Company Description

Publicis Groupe UK is a marketing and digital transformation business made up of 5,000 talented and versatile people with expertise in media, creative, influence, technology and data, working across 21 agencies.

Publicis Groupe UK creative agencies include Saatchi & Saatchi, BBH, Digitas, Leo Burnett and Publicis London. Also, within the stable are PR agencies MSL and Kekst CNC and sustainability consultancy, Salterbaxter. Publicis Media is home to Zenith, Starcom and Spark Foundry as well as specialist practices PMX, Performics, Publicis Sport & Entertainment and Publicis Content, providing expertise across media strategy, investment, data and technology.

Langland, Saatchi & Saatchi Wellness and Digitas Health serve clients across health and wellness, science and medicine. They combine expertise across advertising and branding, clinical trial experience, data and analytics, technology, medical strategy and education and public relations and policy.

At the core of Publicis Groupe’s data and technology offering sits Epsilon which provides personalisation at scale through CORE-ID, its proprietary data tech platform.

Publicis Sapient is the business transformation arm of Publicis Groupe, marrying technology, data sciences and business consulting with engineering and creativity, it helps clients transform digitally.

Publicis Groupe UK clients include BT, McDonald’s, ASDA, Tesco, L’Oreal, P&G, Kellogg’s, VW UK, Reckitts Benckiser, Samsung and Disney among others, encompassing six of the UK’s top 10 advertisers.

Employees share a common purpose, consistent ways of working and a financial structure that encourages collaboration.

In 2015 Publicis Groupe introduced the Power of One. Simplifying the traditional agency structure, the model removes silos between agencies and disciplines to put clients’ needs at the heart of the structure.

Publicis Groupe UK has offices in Chancery Lane, Television Centre in White City, Baker Street, Turnmills in Farringdon, Windsor, Teddington and Dublin, and people based in Edinburgh. Publicis Groupe has a presence in more than 100 countries and employs nearly 84,000 people worldwide.

Our Commitment

As part of our dedication to create an inclusive and diverse workforce, Publicis Groupe UK is committed to equal access to opportunity for people without regard to race, age, sex, disability, neurodiversity, sexual orientation, gender identity or religion.

Overview

We are hiring a Director, Learning Design & Excellence — a senior learning designer and facilitator who will lead our flagship senior leadership experience, Encore, and set the standard for learning design across our global portfolio.

This is an opportunity to influence leadership development at scale, work with senior stakeholders worldwide, and bring creativity and innovation into every aspect of learning. You’ll collaborate with a small, high-performing team and have the freedom to shape experiences that truly move people.

Publicis Groupe’s Global Learning & Development team creates experiences that grow our leaders and shape the future of our organization. From Le Train to Le Studio, Le Grand, Le LAB, and Encore, we design programs that combine creativity, technology, and impact.

Responsibilities

Design and deliver three annual cohorts and quarterly activations for Publicis’ top global leaders, ensuring a world-class participant experience.
Define and model best practices across the full Global L&D suite (Le Train, Le Studio, Le Grand, Le LAB, Encore), driving consistency in design, facilitation, and storytelling.
Partner with Program Leads to elevate content quality, narrative flow, and facilitation craft; mentor team members to build capability and confidence.
Support the development of internal facilitators and external contributors; curate and brief speakers for high-impact sessions.
Gather insights and feedback to refine and evolve programs year after year.
Explore new formats, tools, and approaches, integrating creativity, technology, and AI into learning experiences.

Qualifications

Proven experience in learning design, facilitation, and program leadership at Director level or equivalent.
Ability to shape the big picture while crafting detailed, elegant learning flows.
Skilled at connecting dots across programs, people, and priorities in a global matrix.
Comfortable building trust and driving collaboration across a complex, matrixed organization.
Confidence and credibility when engaging senior audiences.
Ability to design scalable systems that enable creativity and innovation.
Familiarity with emerging tools and AI; enthusiasm for integrating technology into learning.
Deep care for the participant experience — prioritizing how it feels, not just how it looks.
Experience coaching or mentoring others to build capability in content creation and facilitation.
Comfortable with ambiguity and able to move proactively in a fast-paced, global context.

Additional Information

Publicis Groupe operates a hybrid working pattern with full time employees being office-based three days during the working week.

We are supportive of all candidates and are committed to providing a fair assessment process. If you have any circumstances (such as neurodiversity, physical or mental impairments or a medical condition) that may affect your assessment, please inform your Talent Acquisition Partner. We will discuss possible adjustments to ensure fairness. Rest assured, disclosing this information will not impact your treatment in our process.

Please make sure you check out the Publicis Career Page which showcases our Inclusive Benefits and our EAG’s (Employee Action Groups).

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