Publishing & Audio Account Director

Publishing & Audio Account Director

Spark Foundry UK | London

We are hiring a Publishing & Audio Account Director to join Spark Foundry UK and play a key role in shaping exceptional media campaigns for some of the world's most recognisable brands. Working within our specialist Publishing & Audio team, you'll lead the delivery of innovative publishing and audio activity, bringing together strategic thinking, commercial expertise, and flawless execution. This is an opportunity to make a real impact across a diverse client portfolio while collaborating with talented colleagues, clients, and media partners to deliver outstanding results.

Responsibilities

What you'll be doing:

• Lead the end-to-end planning, buying, execution, optimisation, and reporting of publishing and audio campaigns across key client accounts.
• Turn media strategies into effective, commercially focused plans that deliver against client objectives and business goals.
• Build strong relationships with clients, becoming a trusted advisor through insightful recommendations and high-quality delivery.
• Drive commercial excellence through media negotiations, pricing discussions, and audit processes that maximise value and performance.
• Oversee campaign delivery across print, digital publishing, radio, and digital audio channels, ensuring seamless execution throughout.
• Mentor and support team members, creating an environment where people can develop, grow, and perform at their best.
• Maintain financial oversight across accounts, ensuring accurate budget management, reconciliations, and reporting.

Qualifications

Skills we're looking for:

• Proven experience within publishing, audio, or wider media planning and buying, with strong channel expertise.

• Strong commercial awareness and confidence managing budgets, negotiations, and value-driven decision making.

• Excellent attention to detail and a commitment to delivering consistently high-quality work.

• Ability to build trusted relationships with clients, colleagues, and media partners through clear communication and collaboration.

• Experience leading projects, managing multiple priorities, and delivering results in a dynamic environment.

• A coaching mindset with experience supporting the development and success of others.

• Curious, proactive, and solutions-focused, with a passion for delivering impactful media campaigns.

• Additional information

Spark Foundry 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 Spark Foundry, 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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