Senior Executive, Business Development

London, UK (Hybrid)

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Posted 2 months ago

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Job Description

Company Description
Company Description
Publicis Media
harnesses the power of modern media through leading agency brands Dysrupt, Infinite Roar, Publicis Collective, Publicis Health Media, Spark Foundry, Starcom and Zenith, as well as global accelerator PMX; immersive experience group PMCI and access to integrated platform-based technologies and offerings from CJ, Epsilon and Influential.
A key business solution of Publicis Groupe, Publicis Media’s digital-first, data-driven global solutions deliver client value and drive growth in a platform-powered world. It is present in over 100 countries with over 23,000 employees worldwide.
Overview
This is an opportunity to start your career at the centre of global advertising and media, working on high‑profile new business opportunities for some of the world’s most recognisable brands.
As a Global Business Development Executive, you’ll join a highly regarded global new business team and gain exposure to senior leadership, international markets, and live pitches from day one. You’ll play a hands‑on role in how Publicis Groupe wins new clients, supporting pitch leadership and ensuring best‑in‑class standards across process, delivery, and collaboration.
Designed for someone early in their career with strong organisational instincts and a genuine interest in the advertising industry, this role offers a clear development pathway, transferable commercial skills, and a front‑row view of how global agencies drive growth through creativity, data, and technology.
Responsibilities
  • Support the end‑to‑end delivery of global new business pitches, including timelines, workstreams, content development, and logistics
  • Partner with Design and Pitch Experience teams to ensure high‑quality, consistent pitch outputs
  • Embed best‑practice pitch processes and tools across markets, capturing learnings to continuously improve ways of working
  • Maintain accurate business development data, managing pipelines and milestones across Monday.com and Salesforce
  • Ensure confidential materials, access permissions, and documentation are handled securely and correctly
  • Act as a connector between Global Business Development, local markets, and specialist teams to enable effective collaboration
  • Support knowledge‑sharing, template consistency, and capability development across the global BD community
Qualifications
  • Strong project management skills, with the ability to deliver multiple workstreams to a high standard
  • A process‑driven mindset, with the confidence to identify and implement improvements
  • Excellent organisational and communication skills, with a collaborative approach
  • Strong problem‑solving ability and a willingness to learn quickly
  • Comfortable working with data, reporting, and tracking progress against milestones
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office tools, including Teams, SharePoint, PowerPoint, Excel, and Word
  • A genuine interest in advertising, media, and business development, with ambition to build a long‑term career in the field
Additional Information
Publicis Media offers a wide range of benefits to support our employees. Full details are shared when you join, but highlights include core benefits such as Pension, Life Assurance, and Private Medical cover, alongside enhanced policies like Reflection Days and Shared Parental Leave. You’ll also have access to a range of additional initiatives, including:
📖 Please check out the Publicis Career Page which showcases our Inclusive Benefits and our EAG’s (Employee Action Groups).
Publicis Groupe works primarily from the office or our clients' office four days per week.
At Publicis Media, we are proud to be an equal opportunities employer. We welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, and do not discriminate on the basis of race, ethnicity, nationality, religion or belief, disability, age, citizenship, relationship status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other protected characteristic.
We are committed to providing a fair, accessible, and inclusive recruitment process. If you have any access needs - for example, related to disability, neurodivergence, or a health condition - please let us know. We’ll work with you to ensure the process works for you. Sharing this information will never impact your application.
Guided by our values, we listen with empathy, uplift each other, take responsibility, and embrace change - building a culture where everyone feels seen, respected, and genuinely included.
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Publicis Groupe UK

Publicis Groupe UK is a marketing and digital transformation business, employing 7,000 people across 30 agencies. We are designed to help our clients thrive, with the capabilities, the experience and the understanding of how to unlock growth in a platform world.Our model is built to serve our clients’ ambitions and overcome the challenges they face. Through the Power of One we are seamlessly connected to partner with our clients, delivering all the capabilities our clients need. We maintain strong agency brands that attract best-in-class talent and unite them through a common purpose of growth. We build, enrich and activate first-party data.We deliver breakthrough creative experiences.We find more customers and connect them to commerce.We architect and build direct ecosystems.Most importantly, we place real customers at the centre of everything we do, engaging them with diverse, dynamic and creative experiences that accelerate their journey to purchase and invite them into an on-going relationship with our clients’ brands. Publicis Groupe UK agencies: Leo UK, Saatchi & Saatchi, Publicis London, Digitas, Turner Duckworth, Fallon, BBH, Spark Foundry, Starcom, Zenith, MSL, Salterbaxter, Kekst CNC, Taylor Herring, Langland, Digitas Health, Saatchi & Saatchi Wellness, Prodigious, Publicis Pro, 3|Share, Epsilon, Publicis Sapient.

London, England, GBR
99 employees (18 in marketing)