Senior Vice President, Group Account Director

Company Description

 

Publicis New York is a full-service communications agency with a focus on creating culturally relevant consumer platforms in broadcast, digital advertising, web development, social, CRM and experiential channels. Our healthcare team has over twenty years of growing leading healthcare brands across a broad range of categories including vaccines, immunology, women’s health, food/nutrition and oncology. We have a passion for uncovering the cultural opportunity for every health brand and we bring insights from our diverse client roster, including P&G, Citi, Walmart, Nestle, Abbott, L’Oreal, T-Mobile, to our health brands.

 

As part of the Publicis agency network, we strive to “Lead the Change” for our client’s businesses and be their preferred creative partners in their marketing transformations. We believe that change has become the defining characteristic in today’s business environment. Creating leading strategies and powerful ideas that allow our clients’ brands to become unique, irreplaceable, in control and ahead is our purpose. You have to lead the change, if you don’t want to be led by change. Are you ready to lead the change?

Overview

We’re looking for an outstanding Senior Vice President/Group Account Director who’ll lead the troops in driving this growth. It’s no small task, but it’s a fun and rewarding one. If you’re up for it, read on.

Job Responsibilities

Day to day, your role will include:

 

You’ll develop high-level strategic plans, effectively utilize cross functional teams, and influence senior clients through your deep knowledge of the web and ability to pinpoint the smartest, most powerful strategies to solve client problems. Day to day, your role includes:

• Eloquently articulating our views on digital business philosophies, keeping clients up to date on industry context
• Actively establishing and growing senior-level client relationships based on trust, and leveraging these relationships in the development of business growth
• Developing cutting-edge, insight-driven integrated marketing programs, leveraging expertise across media
• Demonstrating strong corporate citizenship through involvement in company events, learning forums and other activities
• Maintaining a strong understanding of changes in the client’s industry and how customer needs are adapting, and developing relevant case studies on client businesses
• Deliver strategic client presentations and providing recommendations that are concise, insightful and on point
• Connecting to broader agency intellectual capital and bringing best practices to client engagements
• Owning client financials – including forecasts, budgets and investments – and facilitating all legal contracts
• Developing team members through training and identifying areas for growth – you’ll demonstrate openness to hiring non-traditional talent and build a team bench by actively recruiting a best-in-class workforce
• Willingness to travel as needed – you’re open to new places, new faces and new ideas

Qualifications

We’re looking for a talented Senior Vice President/Group Account Director with impressive work experience, including:

• A demonstrated powerful passion for marketing and proven success in bringing the best work to life
• Four years of college education, an MBA degree and 15+ years of experience, including a strong, established history of interactive experience and client leadership in integrated marketing or a digital scope
• A refined understanding of how marketing, creative, planning, media, technology and analytics integrate
• Superior analytical skills, strategic thinking, communication and presentation skills
• Extensive marketing knowledge across media, including Mobile and Social
• An impressive, demonstrated ability to effectively grow existing client relationships
• Familiarity with prompt-based interaction and commonly used generative AI tools (e.g., ChatGPT, Google Gemini, DALL·E, Midjourney) is a plus, especially for tasks like ideation, research, or content generation.

Got the sparkle? Apply if you believe your unique skills are a fit.

Additional Information

Our Publicis Groupe motto “Viva La Différence” means we’re better together, and we believe that our differences make us stronger. It means we honor and celebrate all identities, across all facets of intersectionality, and it underpins all that we do as an organization. We are focused on fostering belonging and creating equitable & inclusive experiences for all talent. 

 

Publicis Groupe provides robust and inclusive benefit programs and policies to support the evolving and diverse needs of our talent and enable every person to grow and thrive.  Our benefits package includes medical coverage, dental, vision, disability, 401K,  as well as parental and family care leave, family forming assistance, tuition reimbursement, and flexible time off.

 

If you require accommodation or assistance with the application or onboarding process specifically, please contact USMSTACompliance@publicis.com.

 

Compensation Range: $176,700.00 - $288,765.00 annually . This is the pay range the Company believes it will pay for this position at the time of this posting. Consistent with applicable law, compensation will be determined based on the skills, qualifications, and experience of the applicant along with the requirements of the position, and the Company reserves the right to modify this pay range at any time. Temporary roles may be eligible to participate in our freelancer/temporary employee medical plan through a third-party benefits administration system once certain criteria have been met. Temporary roles may also qualify for participation in our 401(k) plan after eligibility criteria have been met. For regular roles, the Company will offer medical coverage, dental, vision, disability, 401k, and paid time off. The Company anticipates the application deadline for this job posting will be 9/6/2025.

 

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.