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Background

This is an opportunity to work in a smaller agency environment, servicing exciting clients. The company provides a fun, friendly and open work environment

Agency is a full service media and communications agency with an international network of offices and forms part of a wider group.

They are a consumer-focused media agency; planning, buying and evaluating communication solutions for wide-ranging clients. Their expertise lies in harnessing all media platforms in the digital era, in order to transform business results. They are a fast, fun and open company.

The UK online team is one of the core activation teams in the London office which manages a wide variety of clients across all online platforms web, search, affiliates, mobile.

The planner buyer role is to work across a selection of clients but likely to include one or more of Tesco, easyGroup, J&J, Burger King, Fujitsu Siemens, CA, Credit Suisse

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Knowledge, Skills and Attitude:
Solid knowledge of the online marketplace, including some exposure to search, affiliates, email, mobile and adserving/tracking technologies
Passionate about online and digital media
Previous involvement in the entire online process from campaign briefing, planning, implementation, management & optimisation and reporting
Competent planning & buying and admin skills with very good attention to detail
Able to direct/lead third parties and other stakeholders where relevant
Approachable and excellent team player
Good client facing communicator with some experience of presenting to clients
Good general offline media and marketing knowledge base.

Tasks and responsibilities:
Assisting in management of account activity across major accounts, able to fully manage smaller accounts from brief to end of campaign reporting, presentations externally to clients and internally to account teams.
Earn the trust and respect of the client and key contacts.
Develop relationships with media owners, creative agencies, adservers, research companies etc
Develop strong relationships with strategists and planners internally
Work to deadlines and manage client/strategists expectations
Develop understanding of clients products and business objectives
Manage post campaign analysis and buying reviews
Ensure all media schedules are maintained during the buying process
Provide market intelligence to planning teams on all aspects of the online marketplace
Be seen as valuable and knowledgeable team member across portfolio of accounts
Quality control work of junior team members

Other details:
Academic profile graduate, numerate, analytical and creative.
Language requirements - English written and oral essential other languages desirable
Technology skills - Word, Excel, PowerPoint essential, Atlas, Doubleclick, TangoZebra, MediaPlex and other adserving tools, search optimisation tools
Google qualified is also desirable but not essential
Research skills understand how to employ desktop research tools, (web address removed) , ComScore, etc
Personal qualities - An interesting person who has ability to challenge the norm, and has a real work hard play hard attitude to their work.

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