Overview
We are an integrated agency with large specialist teams across brand advertising, below the line, media planning & buying, PR & social, research, digital, direct, data, all under one roof and one P&L. Our philosophy is “brilliant individually, unbeatable as one.” We’re looking for a Managing Partner to help take us to the next level, working alongside the Head of Project Leadership to lead, inspire, and drive our team to even greater success. You’ll play a pivotal role in leading and developing teams, while working closely with clients to deliver creative excellence, client satisfaction and profitability. Your clients will be global names, trusting us with significant budgets to drive their businesses forward.
To be successful in this role, you’ll need to demonstrate experience of delivering complex integrated marketing projects for global brands, excellent people management skills, with the ability to mentor and develop team members, build strong relationships with clients, and manage financial and commercial aspects of the department.
Responsibilities
* Have a background in recognised integrated agencies, working on high-profile accounts.
* Bring brilliant integrated marketing experience, with an ability to shape campaigns that work across all touchpoints.
* Be someone clients instantly warm to, with an ability to quickly establish rapport, trust and collaborative relationships.
* Lead by example, inspiring and motivating your team (& wider agency teams) to deliver better and more effective work.
* Build strong relationships internally & externally, founded on trust, honesty and that desire to make clients famous within their markets.
* Own the day-to-day, ensuring the smooth & profitable running of accounts.
* Have a curious mindset that’s always looking for ways to improve what we’re doing and to seek opportunities to expand the remit of activity with clients, with a holistic view across all marketing channels.
* Take a partnership approach to developing mutually profitable, long-term client relationships.
* Demonstrate a good strategic capability with the ability to interrogate opportunities and present thinking with clarity.
* Know how to take a brief, shape it with our planning team & ensure that the creative team nail the execution.
Who we are
We’re the Birmingham branch of Europe’s largest integrated marketing agency, with offices in Birmingham, London, Manchester, Milton Keynes, Bristol & Leeds. We have a track record of awards from Cannes Lions, Clios, One Show, D&AD, LIAs, Golden Drum & Creative Circle Awards. Creativity is at the forefront of everything we do. As part of McCann Worldgroup, a global agency network, we’re always pushing the boundaries of what’s possible. Our team of passionate creatives, strategists, and marketers comes from diverse backgrounds and cultures, and we share the goal to create exceptional work we care deeply about. We continually learn and push boundaries—join us to shape the future of advertising.
In addition to a competitive salary, we offer a brilliant environment with benefits such as 28 days holiday, plus 3 additional collective shutdown days, enhanced pension contributions, private health, life assurance and more.
A culture of learning and development is central to our ethos, with access to industry-leading training and development programmes and opportunities to work with world-class media partners to access exclusive features and products.
Most importantly, you’ll be part of a fun and collaborative team where you are supported and developed.
Equal opportunities and inclusion
Our commitment to equal opportunities
For us, diversity is a business imperative—embedded in how we operate to drive success. An inclusive environment makes sound business sense, and we seek to attract and retain diverse talent across all dimensions of diversity. Conscious inclusion encompasses social, cultural and cognitive differences and cultivates belonging, connection and shared purpose. It enables meaningful experiences for our employees, strengthens our relationships with vendors and clients, and helps us lead with purpose.
McCann is a disability confident committed employer and will guarantee an interview to any disabled candidate who meets the minimum criteria for this role. Please indicate if you are eligible and let us know of any adjustments you may need to the recruitment process to perform at your best when you apply.
McCann helps brands build meaningful brand platforms that drive exponential growth and leave a lasting impact on culture. Founded over 100 years ago with the brand platform “Truth Well Told,” McCann is a leading worldwide advertising agency network and the founding unit of McCann Worldgroup, part of the Interpublic Group (NYSE: IPG).
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