Work at Spark AI

Spark AI is the AI performance partner that builds organisation-wide AI capability for creative agencies and brand teams. We take ambitious teams from fragmented experimentation to AI embedded across your people, processes and systems – so it delivers real commercial impact.

Trusted by 80+ agencies and brand teams  |  Founded by two of BIMA’s 100 most influential in digital and tech

What it is like here

A small team that builds capability, for our clients and for each other. Our coaches are former creative directors, strategists, account leads and producers, and everyone who joins shapes how we work.

  • People first

    Capable, confident and backed

    We put people at the heart of every conversation about AI, and that includes our own team.

  • Capability that compounds

    Skills that last

    We build skills that last. You will learn fast here, and what you learn stays with you.

  • Imagination and rigour

    Fresh ideas, careful thinking

    Our clients are creative, and so are we. We bring fresh ideas, try new things and think carefully about what could go wrong.

  • Practitioners, not theorists

    We have done the job

    We have done the jobs we talk about, and we would rather show than tell.

How we hire

Practical, respectful of your time, and you will always know where you stand.

  1. Apply

    Your CV, our application form, one example of your work and a short video. No cover letter.

  2. Chemistry meeting

    Thirty minutes with one of our founders, to see if we are right for each other.

  3. Exercise and profile

    A practical exercise for the role, a short personality profile and an AI competency assessment, all in your own time. The profile helps us support you. It is not a pass or fail test.

  4. Interview

    One interview, where you talk us through your exercise and we get into the detail of the role. For senior roles our advisers join too.

  5. Offer

    References run alongside, and we move quickly once everything is in. Everyone who reaches interview gets feedback.

Open roles

Open a role to read the advert. Every role at Spark has a commercial side.

  • Founding Business Development Manager

    Create and convert new business for Spark. Own the numbers, from first conversation to signed contract. PermanentFull-timeLondon or Bristol / Bath, hybrid

    We have grown quickly over the last few years, and one of our founders has handled every deal. The opportunity in front of us is huge. We are looking for someone to realise it, running the conversations already coming in and starting the ones that are not.

    For now this is a few jobs in one – finding new clients, winning them, and building on the foundational sales system we already have in place. You report directly to the founders, and you will shape how our commercial team grows.

    What you will do

    • Own our new business numbers, with a CRM that tells the truth and a forecast we can plan against.
    • Create opportunities – inbound first, then referrals, events, partners and targeted outreach in the UK and US.
    • Win the work, from discovery and qualification to the proposal, a signed contract and a clean handover to delivery.
    • Bring the ideas – how we reach people, how a pitch lands and what we should try next.

    What you will bring

    • At least four years in a sales role, carrying your own number and selling now or very recently.
    • Startup or scale-up experience, somewhere nobody handed you leads.
    • An understanding of how agencies and brand teams work and make money, and the confidence to talk to their leaders.
    • Confidence using AI tools like ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini in your own work.
    • Energy, openness and a habit of picking up the phone.

    From recruitment? We would love to hear from you.

    Apply for this role: Founding Business Development Manager

    Questions? Email hello@wearespark.ai with the job title as the subject line.

  • Sales Development Executive

    Turn interest in Spark into conversations. Run the machine that fills our diary with the right agency and brand leaders. Full-time or part-timeBristol / Bath or hybrid

    Hundreds of agency and brand leaders engage with Spark through our events, the AI Maturity Score, the Spark Report and our newsletter. We have built the machine to reach them. We need someone to run it brilliantly, every day.

    What you will do

    • Follow up quickly with everyone who engages, and book discovery calls with the right person at Spark.
    • Run our outreach to named agencies and brand teams in the UK and US, and improve it as you learn what works.
    • Help fill our Spark Tables breakfasts, and follow up afterwards.
    • Keep the CRM spotless and report each week on what is working.

    What you will bring

    • Experience in an outbound, appointment-setting or business development role.
    • A friendly, direct way with people, on the phone and in writing.
    • Resilience, and a love of being organised.
    • The commercial sense to know a booked call only counts if it is the right fit.
    • Confidence using AI tools in your day-to-day work.

    From recruitment or events? We would love to hear from you. This role is a route into consultative selling.

    Apply for this role: Sales Development Executive

    Questions? Email hello@wearespark.ai with the job title as the subject line.

  • Account Manager

    Look after the agencies and brand teams that already work with us, and help them do more. PermanentFull-timeLondon or Bristol / Bath, hybrid

    More than 80 agencies and brand teams have worked with Spark. We are looking for someone to make sure every one of them gets lasting value, comes back for the next stage and tells their peers about us. You would report to our Client Delivery Director.

    What you will do

    • Own our client relationships from the moment a deal is signed.
    • Grow accounts through renewals and the next stage of each client’s AI journey.
    • Turn happy clients into referrals, case studies and stories.
    • Bring the client’s voice back into what we build.

    What you will bring

    • Experience in account management or client services, ideally in an agency, a brand team or a professional services business.
    • Accounts you have grown, and a clear sense of by how much.
    • An understanding of the difference between a happy client and a profitable one.
    • Trust with senior people, and the ability to keep it when things go wrong.
    • Confidence using AI tools in your own work.
    Apply for this role: Account Manager

    Questions? Email hello@wearespark.ai with the job title as the subject line.

  • AI Developer

    Build AI workflows with our clients, and run the AI build sprints that put them to work. PermanentFull-time or part-timeBristol / Bath or hybrid

    More and more of our clients want us to build alongside them as well as train them. This is a client-facing role. You will run our AI build sprints and help agencies and brand teams build the workflows that make AI part of how their work gets done.

    Ideally you know agency work well, so you understand the business behind every brief and can see where AI will make the biggest difference.

    What you will do

    • Run AI build sprints with clients, from the first workshop to a working workflow their team actually uses.
    • Map how work flows through an agency or brand team, and find where AI will have the most impact.
    • Build AI workflows, automations and agents with the client's team, and show them how to keep them running.
    • Work alongside our coaches, so what we build and what we teach fit together.
    • Bring what you learn back into how Spark builds, so every sprint is better than the last.

    What you will bring

    • A track record of building with large language models and automation tools – APIs, agents, retrieval, Make, n8n or similar – that people actually use.
    • Familiarity with how agencies work – briefs, creative, account management, production and the commercials behind them.
    • Confidence in front of clients, whether you are running a workshop or explaining a build to a room of people who are not technical.
    • The commercial sense to weigh what a build is worth to the client against what it costs to run.
    • Good judgement about client data, security and confidentiality.
    Apply for this role: AI Developer

    Questions? Email hello@wearespark.ai with the job title as the subject line.

Your role not here? We are growing, and we are always happy to meet brilliant people. If you think you could make Spark better, tell us anyway.

Get in touch

Before you apply

Have three things ready. The form takes about ten minutes. We would rather see your work and hear how you think than read a cover letter.

  1. Your CV and our form

    About ten minutes

    A few details, your CV, and one short question about how you think commercially.

  2. One example of your work

    No cover letter

    A deal you won, an account you grew, a message that got a reply or something you built or tested. Anonymised is fine.

  3. A short video

    Up to two minutes

    Your phone is all you need. If a video does not work for you, tell us in the form and we will find another way.

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Apply to join Spark AI

It takes about ten minutes. Read our guide first and have your CV and your video link ready.

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