Spark Foundry is a global media agency that exists to bring HEAT – Higher Engagement, Affinity, and Transactions – to brands. By combining flawless media fundamentals with aggressive innovation, Spark inspires consumers to pay more attention; to care more about our clients’ brands; and to buy more products and services from them.

Balancing the nimble spirit of a startup with the powerhouse soul of Publicis Media, Spark Foundry delivers the best of both worlds to a client roster that spans some of the world’s best and most beloved brands and companies. We combine boutique-caliber insights and service with the buying clout and first-look access of a global leader, bringing the heat to challenger brands that want to act like giants, and to giant brands that want to act like challengers.

With a bottom-up culture that celebrates diversity and aims for all voices to be heard, Spark has become a magnet for the industry’s best talent, with one of the best retention rates in the industry. And by applying a whole-person approach to professional and personal development, Spark develops a workforce that is well prepared for today’s challenges, and also poised to create meaningful careers in the years to come.

Because we know that heat arises at the intersection of complementary forces, our professionals come from myriad disciplines and backgrounds: data, analytics, and insights; content and creative production; communications and strategy; finance and marketing; and sociology, psychology, and other liberal arts disciplines.

The role requires a person who is passionate about understanding the growing importance of evolving, inclusive audiences, media, creative, production and the details that go into taking an IAT framework and bringing it to life across all platforms & experiences, across all screens. Understanding the role PR and Earned play in the process of amplifying Owned and Paid Media as well as the ability to influence decisions from a holistic, communications viewpoint is critical to development & execution of strong, award-winning ideas.

For this role, the SVP, Experience Design & IAT lead will work directly with the Creative, Media, Content teams and external partners to execute existing IAT frameworks ensuring they strategically inform and guide development & execution of ideas and experiences.

More specifically, this individual will be responsible for leading the full IAT to deliver the overarching communication strategy at the tactical level, driving indications on how the inclusive strategy and subsequent ideas are brought to life with specific ideas, experiences and tactics.

The ability to act as the authoritative voice to Clients and the larger IAT team is crucial, as collaboration is critical.

The breadth of the role provides the opportunity for the candidate to apply their knowledge and experience across many different facets of the communications sphere and work in a tight-knit team environment

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  Curious, Empathetic, Bold, Collaborative, Creative, Brave (with the ability to take & inspire risks in client thinking to drive innovation in culture)
• Client/creative or media experience with extensive channel orchestration knowledge (less channel specific info & more how channels play in symphony together)
• Strong - highly matrixed - client service experience
• Experience working with/across all communication mediums (national, local, digital, direct, OOH plus new technologies like TikTok & the Metaverse)
• Interest in & Passion for technology, culture and content
• Ability to anticipate & quickly assess continually changing client needs and adapt resources/strategies accordingly
• Proven experience of translating business and user needs - and technology constraints - into solutions that are meaningful, easy to use, and creatively engaging
• Expert communication skills with the ability to get buy-in on ideas within a large organization across multiple stakeholders
• Able to understand and drive ‘creative’ & craft creative solutions beyond the traditional ad agency model/language

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Compensation Range: $167,000 - $273,500. This is the pay range the Company believes it will pay for this position at the time of this posting. Consistent with applicable law, compensation will be determined based on the skills, qualifications, and experience of the applicant along with the requirements of the position, and the Company reserves the right to modify this pay range at any time. For this role, the Company will offer medical coverage, dental, vision, disability, 401k, and paid time off

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