Publicis Groupe jobs

<h2 class="h5">Job description</h2> <div class="t-break" data-jb-field="description"> <p>Company description Founded in 1926, Publicis Groupe is one of the most established and respected communications groups in the world — and today, we’re proud to be the second-largest globally and the most valuable holding company in the industry. With over 100,000 employees across 100+ countries, we combine the power of creativity, data, media, and technology to drive business transformation for the world’s leading brands. Publicis Groupe has a thriving and ever-growing presence in the Middle East, driven by exceptional regional talent, world-class agency brands, and a diverse portfolio of forward-thinking clients. Headquartered in Dubai, UAE, with offices across Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Egypt, Kuwait, Iraq, Lebanon, Turkey, and Qatar, we’re proud to be recognized as one of the most awarded and admired creative networks in the region. We believe transformation starts with people — their creativity, curiosity, and ambition. That belief powers everything we do, from bold campaigns to breakthrough strategies, always with a human touch. We operate through four key solution hubs: -Publicis Communications – home to Leo Burnett, Publicis Middle East, Saatchi &amp; Saatchi, and MSL -Publicis Media – comprised of Digitas, Spark Foundry, Starcom, and Zenith -Publicis Sapient – our digital business transformation partner -Epsilon – our data and personalization powerhouse Overview The Financial Controller will be responsible for controlling and monitoring finances and managing all reporting requirements of Publicis Media UAE, the largest group of Media Agencies in the industry within the region. Responsibilities Prepare and submit monthly actuals and quarterly forecasts to the Regional FP&amp;A team, ensuring accurate loading of final numbers into the Hyperion reporting tool. Manage monthly financial controls from a risk and audit perspective, ensuring compliance. Assist the Finance Director in identifying opportunities for performance improvement across the organization. Review and approve master data and journal entries within internal systems, ensuring appropriate controls are in place. Coordinate with other members of the Finance team to consolidate actuals and forecasts. Support the development of financial reporting and analysis tools that provide quality insights to Management during the forecasting process. Monitor operational data to identify risks or irregularities that could impact financial reporting. Act as a backup for other Finance team members and the Finance Director as required. Resolve operational queries requiring Finance expertise, intervene to address issues, ensure appropriate controls are implemented to prevent recurrence, and educate operational teams on financial implications. Drive automation of manual tasks where possible. Enhance FP&amp;A processes by designing and implementing improvements to forecasting accuracy. Develop dashboards in collaboration with the Internal Transformation team to improve transparency of financial performance and operational KPIs. Qualifications Bachelor's degree in Finance &amp; Accounting. Professional certification such as CMA or ACCA is desirable. Minimum of 7 years of experience in corporate finance, financial planning &amp; analysis. Expert Excel skills with speed and agility a must; ability to quickly transform financial raw data into meaningful information. Knowledge of working with Hyperion Smart View is a plus. Additional information R-4400 P-4981</p> </div>

<h2 class="h5">Job description</h2> <div class="t-break" data-jb-field="description"> <p>Company description Founded in London in 1970, Saatchi &amp; Saatchi has evolved into a global creative powerhouse with 114 offices in 67 countries and over 6,500 employees. As part of Publicis Groupe, we excel in integrated communications, working with top global brands to create unforgettable campaigns. Our mantra, ‘Nothing is Impossible’, drives us to drive positive change through creativity. We pride ourselves on our unshakeable spirit and dedication to nurturing talent, ensuring your journey with us is one of continuous growth. Located across the UAE and KSA, Saatchi &amp; Saatchi services the whole MEA region and consistently collects prestigious awards, namely ‘#2 Network of The Year’ at Dubai Lynx 2024, reflecting our commitment to leaving a positive impact. Our culture is what sets us apart. Join our fun traditions that drive creativity and bring everyone together while keeping spirits high. We love our office parties and the collaborative environment that helps us create outstanding work. Overview The Creative Services Manager’s primary role is to find solutions internally. Working across regions and with all stakeholders, have an overview of the capacity and utilization of each creative resource. The responsibility includes but is not limited to ensuring the agency is running efficiently almost as a profit centre, and no client deadlines are missed. Keeping the focus on quality, people, process, and profitability, the CSM must ensure the smooth running of all areas within the agency by resolving key production/workflow issues for the agency, whilst working with senior management to define optimum resources and processes that underpin the agency's success. The CSM optimizes the use of creative resources on all assigned accounts. Based on annual or quarterly work-back plans provided by Business Leads, forecasts creative staffing needs and generates capacity plan. Partners with Business Director to understand ongoing assignment changes (scope, timing, etc.) and manages creative workflow. Works with Group CCO and Creative leads to prioritize assignments and to assign Creative Staffing by supporting at every creative stage to bring the ideas to life by casting the right people on the right job. Responsibilities Technical &amp; Product Pre-Briefing Phase: • Operates as a functional channel between Creative and Account management by working in advance of assignments to assess implications and anticipate workload needs • Attends status meetings and collaborates with Creative Resources Team and Account Management throughout creative development and stays informed of timing, scope, and priority changes • Takes ownership of the Capacity Plan. Ensure that the capacity plan is updated regularly Briefing Phase: • Receives and reviews new assignment briefs to ensure assignment