Job description

Media Manager, Global Media Agency, £40k 

Manchester City Centre- Hybrid Working 

Forward Role are working with a global award-winning media agency in Manchester City Centre, looking to hire a Media Manager into their team. Highly regarded as one of the best teams in the North, they are renowned for their creativity, innovation and award-winning campaigns.  They are looking for a Media Manager to work across a big-name client with a great team around you!

As Media Manager you will be managing fully integrated performance and brand campaigns for a high profile household name.  You’ll work closely alongside a fantastic Account Director, and will oversee an Executive- taking real ownership over accounts across delivery of both media product and thinking. You’ll lead strategic campaign planning and delivery for cross-channel media including online performance, OOH etc. Digital planning experience is needed as this account is quite performance heavy.

Your role will involve acting as a key client contact and working closely with internal buying teams, media owners, performance team and creative agency contacts; as well as the wider agency network. Their planning tools are industry leading and you’ll be given both the support and freedom to make key decisions.

Traits/ Experience:

• Proven understanding of performance and brand media
• Experience of performance planning digital campaigns 
• The ability to challenge a client’s brief and ensure delivery
• Proven knowledge of industry tools that will enable media strategies to meet clients objectives
• The ability to think across the whole media mix- with a digital focus
• Some team management/mentoring experience
• Proven experience of presenting a strategic idea, backing this up with insight and translating it into delivery
• Team player with a positive outlook

Working for this autonomous and supportive media agency offers a number of great benefits. Their benefits package is one of THE best around, offering a very generous holiday package, an award-winning health & wellness initiative, gym membership and a whole host of industry leading benefits. Alongside the chance to work with a talented leadership team in a business that is growing at an impressive rate.

If you are considering a new role to take you into the next part of 2023, then this could be the perfect opportunity to really develop your skillset and move forward within a supportive agency environment with a seriously exciting client account! Senior Executives are welcomed to apply.

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