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Company Description
Zenith is the ROI agency. We help brands make Bold Moves in communications to drive profitable, measurable growth.
At Zenith, Bold Moves are big, brave shifts to strategy, data, audience, or activation. They’re grounded in evidence, backed by rigorous forecasting and designed to deliver stronger returns for clients and better experiences for consumers. We work as empathetic partners, taking the time to understand our clients’ businesses and tying our success to theirs.
Part of Publicis Media, Zenith has over 5,000 specialists across 90 markets. In the UK, we work with leading organizations including The Very Group, Macmillan, and Morrisons – helping them make smarter, more impactful choices to unlock growth. We believe an inclusive culture strengthens our business, enabling greater idea exchange, innovation, and creativity, and we actively encourage our people to drive positive change.
Overview
We are hiring a Strategy Director to help shape bold communications strategies that drive meaningful growth for some of the UK's leading brands. This is an opportunity to influence business outcomes by turning complex challenges into clear, insight-led media strategies that inspire clients and teams alike. Working alongside experienced strategy leaders, you'll champion ideas that combine creativity with commercial thinking and measurable effectiveness. If you're motivated by solving problems, developing people, and making a lasting impact, we'd love to hear from you.
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- Develop communications strategies that translate business objectives into ambitious, measurable media plans.
- Lead strategic thinking across client accounts, ensuring every recommendation supports long-term business growth.
- Partner with client leads and cross-functional teams to deliver integrated strategies that inspire confident decision-making.
- Champion campaign effectiveness by defining success measures, evaluating performance, and applying insights to future work.
- Provide clear strategic direction that keeps teams aligned from planning through to activation.
- Mentor planners and contribute to the development of strategic capability across the wider agency.
- Identify new opportunities to strengthen client partnerships, improve ways of working, and drive innovation across the business.
Qualifications
- Experience developing media or brand strategies that deliver measurable business outcomes.
- Strong strategic thinking with the ability to connect data, insight, and creativity into compelling recommendations.
- Confident communicator who can influence senior stakeholders and present ideas with clarity.
- Analytical mindset with the ability to interpret evidence and translate it into practical action.
- Collaborative approach with a passion for building relationships and supporting the success of others.
- Curiosity about people, media, and the evolving communications landscape, with a willingness to challenge conventional thinking.
- Proactive, adaptable, and motivated to create work that delivers lasting value for clients and the agency.
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Additional Information
Zenith UK 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 Zenith UK, 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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