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Company Description Australian Business Awards - Employer of Choice 2023, 2022 & 2021 HR Awards - Excellence Awardee, Employer of Choice 2022 AFR BOSS Best Places to Work - 2022 HRD Employer of Choice - 2021 Welcome to Publicis Groupe ANZ. Here you will get an inside look at life within our network, including the brilliant people working across our agency brands. Publicis Groupe is a world leader in marketing communication and digital business transformation, driven through the alchemy of data, creativity, media, and technology. Our connected platform of companies and capabilities is more than an operational framework. It’s a cultural model we've built to unite our people in a collaborative way of thinking and working. Publicis Groupe offers its clients seamless access to the expertise of its 80,000 talents across 100 countries globally. In Australia, our powerhouse of marketing capabilities stretches across creative agencies Saatchi & Saatchi, Leo Burnett, Publicis Worldwide, media agencies Starcom, Zenith, Spark Foundry, Razorfish, Digitas, Epsilon, Arc, Prodigious, PMX, PR Herd MSL. We also have Publicis Sapient driving digital business transformation for our clients. Job Description The transformation you will experience. Publicis Sport & Entertainment deliver integrated solutions that connect brands with audiences through powerful, insight-led experiences—helping brands become more relevant by integrating into culture and communities. By uniting capabilities across strategic consulting, brand partnerships, content innovation, and cultural marketing, we drive meaningful engagement across sport and entertainment As the Head of Media Partnerships, you will play a key role in building a newly created division, developing innovative partnership strategies, and delivering high-impact solutions for clients. You will influence the development of strong client relationships and oversee the project management of media partnerships, driving revenue growth through culturally relevant campaigns while ensuring operational and communication efficiencies. You’ll collaborate with cross-functional teams, leveraging the full scale of resources across Publicis Groupe to drive business growth and build lasting client relationships. As the role evolves, you will help build and head a growing partnerships team, upskilling agencies across the group in partnership-driven ways of working. This is an exciting leadership opportunity to shape and scale impactful media partnerships, developing a new offering from the ground up. Your scope will include: ● Spearhead the development and growth of the partnerships team, cultivating a collaborative environment that drives innovation and enables the team to deliver culturally relevant, high-impact solutions for clients. ● Foster a positive, transparent, and collaborative culture within the partnerships team, driving continuous development and ensuring the team works cohesively with wider Publicis Groupe roles to achieve common goals. ● Build and implement an education program for Publicis Groupe to upskill teams in partnership-based ways of working, ensuring integration of resources across the group and driving growth and scale of partnerships. ● Maintain strong, lasting client relationships, collaborating with the Creative Director to create innovative partnership solutions. ● Set and achieve revenue and profitability targets for the partnerships division, contributing to overall business growth by identifying new opportunities. ● Stay informed on market trends and emerging opportunities, ensuring the team is agile and equipped to create innovative partnerships that drive long-term value and maintain a competitive edge. ● Leverages content production expertise to deliver high-quality projects on time and within budget, balancing the needs of clients and partners to arrive at solutions that work for all stakeholders. ● Oversee the efficient management of client projects, using streamlined processes, project tracking tools, and resource allocation to ensure timely delivery and high-quality outputs. What type of person will be successful in this role: ● Established experience in client servicing, project management and a proven track record of influence in content and creative partnerships. ● Preferably, previous experience at a creative agency and or media agency, publisher/vendor with a focus on driving creative projects and partnership strategies. ● Strong client-facing experience, with the ability to build and maintain long-term relationships. ● Demonstrated ability in overseeing creative projects, overseeing timelines, and ensuring high-quality execution from ideation to final delivery. ● Highly organised with proven expertise in project managing creative production of all media formats (TV, print, digital, social, radio, experiential, etc.), having worked with partners to ensure seamless execution from pre-production through to post-production ● Excellent communication and presentation skills, able to clearly articulate complex ideas and strategies to clients, stakeholders, and teams. ● Strong commercial acumen and experience in financial management, with the ability to manage revenue, forecasts, and budget allocation to ensure the successful growth of partnerships. ● Data-driven mindset with a good knowledge of analytics, insights, and reporting, and the aptitude to work with teams and partners to deliver actionable reporting that drives performance and growth. ● Proven people leadership and development skills, with the aptitude to inspire, mentor, and develop a high-performing team while fostering a positive and collaborative work environment. ● Strong knowledge of market trends and emerging opportunities, with the aptitude to apply those insights to develop innovative and impactful partnership strategies. Additional Information Publicis Groupe benefits: Be a part of the Publicis Groupe family, recent winner of the Employer of Choice Awards and one of the world's most progressive and dynamic modern communications businesses. You can learn more about us at www.publicisgroupeanz.com. Enjoy all the perks that come with our network offering: A comprehensive Wholeself program supporting physical, mindful, and financial wellbeing. A creative, lively, and rewarding office environment where people love working with each other, supported by our Publicis Liberté flexibility approach — "working your way with us." Access to our Global AI Platform Marcel, connecting Publicis Groupe employees with opportunities for career mobility and collaboration across our global network. Extensive Learning & Development opportunities including more than 15,000 learning programs via our online learning platform, Marcel Classes. A culture of open feedback and support to reach your goals through our Career Conversations program. A committed Diversity, Equality, and Inclusion strategy driven through our 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 enabling employees the flexibility to work from anywhere in the world 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, an all-in-one digital wellbeing technology platform designed to support psychological, medical & safety needs. A workplace that stands together to provide a more open, supportive, and recovery-forward culture for all employees with life-threatening illnesses. Read more about our Working With Cancer Pledge: https://workingwithcancerpledge.com/ Proud partners of Diversity Council Australia, Pride in Diversity, Family Friendly Workplaces, Supply Nation, and the Australian Disability Network. If you don't tick every box in this ad, please don't rule yourself out. Research suggests that women and other people in underrepresented groups tend to only apply if they meet every requirement. We focus on hiring people who share our values of inclusion, collaboration, adaptability, fearlessness, and integrity rather than ticking boxes — so if this role resonates with you, please apply. Diversity. Inclusion. Equity. More than just words; these are part of our DNA. At Publicis Groupe, we are committed to the inclusion and recognition of all people regardless of race, age, culture, ability, ethnicity, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, and religious affiliation. We believe that to deliver the best solutions to our clients, our people need to reflect the diverse communities in which our clients operate. We value diversity and the skills, knowledge, and experience that difference brings to our culture and solutions. Uniqueness is powerful; without it, we wouldn't be where we are today. So be you — we like it that way. We are committed to providing reasonable adjustments for people with disability or those that require additional support throughout the application process. If you need any assistance or adjustments, please contact us via recruitmentpublicisgroupe.com; your personal information will be kept confidential. LI-DS1 J-18808-Ljbffr