Performance Director (Search/Social/Prog)

Company Description

 

 

At Zenith, we are a connected team with purpose. We are driven to create new perspectives through modern media. We believe marketing is a powerful investment that can build and grow brands and increase business profitability. So we unlock opportunities for growth by placing consumer behavior, attitudes, and insights at the heart of everything we do. We pride ourselves on delivering return on investment, imagination, and insight.Central to this vision is the knowledge that we are only as good as our people. To grow our clients' business, we need to attract, retain, develop, and grow the brightest talent in the industry. We know it is not the sum of one but the sum of all of us that make us great. Our behaviors are: Be Bold, Be Kind, Be Better Together.We’re determined to eradicate any barriers that prevent our people from achieving their fullest potential.We offer progressive flexible working options to everyone at all levels — it’s not a policy. It’s behavior-led and reinforced through our values.Mental health & wellbeing is something we consider a priority — it's championed by our own people internally and is a regular conversation.We have a lot of fun — we’re constantly looking at reinventing how we’re connecting with each other.

Job Description

Why is this an exciting opportunity:

 

At Zenith, we are a connected team with purpose. We are driven to create new perspectives through modern media. We believe marketing is a powerful investment that can build, grow brands, and increase business profitability. So, we unlock opportunities for growth by placing consumer behaviour, attitudes, and insights at the heart of everything we do. We pride ourselves on delivering return on investment, imagination, and insight.

Central to this vision is the knowledge that we are only as good as our people. To grow our clients' business, we need to attract, retain, develop, and grow the brightest talent in the industry. We know it is not the sum of one, but the sum of all of us that make us great.

Our behaviours are: Be Bold, Be Kind, Be Better Together.

We’re determined to eradicate any barriers that prevent our people from achieving their fullest potential:

• We offer progressive flexible working options to everyone at all levels – It’s not a policy. It’s behaviour led and reinforced through our values.
• Mental health & wellbeing is something we consider a priority – It’s championed by our own people internally and is a regular conversation.
• We have a lot of fun – we’re constantly looking at reinventing how we’re connecting with each other.

 

About the role:

 

 

The purpose of the Performance Media Director is to shape and define industry leading Performance Media strategies for our customers across Zenith. The Performance Media Director is the key partner of all senior customer relationships across Performance Media. This role exists to deliver, with your Performance Media team, across (but not limited to) Search Engine Marketing, Programmatic, Video, Social and Mobile channels and platforms delivering accurate and timely reports, optimisation implementation that drives business outcomes for our customers 

 

 

 

What you will do with us:

• Leads and Manage your team’s outputs: from planning, implementations, optimization, reporting, & billing. You will manage your team to deliver to deadline and with 100% accuracy.
• A figurehead in how to behave with peers, other teams, media owners, creative agencies and other relevant stakeholders. relations. Always looking to foster positive Be the first major escalation point for larger performance media issues.
• Provide thought leadership to key performance media topics, develops a POV around performance recommendations and developments.
• Ensure Zenith has a strong voice as a Digital & Technology lead in the market. This may be done through published awards and case studies (Google Honours), opinion pieces, speaking events, etc.
• Delegating, Task Managing up, down and across well. involved where necessary and applicable
• Work closely with Performance Managers on the overall management of teams (planning outputs, upskilling in performance channels) to deliver happy clients; and efficient, effective, happy and motivated teams.
• Always be involved in upstream responses to briefs and bigger strategies. Quality control implementation responses and plans: For example, review look and feel, storytelling, and ensure well-reasoned and substantiated arguments, etc.
• Works hand in hand with Group Performance Director on the team's media negotiation: make sure teams are using deals as a starting point and are negotiating our media buys and developing PMPs/programmatic firsts where possible.
• Maintain strong relationships with our stakeholders within the Publicis Groupe, ensuring that products deliver benefits to clients and meet our KPIs

 

 

What You’ll Bring:

 

• Proven experience in Performance Media.
• Strong experience in Paid Search, Social and Programmatic.
• Must have an excellent grasp of planning & activation
• Experienced in working knowledge of Google paid search platforms (Google Ads, SA360), the Microsoft Advertising platform, as well as key platforms like Meta, LI, TTD etc
• Managerial experience preferred
• Strong communication experience, both written and verbal
• Solution seeker and strong analytical thinking.

 

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Additional Information

Publicis Groupe benefits: Be a part of the Publicis Groupe family, recent winner of the Employer of Choice Awards and one of the world's most progressive and dynamic modern communications businesses. You can learn more about us at www.publicisgroupeanz.com.

 

Enjoy all the perks that come with our network offering:

• A comprehensive Wholeself program supporting physical, mindful, and financial wellbeing.
• A creative, lively, and rewarding office environment where people love working with each other, supported by our Publicis Liberté flexibility approach — "working your way with us."
• Access to our Global AI Platform Marcel, connecting Publicis Groupe employees with opportunities for career mobility and collaboration across our global network.
• Extensive Learning & Development opportunities including more than 15,000 learning programs via our online learning platform, Marcel Classes.
• A culture of open feedback and support to reach your goals through our Career Conversations program.
• A committed Diversity, Equality, and Inclusion strategy driven through our Viva Women, Égalité, enABLE, EmbRACE, and Écologique committees.
• Leave benefits including Birthday Leave, Flexible Public Holidays, and an additional 5 days of leave after 2 years of service.
• Work Your World program enabling employees the flexibility to work from anywhere in the world for up to 6 weeks per year.
• Parental leave policy with up to 18 weeks based on tenure, paid primary carer leave, secondary carer swap, and Cub Care leave.
• Access to counsellors, psychologists, and professionals through Sonder, an all-in-one digital wellbeing technology platform designed to support psychological, medical & safety needs.
• A workplace that stands together to provide a more open, supportive, and recovery-forward culture for all employees with life-threatening illnesses. Read more about our Working With Cancer Pledge: https://workingwithcancerpledge.com/
• Proud partners of Diversity Council Australia, Pride in Diversity, Family Friendly Workplaces, Supply Nation, and the Australian Disability Network.

If you don't tick every box in this ad, please don't rule yourself out. Research suggests that women and other people in underrepresented groups tend to only apply if they meet every requirement. We focus on hiring people who share our values of inclusion, collaboration, adaptability, fearlessness, and integrity rather than ticking boxes — so if this role resonates with you, please apply.

 

Diversity. Inclusion. Equity. More than just words; these are part of our DNA. At Publicis Groupe, we are committed to the inclusion and recognition of all people regardless of race, age, culture, ability, ethnicity, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, and religious affiliation. We believe that to deliver the best solutions to our clients, our people need to reflect the diverse communities in which our clients operate. We value diversity and the skills, knowledge, and experience that difference brings to our culture and solutions.

 

Uniqueness is powerful; without it, we wouldn't be where we are today. So be you — we like it that way.

 

We are committed to providing reasonable adjustments for people with disability or those that require additional support throughout the application process. If you need any assistance or adjustments, please contact us via recruitmentpublicisgroupe.com; your personal information will be kept confidential.