Activation Coordinator

**Job Description**:
**Activation Coordinator**

As one of the fastest growing agencies in Australia and the world, we’re looking for Activation Coordinators to join our team across Sydney and Melbourne.

At Spark Foundry our vision is to Fuel Famously Effective Ideas. Famous and Effective. Not one or the other, both. To get famously effective ideas you need some key ingredients.

You need diverse thinkers and diverse thinking. We call this Allsorts. This helps us tackle challenges through different disciplines and perspectives. You need to thrive on the belief that great ideas are only great if they work. It’s not enough to be new, or cool, or interesting. Our solutions need to drive a business result. You need to embrace both the art and the evidence. Right and left. Imagination and activation. Intelligence and technology. Big ideas, forensically measured.

All that while being a good human? Sound like you? Sound like where you’d like to be? We’d love to meet you.

**THE PURPOSE OF THIS ROLE**

The purpose of the Coordinator role is to support the team in all tasks that lead to delivering best-in-class media campaigns for Spark clients. This role supports our Activation Executives in campaign implementation and is responsible for a broad scope of general duties to ensure that all outputs are delivered on time to the highest standards. As part of this role, you will also develop your media skills, gaining important on the job training as well as external training.

**WHAT KEY RESPONSIBILITIES DOES THIS ROLE HAVE?**

**Campaign Implementation**
- Smooth delivery of all assets by pulling specs together and liaising with creative agencies and media owners
- Ensuring spec documents are correct and provide all required detail
- Checking all ad placements run as booked, gathering evidence and documenting this
- Learn to buy and track TV campaigns
- Monitor digital media performance with support and communicate delivery to the broader team/clients
- Working with internal/external teams to ensure all campaigns are trafficked and traced in line with campaign parameters
- Assisting in the delivery of media responses that achieve the best client outcomes
- Working with media partners from brief to implementation
- Establishing strong relationships with media partners

**Team & Communication**
- Developing strong working relationships with internal teams, media partners and other relevant stakeholders
- Creating a strong working relationship with your manager and team
- Building excellent communication skills with close monitoring and escalation of issues where necessary

**KEY REQUIREMENTS**
- Basic understanding and/or working knowledge of the media landscape preferred
- Experience across the following Office platforms: Word, PowerPoint and Excel
- Works well within a team environment
- Has the ability to develop strong relationships
- Curious with a willingness for continuous learning and progression
- Attention to detail that is second to none
- Strong planning and project & time management skills
- Good communication and presentation skills

**WHAT DOES LIFE AT SPARK LOOK LIKE?**

We offer progressive flexible working options to everyone at all levels - It’s not a policy. It’s behaviour led and reinforced through our values. Mental health and wellbeing is something we take seriously - It’s championed by our own people internally and is a regular conversation. We have a lot of fun - Even in this virtual world, we are constantly looking at reinventing how we connect with each other.

**WHAT BENEFITS DOES SPARK OFFER?**
- Enjoy a comprehensive Wholeself program supporting Physical, Mindful and Financial wellbeing through a range of initiatives including Yoga, Meditation, PT, a free subscription to the Calm app and education sessions that cover things like financial wellness, health & nutrition and so much more
- Extensive Learning & Development opportunities, including more than 15,000 learning programs via our online learning platform Marcel Classes
- Our Publicis Liberté flexible working approach and an industry leading parental leave policy with up to 18 weeks paid primary carer leave and generous secondary carer benefits
- A culture of open feedback and support to reach your goals through our My Performance Conversation program
- Access to our Global AI Platform, Marcel, connecting Publicis Groupe employees with opportunities for advancement and collaboration with our global network