Senior Vice President

Company Description

Spark Foundry was built during the most transformative time in the history of advertising and marketing. We deliver everything a traditional media agency has to offer and have grown into one of the world’s most successful agencies by helping brands evolve their marketing by leveraging identity, commerce, artificial intelligence, and more to connect with people. Transformation is part of our DNA. Spark Foundry’s start‑up spirit delivers high‑touch approaches and a never‑ending desire to challenge the status quo. Combined with Publicis Media’s powerhouse soul leveraging connected data assets, advanced AI applications, and investment clout, we “Bring HEAT to Brands.” No other agency possesses the expertise that we do to address today’s most pressing challenges to drive business transformation through media.

Overview

Responsible for generating strategic media initiatives and leading all aspects of media planning for key client account.

Responsibilities

• Develop, implement, and execute strategy to define the future direction of client business.
• Actively listen to clients and continually identify opportunities to lead thinking.
• Team leader for client interaction fostering positive relationships.
• Identify key target insights based on client brief necessary for formulating communication strategy.
• Evaluate composition of a wide range of media vehicles to determine which would most effectively reach the target audience.
• Effectively communicate and solicit agreement of best opportunities for client.
• Ensure the quality of work for all client deliverables.
• Serve as key resource for local markets in defining media strategy and media plans.
• Supervise, train, and develop staff (manage workload, delegate, manage projects and resources, performance management).
• Develop process improvements and best practices to ensure consistency, flexibility, and efficiency resulting in solutions that meet or exceed client expectations.
• Lead content development coordination for all client presentations.
• Ability to cross‑sell inter‑agency products and services.
• Collaborate with business intelligence/analytics, data and investment teams to identify consumer learning needs and drive consumer insight generation, analysis/interpretation.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of relevant experience with progressive levels of responsibility and business acumen in marketing and communications and team management.
• Must have online and offline media experience (offline: TV, Print, Radio, OOH; online: Display, Search, Social, Mobile, Content Marketing).
• Fluency with media tools and solid understanding of digital planning tools.
• Proven experience and success in presenting plans to client and influencing top‑level client decisions.
• Demonstrated critical thinking and strong problem‑solving skills – navigates effectively through difficult issues, builds required consensus to drive business needs and results.
• Excellent leadership, management and motivational skills.
• Excellent written, verbal, and presentation skills – effectively presents formal POV internally and externally.
• Excellent organizational, interpersonal, and quantitative/analytical skills.
• Strong client presentation and business writing skills.
• Demonstrated expertise in strategic planning and client relations.
• Detail‑oriented and proven ability to thrive in a fast‑paced environment.
• Critical assessor of talent – builds and motivates high‑performing teams.
• Able to direct long‑range planning and development of programs to maximize organizational resources.
• Design and manage projects, resources, stakeholders, participants, and deadlines.
• High results orientation and ability to juggle and prioritize many competing demands with high tolerance for change.

Benefits

• Medical coverage
• Dental coverage
• Vision coverage
• Disability insurance
• 401(k) retirement plan
• Parental and family care leave
• Family forming assistance
• Tuition reimbursement
• Flexible time off

Compensation

Salary range: USD $180,215.00 – $299,637.00 annually. This role may also be eligible for bonus or incentive compensation. Compensation will be determined based on the skills, qualifications, and experience of the applicant and the requirements of the position.

Application deadline: 11/16/2026.