to be an equal opportunities employer. We welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, and do 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. 

 

We are committed to providing a fair, accessible, and inclusive recruitment process. If you have any access needs - for example, related to disability, neurodivergence, or a health condition - please let us know. We’ll work with you to ensure the process works for you. Sharing this information will never impact your application.

 

Guided by our values, we listen with empathy, uplift each other, take responsibility, and embrace change - building a culture where everyone feels seen, respected, and genuinely included.

 

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