Associate Digital Director

Company description Overview Join Spark Foundry NZ as an Associate Digital Director Are you ready to shape the digital strategy for one of the world’s most innovative and fast-moving consumer brands

Spark Foundry NZ is on the hunt for an Associate Digital Director to lead digital excellence across a high-profile, performance-driven account

Based in our vibrant office on Sale St, you’ll join a team built with the spirit of a start-up and the soul of a powerhouse

At Spark Foundry, we don’t just accept differences – we celebrate them

Do: Lead Strategic Vision: Be the key digital lead across a major client, driving end-to-end digital strategy across brand and performance channels

You’ll connect the dots between awareness, consideration, and conversion to deliver meaningful business outcomes

Drive Performance & Innovation: Work at the intersection of media, data, and e-commerce – identifying opportunities to optimise performance, test new platforms, and push the boundaries of what great digital looks like

Execute with Excellence: Oversee the delivery of integrated campaigns across multiple channels, including programmatic, social, video, and search, ensuring best-in-class execution and measurable impact

Influence & Partner: Act as a trusted advisor to senior clients, confidently presenting strategies, insights, and recommendations while collaborating closely with internal specialists and leadership teams

What We're Looking For: Experienced Digital Leader: Proven experience in digital media planning across multiple channels, with a strong understanding of how to balance brand and performance outcomes

E-commerce & Performance Mindset: Experience working on retail or e-commerce-led clients, with a clear understanding of conversion, optimisation, and full-funnel strategy

Technically Strong: Hands-on knowledge of key platforms (e.g

DV360, The Trade Desk, Meta, Google stack), with the ability to translate platform capability into strategic recommendations

Confident Communicator: Strong presentation and storytelling skills, with the ability to influence both clients and internal stakeholders

Global Mindset (Nice to Have): Experience working on complex or global brands, navigating multiple stakeholders and fast-paced environments

Why Join Us

Impactful Work: Define digital strategies for leading brands, influencing both brand building and retail conversion

A Collaborative Team: Engage with a driven team, dedicated to elevating digital strategy and delivering best-in-class solutions

Room to Grow: Be at the heart of digital innovation and strategic maturity for our clients with opportunities to identify and champion new platforms and technologies

If you’re ready to step into a role where you can lead digital strategy, drive performance, and work with one of the most exciting clients in market, we’d love to hear from you

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Additional information Be a part of the Publicis Groupe network, one of the world’s most progressive and dynamic modern communications businesses, enjoying all the perks that come with our network offering: A comprehensive Wholeself program supporting Physical, Mindful and Financial wellbeing A creative, fun and rewarding office environment backed up by our Publicis Liberté flexibility approach “working your way, with us!” Access to our Global AI Platform, Marcel, connecting Publicis Groupe employees with opportunities for career mobility and collaboration across our global network Extensive Learning & Development opportunities, including more than 15,000 learning programs via our online learning platform Marcel Classes A culture of open feedback and support to reach your goals through our Career Conversations program A committed Diversity, Equality and Inclusion strategy driven through our Viva

Women, Égalité, enABLE and Embrace (reconciliation action plan) programs  Work Your World program enabling employees the flexibility to work from anywhere in the world for up to 6 weeks per year A workplace that stands together to provide a more open, supportive, and recovery-forward culture for all employees with life-threatening illnesses

Read more about our Working With Cancer Pledge - Homepage - Working with Cancer Pledge Inclusive leave policies such as Fertility Treatment, Menopause, Flexible Public Holidays, Gender Affirmation and Parental leave with up to 18 weeks paid primary carer leave and generous secondary carer

Access to counsellors, psychologists, and professionals through Sonder - an all-in-on digital wellbeing technology platform designed to support psychological, medical & safety needs If you don’t tick every box in this ad, please don’t rule yourself out

Research suggests that women and other people in underrepresented groups tend to only apply if they meet every requirement

We focus on hiring people who share our values of inclusion, collaboration, adaptability, fearlessness, and integrity, rather than ticking boxes – so if this role resonates with you, please apply

Diversity

Inclusion

Equity

More than just words, these are part of our DNA

At Publicis Groupe we are committed to the inclusion and recognition of all people; regardless of race, age, culture, ability, ethnicity, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status and religious affiliation

We believe that to deliver the best solutions to our clients, our people need to reflect the diverse communities in which our clients operate in

We value diversity and the skills, knowledge and experience that difference brings to our culture and solutions

Uniqueness is powerful; without it we wouldn’t be where we are today

So be you – we like it that way

We are committed to providing reasonable adjustments for people with disability or those that require additional support throughout the application process.  If you need any assistance or adjustments, please contact us via [email protected] - your personal information will be kept confidential.