Manager, Audience Strategy

Company Description

Spark Foundry was built during the most transformative time in the history of advertising and marketing. We deliver everything a traditional media agency has to offer and have grown into one of the world’s most successful agencies by helping brands evolve their marketing by leveraging identity, commerce, artificial intelligence, and more to connect with people. Transformation is part of our DNA.

Spark Foundry’s start-up spirit delivers high-touch approaches and a never-ending desire to challenge the status quo. Combined with Publicis Media’s powerhouse soul leveraging connected data assets, advanced AI applications, and investment clout, we “Bring HEAT to Brands.” No other agency possesses the expertise that we do to address today’s most pressing challenges to drive business transformation through media.

Media always starts with an audience. Audience Design is the intersection of Strategy, Data & Tech applied to drive growth on behalf of our clients and their brands. With the power of Epsilon Identity at the center, we can unleash these capabilities at massive scale at Publicis Groupe. Our team is a mix of researchers, strategists and technology experts and consultants.

The Audience Strategy Manager will support internal agencies and clients by leveraging data and analytics to drive audience strategy, deliver actionable insights, and enhance targeting efforts. This role will require strong analytical skills, data fluency, and collaboration with cross-functional teams. The ideal candidate will have experience in media, creative, content, and/or analytics disciplines. Knowledge of research techniques and segmentation techniques are critical.

Candidates should also have applied knowledge of commonly used advertising technology.

• Assists Director with all aspects of data driven audience strategy development
• Able to use platform tools (EPC, GWI, MRI etc.) to define & segment new audiences based on client goals & industry trends, combined with researching & identifying valuable data driven insights to improve overall audience strategy product.
• Ability to analyze & illuminate how consumers interact with devices, content & media through rigorous data analysis
• Develop a strong overall understanding of the client’s business objectives to provide audience recommendations to deliver against these objectives and demonstrate through campaign results how data targeting can help them achieve their business goals
• Extract insights from data and effectively communicate to clients in relation to their goals and objectives; share results from audience analytics reports with clients when available
• Innovation & Testing:
  Participate in testing new audience tools and methodologies, providing critical feedback to enhance performance and user experience.
• Assist in the development of client-facing materials, including data presentations and audience performance reports
• Participate in team meetings and knowledge sessions to share new strategies for targeting campaigns and to provide feedback on platform and data performance
• Delivers and sets expectations with the client
• Makes concrete attempts to add value and enhance client relationships
• Knowledge of propriety research tools/processes and various segmentation techniques are critical

Role Objectives:

• A passion for data-driven advertising and insights, with hands on keyboard experience in audience tools such as Epsilon Discovery (propriety tool to Publicis), MRI, and GWI
• Excellent understanding of Media Fundamentals, enabling connection of audience strategy to media approach
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, especially the ability to communicate technical concepts to a non-technical audience
• Highly organized with strong attention to detail, capable of prioritizing and managing projects for both self and associates while ensuring they are followed through to completion
• Demonstrates capacity to train and develop junior team members, including the ability to let go and trust a team
• Strong analytical skills, technical know-how, and strategic thinking
• Uses experience and knowledge to identify risks and elevate them
• Eager to take…