The&partnership - Media Account Director (H/F) - Cdi

**About The&Partnership**

At The&Partnership we bring ideas and technology together to power brands and businesses. As one of the world’s fastest-growing independent agency networks, we are increasingly known for developing bespoke new model agency solutions for clients across the globe.

We call this The&Model and the premise is very simple. Agency Creative, Strategy, Media, PR and Data/CRM, all working side by side, solving problems as one collaborative team with the client.

A rapidly changing market requires a radical new approach to marketing. We work alongside our clients’ marketing departments in new, nimble ways to deliver highly creative, data-driven work quickly and efficiently.

Backed by the might of WPP and GroupM, we’ve seen record growth over the past two years - expanding across 17 new markets and doubling in size against a challenging industry backdrop.

**The&Partnership and Toyota**

The&Partnership was appointed by Toyota in 2016, to consolidate their pan-European advertising, digital, content and media buying - setting up a bespoke network of dedicated agencies in all the business’s key locations across Europe.

The&Partnership network of dedicated Toyota agencies will support Toyota’s transition towards a new, more integrated, digital and customer-centric business model - rebuilding its brand strategy around how people consume media and buy cars today.

What does the agency of the future look like? An agency with a challenger mentality and a clear ambition to be truly agile, adapting new models and ways of working to meet the needs of Toyota.

An agency set up to deliver best in class communications. To deliver innovative creative & media strategies to future proof the Toyota and Lexus business and brands, and help both brands achieve their marketing goals. Digital transformation sits at the heart of this.

An agency that doesn't just claim integration - but delivers it via multi-disciplined teams from creative and media, working side by side to harness technology, data and insights to inform better strategies, ideas and creative decision-making.

**The role**

We are looking for an experienced Media Account Director in France to work across our Toyota client. Must have experience of similar roles in agencies, and at least 8 years’ experience in the advertising industry. Previous automotive advertising experience would be helpful, but not mandatory.

Working with the local Client team and EMEA, you will help the team accomplish challenging goals and objectives, balancing client, company, and team priorities.
- Build and maintain client and agency relationships at a Senior level.
- Deliver media recommendations to clients.
- Deliver best in class touchpoint strategies and planning responses.
- Effectively use data to build strong, succinct and data driven planning recommendations - geared towards delivering growth for the clients businesses.
- Champions the use of T&P planning tools, inspiring creativity and innovative solutions to deliver growth for clients.
- Create well thought through decks which requires mínimal input from colleagues to make it ‘client ready’.
- Collaborate with and effectively brief activation teams in order to create holistic media recommendations.
- Be the central point of contact for client comms, and coordination of in-campaign and post-campaign actions.
- Prioritise the workload of the team, ensuring all client requirements are met in a timely, professional and efficient manner.
- Coordinate relationship with the T&P hub (based in London) & validate recommendations are aligned with briefs & Client’s expectations
- Aid the Client Lead with tasks such as forecasting, reviewing SLAs, completing end-of-year reviews, etc.
- Leading your team and keep people motivated and engaged, ensuring a training, development and feedback programm is in place for Managers/Executives
- Actively participate in new business projects and pitches.

**Skills required**
- Proven leadership skills, being able to organize and motivate both your immediate team and wider, including implementation specialists
- Strong communication skills, conveying credible confidence when dealing with key clients and internal stakeholders
- Good understanding of performance best practice; whilst each account is brand led, conversion and acquisition KPI’s are also a key component
- Great story telling skills - to give our ideas and thinking the best chance to come to life for our clients
- Fluent english

**Starting ASAP