Senior Account Manager - jobs at Netflix in France

The Role

: on one hand, you’ll, providing strategic direction and ensuring they have the autonomy to own and deliver on their respective projects. On the other hand, you will alsoindividually lead and execute select projects from start to finish - acting as a fully autonomous creative and production lead, directly responsible for concept development, on-set execution, and final delivery.

We're seeking a strategic and creative leader to manage photo and video content for Netflix France campaigns - from unit photography to behind-the-scenes features to event coverage. You’ll collaborate closely with teams across Marketing, Social, and Publicity to ensure our content stands out and engages audiences.

You’ll partner with productions, talent, filmmakers, and internal teams across France to bring our marketing vision to life. Strong relationships, strategic thinking, and a hands-on approach are key to success.

Responsibilities of the role include:

• Own and define the Photo & AV Studio strategy for Netflix France, ensuring alignment with broader marketing and business goals.

• Set a clear vision for your team and act as a compass within the Marketing group, guiding direction, maintaining alignment, and fostering a collaborative, high-performing culture.

• Provide clarity in ways of working, establish operational excellence, and delegate effectively, ensuring workload is distributed fairly and work is well-organized without micromanaging.

• Communicate your vision and priorities regularly across cross-functional teams to drive alignment and momentum.

• Develop and execute title strategies to capture and produce creative assets that support marketing campaigns throughout their lifecycle.

• Act as the primary Photo & AV Studio representative internally and externally with talent, producers, and partners.

• Collaborate closely with Marketing, Social, Publicity, and Product teams to align on creative capture needs and ensure campaign briefs are clear and actionable.

• Oversee photography and video content for premieres, events, and photo shoots. Curate and deliver high-impact assets to internal teams.

• Hire and manage photographers and video crews, reviewing scripts and schedules, and coordinating with production.

• Track trends and innovations in the field; identify and onboard creative partners while building a diverse and dynamic network.

• Contribute to overall Marketing strategy as part of the France Marketing leadership team.

• Manage, develop, and support a team of Photo & AV managers, fostering a culture of excellence, accountability, and inclusion. Own the team budget.

Skills and Requirements:

• 10+ years of experience in visual content creation, with a strong track record of leadership in Marketing, Publicity, Social, or Communications in France.

• Experience leading creative teams, setting direction, aligning stakeholders, and managing through influence and clarity - not control.

• Demonstrated ability to lead with vision, drive operational excellence, and communicate effectively across a matrixed organization.

• Deep understanding of the photography/video industry and digital formats.

• Strong background in entertainment, music, TV, lifestyle, or advertising preferred.

• Fluent in French and English.

• Strong visual eye and creative instincts.

• Ability to manage multiple complex projects and competing priorities simultaneously.

• Highly organized with strong time management and communication skills.

• Strategic thinker with attention to detail and a hands-on approach.

• Passion for inclusive content creation and building a diverse network of partners.

• Experience working on global teams is a plus.

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage our top and strategic accounts in partnership with Sales team and driving revenue growth

• Lead and maintain training materials for the AM organization, build templates and be responsible for training new AMs who join their team in partnership with Sales Enablement

• 1st point of escalation for Account Managers on their team vs. immediate escalation to management

• Assist managers and partner with Sales Enablement in developing and continually enhancing new products, improving processes, running projects or workflows to ensure effectiveness.

• Relied upon as an SME for their Country, Market, or Agency Hold Co.

• Partner with aligned Sales Manager and/or Sr. Sales Partners to understand client goals and objectives in order to deliver excellent customer service

• Host weekly Pipeline & Pacing meetings with Sales Partners to align on upcoming launches and active campaign performance

• Build Media Plans and contribute to RFP responses around campaign packaging, pricing, targeting, etc.

• Host campaign kick-off meetings and partner with client on gathering campaign launch assets

• Partner with cross-functional teams on the production of custom creative assets

• Collaborate with Account Managers in other regions to share learnings and best practices

• Work closely with Campaign Management and Ad Operations for flawless order implementation and technical troubleshooting

• Responsible for overseeing the delivery performance of Ad Campaigns and partnering with clients on necessary campaign optimization tactics

• Provide clients with necessary campaign performance including post-campaign wrap reports

• Ability to navigate campaign escalations and contribute to long-term solutions to prevent similar issues in the future

• Maintain an in-depth understanding of our ad products, sponsorship offerings, targeting capabilities and ad policies.

• Build SME capabilities in specific areas and add depth where managers require full details on a topic

• Contribute to monthly billing & invoicing process with clients and finance

• Establish strong working relationships with client and agency partners, leaning into the sales strategy of the market or the book of business
  

We’re Looking for:

• Fluency in French and English to a business level

• 5+ years of experience in Account Management and/or Sales Planning functions in the digital media industry, with a focus on video advertising

• Experience working in Sales Operation systems (CRM, OMS, Ad Servers)

• Knowledge of digital media sales and marketplaces including Direct IO, Programmatic Guaranteed and PMP advertising

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

• Strong analytical and strategic thinking abilities with the ability to make data digestible for cross-functional stakeholders

• Proven project management skills with ability to multitask and manage requests from various stakeholders.

• Familiarity with Advertising Research and Verification vendors like Nielsen, ComScore, Moat, Integral Ad Science, DoubleVerify, Kantar, etc.