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UM is a global media agency committed to empowering brands to their full potential of growth through the power of patterns by opening a brand’s aperture and rejecting black and white marketing decisions. As the leading global media network in IPG Mediabrands, UM operates in over 100 countries, with more than 3,000 people serving a roster of global clients including American Express, General Mills, Emirates, Johnson & Johnson, Levi Strauss & Co, Dyson, Enterprise holdings, Upfield, Just Eat Takeaway.com and Mattel. For more information, please visit uk.umww.com

Role Description 

An exciting opportunity to deliver campaigns across some of UM’s top clients – Just Eat, Rockstar and Enterprise. The successful candidate will play a significant role in the team, driving forward innovative thinking, as well as media planning excellence across digital and offline channels.​ 

You will play a vital role in the client-facing account management team. This role focuses on the full campaign lifecycle, from taking in new briefs, to creating exciting media plans across all online and offline channels, through to overseeing activation and post-campaign analyses.​

You will work with your Communication Manager and Communication Director to deliver innovative and effective media plans, whilst having autonomy to develop cross channel planning skills within the team. You will have excellent people skills, be confident in planning online and offline campaigns, and have a good understanding of reporting and measurement requirements. ​

You will need to build excellent relationships with clients, media owners, internal data specialists, and those working within your own team. You will have an ambition to get involved in the broader agency culture as well as building UMs reputation in the wider industry. ​

 

Key Responsibilities

• Assist in the day to day management of client relationships, along with the rest of the team, earning the trust and respect of the client and key contacts.​
• Collaborate closely with media partners to align performance against client expectation and new opportunities.​
• Work seamlessly with Strategy and Specialist teams to ensure brilliant thinking is turned into brilliant implementation.​
• Understand the importance of brilliant basics. These brilliant basics include replying to client emails within a timely manner, sense checking your work, dressing appropriately and keeping up with financial reconciliations.​
• Demonstrate an understanding of the online and offline landscape in the UK.​
• Experience producing competitor reports using DDS and Addynamix.​
• Ensuring numerical accuracy when delivering campaign reporting/analysis and managing relevant financial processes.​
• Support the Communications Manager and Communications Director in implementing the right process and procedures for effective day to day management of all activity.​
• Accountability: on-going tracking of value and quality deliveries and attendance at reviews.​
• Share knowledge and understanding across the team and wider agency.​

Desired Skills & Experience

• You will ideally have experience working on a range of brands, and across a wide range of channels. Ideally you will have digital first experience who has been responsible for the implementation and management of campaigns.
• You have a solid understanding of the online and offline media landscape in the UK.
• You have strong communication skills and can work well in a team environment
• You are confident working with clients and presenting both in person and via Microsoft Teams  
• You have a good understanding of media metrics and have an analytical mind to be able to provide insights from data
• You are confident using Excel and key media planning and buying tools (AdIntel, YouGov, Prisma, DDS).
• Experience producing competitor reports using DDS and AdIntel

 

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Last updated on Aug 22, 2024