syncs with forecasting and to understand actual creative needs (scope of assignment, timing, and priority) • Evaluates the available creative resources (aptitude, workstyle, Skill, and workload) against creative needs. • Working to prepare staffing solutions based on matching the right teams (and number of teams) with the right projects • Presents staffing solutions to assign appropriate creative team and works with the CCO &amp; CD to organize and inform the team • Organizes creative briefing and pit stops with time, location, team members and attends briefing • Partners with the Creative Project Lead to manage project needs from briefing through client buy-off • Anticipates and mediates workflow problems as identified by stakeholders • Quickly sorts information to identify opportunities, alternative approaches, or next steps • Coordinates Creative review committee with all stakeholders in Creative, Communications, Strategy, Production, and Digital Exchange Post Briefing phase: • Tracks individuals’ creative contributions to agency. • Manage all resources and ensure all projects / account are staffed accordingly • Ensure department leads sees all briefs before dispatching the work to the team • Review timelines for campaigns and business requests with Account &amp; Project Management ensuring the project team is given the right time and budget to deliver briefed work • Manage the team's time and make recommendations to prioritize their workload to ensure timely work delivery • Work closely with the team leads in prioritizing / re-allocating workloads • Flag resourcing bottlenecks / conflicts and make recommendations to the senior leadership team • Take ownership of the resource management tools to ensure resource crunches are identified and addressed. Business Acumen &amp; Operational Efficiency • Serve as Casting Manager who understands the ins and outs of employees’ skill sets, strengths, and weaknesses to appropriately map talent to the business • Ensure client teams have the right talent both onshore and offshore by partnering with leadership to understand what the work/client needs • Anticipate trends within the group and create innovative solutions· • Assesses skill sets and specialities, assigning the best possible resources for every project • Continually monitors the group for efficiencies and overloaded reports concerns and opportunities to the head of creative services • Seeks advice on developmental needs and opportunities within the creative department and creates plans to address those needs and opportunities • Works to share the appropriate level of communication with creative teams, understanding what might be best suited to share in the hallway, via email, or scheduled meetings • Maintains open-mindedness to ideas and welcome feedback on how to change or improve process • Manage the day to day running of the workload allocations • Effectively manages and motivates creative teams so they remain focused and meet deliverables • Work closely with the Groupe assigned team to manage all freelance / recruitment requests • Be a north star for processes and make sure everyone adheres to it • Regularly watch timesheets and vacation for the full team and prepare reports • Monitors the repository and remains gatekeeper for asset management • Follows and leads the Groupe GDPR policy and guides others follow • Support company culture; actively seek new, smarter ways of doing things Innovative &amp; Analytical Mindset • Possesses good verbal and written communications skills to enhance negotiation and liaison with key stakeholders • Able to empathize with people and business needs, and balance these against considerations of time and cost • Tracks creative contributions and helps people do their best • Projects optimism in the face of challenges • Confidently brings escalated situations to resolution • Gains support and ownership of all key stakeholders to deploy resources efficiently and effectively • Problem solver and solution oriented • To be able to keep calm in extreme work pressure and yet deliver People &amp; Leadership Seeks others' feedback to develop self-awareness, strengths and address development area. Is able to proactively raise issues to improve effective team working and collaboration. Is able to communicate confidently in a clear, concise and articulate manner. Collaborates with stakeholders and embraces an inclusive based environment. Is able to make valuable contributions to discussions and brainstorming sessions, providing insight and point of view. Able to build relationships quickly with others and engages personally with peers and clients. Treats others with respect, listens to other perspectives, especially when they are different from own. Able to tackle problems in a timely manner and develop contingency plans that focus on problem resolution. Drives a culture of trust with Peers, clients and all other stakeholders. Self Is able to take ownership for actions and deals with consequences in a mature manner. Able to adjust performance based on experiences and feedback and showcases agility and flexibility. Displays openness to the ideas of others and leverages them when beneficial for the business. Showcases curiosity and open mindset towards new ways of doing things. Is able to set high impact objectives and goes above and beyond to exceed performance. Demonstrates the Growth Mindset and is able to take ownership of personal development and growth. Capable of constructively challenging the status-quo and takes risks to challenge internal and external perspectives. Approaches situations and individuals with honesty, integrity and humbleness. Displays resilience and maintains drives and a positive outlook when faced with challenges. Qualifications • At least 5 years of experience in a relevant or an operations related job role • Demonstrates an understanding of strategy, creative, data &amp; analytics, digital &amp; film production processes and terminology • Extremely organized and a good negotiation skills • Able to take calculative risk • Stands up for own viewpoints, actions, or decisions, even in the face of strong disagreement and skillfully overcomes objections • An operations background with ‘can do’ positive attitude • Possesses good verbal and written communications skills to enhance negotiation and liaison with key stakeholders • Capable of resolving seemingly intractable problems in a manner that maintains relationships with all stakeholders Additional information R-4389 P-4969</p> </div>

