AGENCY MANAGEMENT · THE CHALLENGE

Advertiser and agency relationships are hard to manage consistently across brands and markets

Expectations are set once, then lost

Scope and service levels are agreed at contract stage, then rarely revisited.

Reviews are ad hoc and one-sided

Evaluations happen irregularly, in different formats, and the agency rarely gets to respond.

Fees live in spreadsheets

Retainers and fee rates are tracked market by market, disconnected from performance.

Remuneration is shifting to outcomes

63%of advertisers expect to use more performance-based fees (WFA).

SUITE 03 · INCREASE PRODUCTIVITY

Agency Management

Align expectations, evaluate the partnership and reward performance. Three capabilities covering the relationship itself: who works on your business, how well they work, and what they are paid.

PEOPLE & CAPABILITIES

See the team, not the org chart

A structured view of who actually works on your business - role, seniority, skills and time on account - agreed at the start and kept current as the team changes.

SERVICE EVALUATION

Score the partnership, both ways

Structured, data-driven evaluations of agency performance, service quality and operational execution - on a schedule, in a consistent format, with both sides able to respond.

REMUNERATION

Reward performance, on evidence both sides can see

Agency compensation across retainers, percentage fees and performance-related fees, connected directly to the performance it reflects.

PEOPLE & CAPABILITIES · CAPABILITIES

See the team, not the org chart

  • Team composition

    Role, seniority and time on account, for everyone working on your business.

  • Skills and capabilities

    The expertise assigned to your business, not just the headcount.

  • Scope versus delivery

    What was agreed in the scope against what the agency is actually staffing.

  • Change tracking

    Team changes recorded as they happen, so the scope does not quietly drift.

SERVICE EVALUATION · CAPABILITIES

Score the partnership, both ways

  • Configurable questionnaires

    Mixed question types, weighted categories and thresholds you set.

  • Weighted scoring

    Category-level sub-totals weighted to reflect your strategic priorities.

  • One-way and two-way evaluations

    Run it as an assessment or as a mutual review, including phased submissions.

  • Automated triggers

    Recurring evaluations, or ones triggered by campaign events and pitch milestones.

  • Results and delta analysis

    Automatic scoring, category breakdowns and the gap between how each side sees it.

REMUNERATION · CAPABILITIES

Reward performance, on evidence both sides can see

  • Fee structures in one place

    Retainers, percentage-of-spend and performance-related fees, side by side.

  • Linked to evaluation

    Performance-related fees calculated from the evaluation, not negotiated from memory.

  • Total cost of the relationship

    What the partnership costs in full, across fees, scope and time.

  • Consistent across markets

    The same model applied wherever the agency works for you.

REMUNERATION · ADD-ON
PRIP

Reward performance, not just delivery

Performance Related Fees extend Remuneration with an incentive plan that adjusts the agency’s total fee based on performance across up to four pillars.

  • Configurable per market

    Each pillar set up and weighted for what matters in each market. Payouts capped by market and rolled up to agency level.

  • Business KPI

    An outcome-based target that triggers the plan and feeds the bonus, globally or locally.

  • Service Evaluation

    Service level in each local and central team, from the survey score.

  • Operational KPI

    Operational excellence in each local team, from a score card.

  • Media efficiency

    Performance across Guardrails and Cost & Quality Tracking.

See it on your own data

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