HAVAS MEDIA FRANCE - CDI - GLOBAL ACCOUNT MANAGER - MEDIA

As Global Account Manager, you will be a key part of the international team overseeing the global partnership between Havas Media and a major sports brand and retailer. Your role will focus on coordinating media strategy and execution across local markets, ensuring excellence in delivery, alignment with global processes, and a strong client service culture.

You will work closely with the Global Account Lead and other central team members (Strategy, Digital, Data & Analytics) to manage day-to-day operations and campaign workflows across our Tier 1 and Tier 2 markets. This role requires a highly organized, collaborative, and confident media professional with experience in global or multi-market coordination.

Mission & Responsibilities

• Act as the day-to-day contact for global and local stakeholders on campaign operations, deliverables, and governance matters.
• Coordinate with local markets, the Global Media Lab, and specialist leads to ensure timely, accurate, and consistent campaign execution and reporting.
• Own and manage the global briefing and validation workflow, consolidating inputs from markets and checking for quality and strategic alignment before submission to client.
• Maintain and regularly update the global governance toolkit (e.g. transition tracker, staffing plans, timelines, market org charts, etc.).
• Support the collection and consolidation of performance data, budget updates, and campaign reporting for quarterly business reviews, reconciliations, and media mix evaluations.
• Act as a guardian of global ways of working, ensuring all processes and deliverables follow the clients operating model and campaign tiering framework.
• Liaise with the clients global team and provide guidance to local markets to ensure consistent adoption of tools, templates, and taxonomy.
• Support market onboarding, documentation, and training to ensure readiness and alignment throughout the global network.
• Monitor and support test & learn programs, gathering learnings and best practices from campaigns to feed into global insights and strategic planning.
• Be an advocate for media innovation, helping circulate market knowledge, pilot initiatives, and key learnings across the account.

Previous Experience & Industry Background

• Minimum 3 years’ experience in media account management, ideally in a multi-market or global client setting.
• Media Industry, Data Industry, Tech Industry, Trading Desk

Soft Skills & Competencies

• Languages: English (Fluent) & French (Fluent)
• Solid understanding of omnichannel media planning, with working knowledge of digital media platforms (programmatic, social, and search).
• Demonstrated ability to manage international stakeholders, coordinate inputs across time zones, and operate in a matrixed environment.
• Fluent in English (written and spoken); other languages are a plus.
• Confident communicator with excellent presentation and organizational skills.
• Detail-oriented and proactive, with strong project management capabilities.
• Comfortable working with reporting tools, Excel, PowerPoint, and shared drives (e.g. Google Sheets, Smartsheet, etc.).
• Knowledge of retail, sporting goods, or performance marketing is a plus.
• Passionate about teamwork, client excellence, and delivering operational rigor in a fast-paced international environment.