We're looking for a Media Manager - Commerce to drive e Commerce and retail media performance across key retailers (Amazon, Noon, Talabat, Carrefour, Instashop and more) for a leading FMCG client portfolio. You'll own day to day execution across sponsored ads, DSP, and retailer relationships, translating brand strategy into measurable commerce outcomes.<br>What You'll Do• Manage and optimize sponsored ads campaigns (SP, SB, SD) and DSP across multiple retail platforms• Own weekly and monthly performance reporting, surfacing insights on SOV, ACOS, i ROAS and share metrics• Coordinate with retailer teams (Amazon, Noon, Carrefour, Instashop) on campaign execution, listing health, and escalations• Support QBR development, pulling data narratives that connect media performance to business outcomes• Manage junior team members and review their campaign work• Partner with brand and category teams to align commerce plans with broader marketing calendars• Maintain SOPs and ensure consistent execution standards across the retailer portfolio<br>What You'll Bring• 3 to 5 years of experience in e Commerce, retail media, or performance marketing• Hands on experience with Amazon Ads platform and at least one other retail media platform (Noon, Talabat, Carrefour etc)• Strong Excel skills; Power Query or Python experience is a plus NOT a requirement• Comfort working with large, multi market datasets• Ability to manage multiple stakeholders and tight timelines• Clear written and verbal communication skills

Overview<br><br>Data, Reporting & Infrastructure<br><br>Own and maintain all data pipelines supporting paid media reporting and analytics, ensuring reliability, scalability, and accuracy. Manage and validate data integrations via APIs across media platforms, analytics tools, and visualization environments. Oversee dashboard development and maintenance, ensuring client-facing visualizations are fully accurate, up to date, and aligned with agreed KPIs. Act as the primary quality-control owner for all data outputs, proactively identifying and resolving discrepancies or errors. Work closely with activation and ad operations teams to ensure correct backend trafficking, tagging, and tracking implementation across all campaigns.<br><br>Planning & Performance Reporting Management<br><br>Own and manage the client’s Annual Media Planning Document, which includes yearly KPIs which is monitored and reported monthly to the client. Ensure KPIs are consistently reflected across planning documents, dashboards, and performance reports. Maintain historical performance benchmarks and ensure year-on-year comparability.<br><br>First-Party Data & CDP Enablement<br><br>Act as support for the client’s Customer Data Platform (CDP), ensuring first-party data is effectively leveraged across paid media. Support the activation, measurement, and optimization of first-party and audience-based media strategies. Translate complex first-party data outputs into actionable insights for planners and client stakeholders. Ensure data governance, consistency, and best practices are upheld when using customer data in paid media environments.<br><br>Responsibilities<br><br>Technical & Product<br><br>Strong, hands-on understanding of paid media platforms and ecosystems. Proven experience working with:APIs and data integrations Data pipelines Visualization tools and dashboards Trafficking, tagging, and tracking frameworks Advanced, professional-level Excel skills (complex formulas, pivots, data validation, large datasets).<br>Client & Internal Collaboration<br><br>Act as a trusted analytics partner to client stakeholders, confidently explaining data methodologies, KPIs, and performance trends. Collaborate closely with planning, activation, technology, and data teams to ensure seamless end-to-end delivery. Support senior leadership with analytical inputs for client presentations, reviews, and strategic discussions. Help establish and evolve analytics best practices within the planning team. Exceptional attention to detail with a track record of delivering accurate, error-free outputs. Strong communication skills, with the ability to translate data into clear insights for non-technical stakeholders and working collaborative within larger teams.<br><br>Innovative & Analytical Mindset<br><br>Highly detail-oriented and methodical Passionate about data and continuous improvement Proactive problem-solver with strong ownership mindset Comfortable working in fast-paced, deadline-driven environments Collaborative and client-focused<br><br>People & Leadership<br><br>Seeks others' feedback to develop self-awareness, strengths and address development area. Is able to proactively raise issues to improve effective team working and collaboration. Is able to communicate confidently in a clear, concise and articulate manner. Collaborates with stakeholders and embraces an inclusive based environment. Is able to make valuable contributions to discussions and brainstorming sessions, providing insight and point of view. Able to build relationships quickly with others and engages personally with peers and clients. Treats others with respect, listens to other perspectives, especially when they are different from own. Able to tackle problems in a timely manner and develop contingency plans that focus on problem resolution. Drives a culture of trust with Peers, clients and all other stakeholders.<br><br>Self<br><br>Is able to take ownership for actions and deals with consequences in a mature manner. Able to adjust performance based on experiences and feedback and showcases agility and flexibility. Displays openness to the ideas of others and leverages them when beneficial for the business. Showcases curiosity and open mindset towards new ways of doing things. Is able to set high impact objectives and goes above and beyond to exceed performance. Demonstrates the Growth Mindset and is able to take ownership of personal development and growth. Capable of constructively challenging the status-quo and takes risks to challenge internal and external perspectives. Approaches situations and individuals with honesty, integrity and humbleness. Displays resilience and maintains drives and a positive outlook when faced with challenges.<br><br>Qualifications<br><br>5+ years of experience in media analytics, marketing analytics, or performance measurement, ideally within a media agency or complex client environment.<br><br>Additional Information<br><br>R-3862P-4387