Jellyfish

Sales / Growth Director – Creative

Jellyfish

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Paris • France

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Job Level

Lead

About the role

  • Own Creative pipeline & revenue for France
  • Identify, qualify and prioritise Creative growth opportunities with existing and new clients (local and global).
  • Build multi-threaded relationships at senior level (CMO, Brand, Digital, e-commerce, CX).
  • Translate client challenges into clear Creative + Pencil opportunities.
  • Position Jellyfish Creative & Pencil in the market.
  • Articulate a compelling Creative value proposition that connects brand, content, media and data.
  • Lead conversations around Pencil (AI-powered creative): explain the value, de-risk adoption and design pilots that prove impact.
  • Educate clients on how AI, data and media insight can power more effective creative ideas and content production.
  • Lead pitches and proposals.
  • Drive the end-to-end pitch process for Creative-led and integrated opportunities: brief teams, shape the story, build the commercial proposal and lead the room.
  • Collaborate with Creative Directors, Strategists and Media leads to deliver coherent, inspiring and commercially sound responses.
  • Ensure proposals are clearly linked to measurable outcomes (brand, performance, efficiency).
  • Grow key accounts in partnership with client leads.
  • Work closely with Client Management / Client Partner teams to spot and unlock Creative and Pencil upsell opportunities on existing accounts.
  • Design Pencil pilots (test & learn) and scale-up roadmaps once value has been proven.
  • Help clients evolve their ways of working (process, governance, measurement) around Creative and AI.
  • Champion collaboration across the Creative collective.
  • Partner with the France Creative leadership and Brandtech Group Creative leaders to align on positioning and go-to-market.
  • Mobilise the right mix of skills (social content, film, design, creative strategy, production, data & insights) according to each opportunity.
  • Contribute to building and sharing case studies and best practices across France and other markets.
  • Market intelligence & thought leadership.
  • Stay on top of creative, social, AI and entertainment trends and feed this into client conversations and pitches.
  • Represent Jellyfish Creative and Pencil at client meetings, industry events, and internal forums.
  • Help position Jellyfish as a reference partner for AI-powered creativity in France.

Requirements

  • Solid experience in a business development/growth/sales role in a creative, digital or integrated agency (or hybrid agency–consulting environment)
  • Proven track record of winning and growing Creative/content/social assignments with mid-to-large brands.
  • Strong understanding of how creative, media, data and technology fit together to drive business outcomes.
  • Genuine interest in (and ideally exposure to) AI-powered creative solutions – experience and a strong appetite to learn is essential.
  • Comfortable engaging with senior stakeholders (CMOs, Brand Directors, Digital Directors) and leading high-stakes pitches.
  • Ability to work across local French clients and global accounts, navigating multi-country and multi-stakeholder environments.
  • Excellent communication skills in French and English (written and spoken), able to switch seamlessly between strategy, creativity and commercial conversations.
  • Collaborative mindset: you thrive in cross-functional teams and know how to build trust with creatives, strategists, media and data experts.
  • Strong commercial acumen: comfortable discussing scopes, pricing, profitability and long-term growth plans.
Benefits
  • You'll be eligible to join our discretionary annual bonus scheme.
  • Work remotely for up to 60% of your days and shape your day between 8am. and 6:30pm with flexible working hours.
  • Accumulate one paid day each month (2 hours per week) for self-development and access to Jellyfish Learn.
  • Enjoy 14 weeks of paid leave for primary caregivers and 4 weeks of paid leave for secondary caregivers.
  • Provide £1000 (or equivalent) towards courses for returning primary caregivers to support your transition back into work.

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard skills
business developmentgrowth strategysalescreative solutionsAI-powered creativitydata insightscontent productioncreative strategydigital marketingcommercial proposal
Soft skills
communicationcollaborationrelationship buildingleadershiptrust buildingstrategic thinkingadaptabilityproblem-solvingnegotiationstakeholder engagement