Stagwell Global, LLC

Global Sustainability Manager

Job Locations UK-London
Requisition ID
2025-5866
# of Openings
1
Category (Portal Searching)
Business Operations

About Us

At Assembly, our mission is to find the change that fuels growth. We apply this principle to the work we do with our clients and to how we engage with our people. We’re a modern global agency bringing together media, data, technology and talent to make brands perform.

 

Our business is purpose driven. In March 2022, we were named Ad Age’s first ever Purpose-Led Agency of the Year, recognised for our mission to leave the world better than we found it. This year we became B Corp certified, the result of a two-year journey. We’re proud to have created a culture where diversity of thought, experience, and background are valued, within an environment that fosters continuous learning, adaptability, and a shared passion for meaningful impact.

When you join Assembly, you become part of an award-winning global community of digitally led experts, home to 1,500 talented people across 25 offices globally. Together we create unique data, technology and media solutions that enable faster and smarter problem solving within an inspired, collaborative workplace.

 

Assembly is poised for its next chapter of growth. We’re a meritocratic, high-performance business with a progressive outlook and a growth mindset in all that we do. To realise our potential we need some new skills and thinking.

 

The core DNA of Assembly lies in digital performance marketing. New and existing clients are asking us to extend this expertise across all media, connecting traditional channels with digital methods of execution, measurement and automation. We were born the right way to do this – we’re building out from a leading digital and technology capability and adding the rest, rather than trying to reverse engineer a legacy business into a more modern version of itself. At Assembly we ask our people to embody three core values:

 

Show Up: actively contribute to a space of personal and collective growth

Make Change: embrace obstacles as opportunities, taking intentional steps to drive positive change

Win Well: approach success with integrity, responsibility, and a commitment to collaboration, understanding that the journey is as important as the destination.

 

We look forward to meeting you and to discussing how we can grow together.

Overview

This is an exciting and important time to join the team and help solidify our position as a leader in responsible business practices within the advertising sector.  

 

Already B Corp Certified in two regions (Europe and APAC) with an ambition to become globally certified, this person will be responsible for helping extend and maintain our B Corp certification by focusing on some key strategic projects including: setting robust environmental reduction targets accompanied by considered implementation plans and coordinating our global Impact Leads and supporting social impact activity in their region.

 

 

The role will report into the SVP of Global Sustainability and will partner closely with the regional Impact Leads, as well as Marketing, People and Finance teams. 

Responsibilities

Leading environmental management and reduction plans

  • Coordinate data collection, monitoring, and reporting across regions (carbon, energy, waste, water), and analyse results to identify key insights

  • Translate insights into action by developing environmental impact reduction plans—particularly targeting Scope 3 emissions—and engaging employees in their delivery

Inspiring action through others 

  • Launch and maintain The Purpose Academy, a new education programme to help our people and clients navigate an evolving world with purpose and innovation
  • Develop engaging initiatives to involve employees in sustainability efforts, including volunteering, pro bono work, learning sessions, and speaker events

  • Collaborate with People and Marketing teams to deliver effective internal and external communications (e.g. Global Town Halls, employee updates, website content)

  • Maintain and evolve the global sustainability toolkit, ensuring policies are current and aligned with emerging regulations

Sustainability and social impact data collection and reporting  

  • Work closely with the regional Impact Leads to collect quarterly social impact data and reports

  • Manage the writing and delivery of our annual Impact report and manage our submissions to CDP and Ecovadis

  • Driving sustainability and/or social impact initiatives

Global B Corp certification 

  • Work closely with the regional Impact Leads and the SVP Global Sustainability on policies, procedures and workstreams to support certification in MENA, India and North America as well as recertification

Required Skills

  • Experience working in a lean team and wearing many hats within a corporate or agency environment– from data analysis to employee communications and event organisation. 
  • Agile and experimental mindset with a proven ability to drive change and develop creative solutions. 
  • Efficient and proactive, with a knack for maximising impact through smart working methods. 
  • Strong influencer and enabler, capable of inspiring others and driving collective action. 
  • Excellent communicator, both written and verbal, comfortable collaborating across global teams and functions. 
  • Skilled in managing and analysing large datasets (especially carbon emissions), with attention to detail and the ability to extract key insights. 
  • Goal-oriented and ambitious, setting and pursuing bold objectives with determination
  • Continuously seeks improvement, always looking for smarter, better ways of doing things 

Equal Opportunities

Assembly is an advocate for equal opportunity in the workplace. We are committed to ensuring equal opportunities regardless of race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability and gender identity. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.

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