Business Director

London, UK (Hybrid)

Salary Not AvailableSenior LevelFull time

Posted 2 months ago

Top 1% of applicants do these two things.

The other 99% submit and hope. You're about to do something different.

Job Summary

Own the core strategic leadership of media direction, partnering with senior stakeholders to deliver cross‑channel plans that drive profitable growth and continual improvement.

  • Strategic Direction: set portfolio course with insight-led media solutions aligned to business goals.
  • Relationship and Influence: build trusted, long‑term stakeholder partnerships and counsel.
  • Team and Performance: lead multidisciplinary teams, forecast profitability, and embed operational excellence.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Setting the strategic direction across your portfolio, ensuring media solutions are insight‑led, effective and aligned to business objectives
  • Acting as a senior strategic partner to stakeholders, offering clear counsel and building trusted, long‑term relationships
  • Leading multidisciplinary teams to deliver best‑in‑class planning, execution and evaluation across channels
  • Owning financial performance, with responsibility for forecasting, profitability and sustainable growth
  • Identifying opportunities for account expansion and broader business development
  • Embedding strong ways of working that support quality, consistency and operational excellence
  • Contributing to wider agency initiatives, sharing knowledge and helping shape future capability
Zenith UK logo

Zenith UK

Welcome to Zenith – the ROI agency.Nowadays, brands want rapid, spectacular growth and they expect media to deliver it. Clients used to give us media briefs that said “deliver 80% awareness” or “give me an impactful Christmas campaign”. Now we hear: “take me from 4th to 1st in my category”, “help me grow 10% in a market declining 10%” or “make me the most loved brand in my industry”.These are huge asks of media, that can’t be met through tweaking the media plan of two years ago. Decades of advertising research prove that without a big change, large brands stay large and small brands stay small.This is why Zenith help brands make bold moves.Bold moves are big, brave changes to media strategy, delivering more impact for brands and more value for consumers. Bold moves are backed up with a solid forecast – they are a better path to growth. Bold moves build a partnership – we believe in this approach so much we link our growth to your success.Bold moves bring bigger ROI.This approach works for our clients, our people and consumers – it’s why we are recognised as the UK’s best media agency. Campaign's Best Places to Work 2023 and The Sunday Times Best Places to work 2024. On the podium for Campaign's Agency of the Year for the last three years and most awarded agency at the Campaign Media Awards for 2023 and 2024.

Founded in 1988
London, England, GBR
145 employees (11 in marketing)

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
2.2K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
53.1%
Direct
34.2%
Referral
7.4%
Social
4.1%
Paid
1.2%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~145

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
11 (8% of company)
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
2