We are McCann Synergy, experts in employee engagement and experience, working tirelessly to make work better and unleash the power of people in organisations to make a difference on the inside and out.
We’re an agency of our own, but also very much an extension of McCann Central, the UK’s largest integrated agency with over 500 individuals working together to help brands play a meaningful role in people’s lives.
We are also part of McCann Worldgroup, a global agency network that delivers culture-shaping work for some of the world’s biggest brands.
The Challenge
A passionate advocate for our brand and business success, the Head of Growth will lead the team to develop compelling strategies that help us maintain and enhance the high profile of our brand, raise our profile in new markets and ultimately support business growth. This role is part of the McCann Synergy management team where you will contribute to the overall direction, support and growth of the agency as it continues its growth aspirations.
How can you play a part?
This is a role about growth through reputation - a reputation to deliver, to excite, to be intriguing and additive to the McCann Synergy offering.
The Head of Growth will spearhead this growth strategically and execute against that, but critically they will work alongside the senior management team to plan how we achieve our objectives in the best and quickest way possible.
They will also be a critical part of the ongoing journey to define ourselves both internally within McCann Central and externally in the market, to ensure we can maximise the opportunities that come to us through the group and beyond.
Requirements
What you'll be doing:
- You’ll create and implement strategic business development plans, that are insight led and aligned to our business strategy
- You’ll have the opportunity to productise our key employee engagement solutions and develop go to market plans
- You’ll thrive on having accountability for new business development, generating client leads, developing proposals in partnership with internal teams, and achieving business growth targets
- You’ll collaborate with internal teams including Consultancy, Strategy and Creative to generate business leads and ensure growth of the agency
- You’ll thrive building positive relationships with prospective clients
- You’ll thrive representing the agency at industry events
- You’ll network with the wider McCann Worldgroup teams to help identify opportunities where we can add greater value to existing client relationships
Core competencies:
As a Head of Growth you will demonstrate:
- High acumen for demand generation, with an ability to lead, grow and develop our acquisition strategy across all online and offline channels.
- A consultative approach to growth – strategic and commercially targeted in your approach
- Passion and confidence in talking about the latest employee engagement
- and experience trends
- Confidence and professionalism in representing our agency during credentials meetings
- A self-starting mentality, with the ability to identify commercial leads from an array of sources
- Excellent people management skills with the ability to spot and optimise new client relationships
- The ability to structure and manage multiple workstreams
If this sounds like the type of opportunity you’ve been waiting for, we’d love to hear from you.
In addition to a competitive salary, we are committed to creating a brilliant environment for all our people. This includes benefits such as 28 days holiday, plus the opportunity to buy more holiday, enhanced pension contributions, life assurance and much more.
A culture of learning and development is also central to our ethos, so you’ll have access to industry leading training and development programmes, plus you’ll get to work closely with the world’s biggest media partners to access exclusive features and products.
Most importantly, you’ll be part of a fun and collaborative team and you’ll work in an environment where you are supported, pushed and developed.
Our commitment to equal opportunities:
For us, diversity is a business imperative – one that must be embedded into every aspect of how we operate in order to drive success. Simply put, we believe an encouraging and inclusive environment makes sound business sense.
As a globally integrated community that influences and shapes culture, it’s vital that the talent mix in our agencies encompass all dimensions of diversity, and that we demand the same of the people we work with.
Conscious inclusion encompasses social, cultural and cognitive differences and cultivates an ethos of belonging, connection and shared purpose. It is the integration of this philosophy that allows us to create meaningful experiences for our employees, drive better business practices with our vendors and clients, and ultimately lead with purpose.
McCannWorldgroupis an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer. We embrace diversity in all its form. Weprovideequal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran or disabledstatus, or genetic information. If you have a disability, please let us know what adjustments you may need to the recruitment process to perform your best.
At McCann Synergy we believe in the power of people; to imagine, excite and inspire. As specialists in employer branding, employee experience, internal comms and employee engagement, ambitious brands trust us to help their people live the purpose, delight customers, transform cultures and drive growth. We do this through insight-driven employer branding, employee communications and experiences that connect with employees and change behaviours.
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