The Role
We are delighted to announce Spark Foundry, a part of Core, are hiring a Client Director!
OverviewOur Client Directors are key to our agency's success. They are responsible for the development and the deployment of the media strategy, including ownership and quality control of the whole media planning process from strategy to delivery. In this role, you will instil a culture of innovation within the team as well as have a clear understanding of the strengths and opportunity offered by each Practice area in Core and the benefit that they can lend to solving our clients' problems. Our Client Directors sit on our Executive Management Committee and have direct input into the running of the company. In this role, you will be responsible for leading a team and project managing across multiple accounts. The ideal candidate will have strong leadership qualities, excellent client management skills, clear ownership of all media planning and strategy outputs, the ability to collaborate effectively, and be confident in building client and media owner relationships at a senior level.
Media Knowledge and Skills- A minimum of 5 years previous media agency experience in a similar role
- Previous experience managing a team
- Experience project managing large clients with multiple campaigns and target audiences
- High level of business and financial acumen
Why us?
- Flexible and hybrid working
- 24/7 access to professional development through LinkedIn Learning along with career progression and mentoring
- The opportunity to work across a huge range of clients within so many different categories from sport, retail, food and drink, to alcohol, insurance, banking and so much more
- 21 days annual leave plus a day off on your birthday, company closure days at Christmas and early finish on bank holiday Fridays
- A company culture that promotes work-life balance
- Family-focused benefits including paid maternity and paternity leave as well as maternity phase back program, fertility treatment supports and paid pregnancy loss leave
- Access to mental health and well-being programs including paid health insurance for you and your dependents under 18
- Professional financial advice; employer contributory pension and life assurance
- Make a difference by joining our D&I, CSR, Green, Social or Great Place to Work committees; you’ll get an extra days leave for your efforts.
- And lots more …
OUR COMMITMENTSOur industry relies on creativity and innovation – these are skills that are not bound by gender, race, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, membership of the Traveller community, marital or family status, disability, age, socio-economic background, or any other attributes. Core is committed to diversity in its workplace and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.
We are also committed to providing reasonable accommodations to all applicants. If you need reasonable accommodation for any reason at any part of the interview process, please contact us and let us know the nature of your request and we will do our best to help.
About us
Core is Ireland's largest marketing communications company with over 300 people working across the key areas of marketing communications - research, data science, strategy, planning, creative development and implementation. We are now a collective of nine practices, working towards a single purpose - to expand the possibilities of what brands can achieve. At Core, we believe that change can move us forward and compel us towards new possibilities. Our wonderful people are at the centre of our success. It is essential that we keep building a high-trust working environment that supports our people and enables them to flourish. There is no magic formula for becoming a great place to work. Instead, it involves working together, through constant change, to match the personal dreams and ambitions of our people with the aspirations of the organisation.
Over the years, we have cemented our position as a great place to work, time and time again. Core was voted Agency Network of the Year for 2024. This year, we were again voted as one of Irelands Best Workplaces by the Great Place to Work Institute for the 15th year, alongside being awarded a Best Workplace for Health and Wellbeing, and a Best Workplace for Women in 2024.
