The role
This is a lead role in managing the delivery of important project and retainer work. Close collaboration with Analysts, Senior Analysts and Client Leads is essential to ensure MediaSense is delivering high quality work within the agreed timeframe
THE COMPANY
MediaSense delivers both productised and custom-made solutions through three service lines:
- Models: Strategic consultancy service to transform internal and external creative and media operating models and technology to drive productivity and sustained value.
- Partners: Strategic pitch management service of creative, media, data and technology partners aligned to the client’s value, performance and capability goals.
- Analytics: Media auditing and analytics using cross-channel data to optimise performance and ensure the best value on the clients’ media investment. There are different levels of the analytics service adapted to the clients’ needs, all underpinned by robust data insights.
The business is designed around its clients and offers a tailored service with access to all service lines which focus on creative, media and analytics. It has proven ability to effectively support large, complex organisations and deliver multiple projects simultaneously.
As evidenced through its strong track record with clients, MediaSense pride themselves on the consistent high quality of service delivery and the ability to accelerate transformation and growth. It is the fastest growing global marketing advisory and serves 60% of the world’s top 50 advertisers.
WHAT WE OFFER
Our benefits reflect the fun but professional culture (some are eligible after probation passes)
- Hybrid working (mix of working at home and in the office) + work from any location in the world for up to 4 weeks per year
- 28 days holiday per year (accrual of 1 day per year until 4th – maximum of 32 days) + day off for your birthday + 10 days annual leave purchase per year
- Length of service awards (vouchers until year 4) starting from 1 year + sabbiticals ranging from unpaid to fully paid from periodic service
- Bonuses: Employee Referral Bonus, New Business Bonus, Company Bonus
- Pension, Life Insurance & Employee Assistance Program
- Optional Private Healthcare + Eye test & contribution towards glasses for VDU
- Enhanced Parental Leave
- Annual Season Ticket Loan, Cycle to work scheme, Tech Scheme, Voucherstore, bYond
- Volunteering Leave & charity work
- Dress down, regular social events & hobby groups reflecting DEI
- Snacks & fruit in the amazing office & location
- Some training & development opportunities
THE ROLE
The role comprises of a wide range of activities:
- Leading a team of junior managers, senior analysts and analysts to deliver various types of media performance analyses across multiple media channels (on and offline).
- Leading pitch management projects in terms of evaluation of media agency offers and capabilities and producing client ready outputs in Tableau.
- Leading communication with agencies to ensure projects are set up to succeed, establishing project timelines and ways of working and ensuring the agency is held to account on these agreements.
- Managing up to the client management team to keep them informed of progress and highlighting any major issues in good time that might hinder a projects progress.
- Managing, mentoring and training analysts on accounts and projects.
- Overall QA project lead, ensuring aligned analyses are theoretically correct and presentations are client ready.
- Line management of analysts. Regularly catching up to ensure your direct reports feel heard and helping them find a solution to any potential issues.
- Conducting performance reviews for your direct reports. Leading and guiding review meetings to establish clear and coherent targets and objectives for the next 12 months
- Leading development of specific internal tools. Collating suggestions and implementing developments of all internal tools and processes, particularly for performance tracking and pitch management projects
THE ESSENTIALS
Ideally, we’re looking for someone who is interested in media and how it is planned and traded, is very good with numbers but is also creative enough to produce interesting visualisations and have good ideas about how to present data.
Above all, we’re looking for people who fit in well with a close-knit team and want to and be able to make a difference at every level.
The ideal candidate possesses the below:
- Prior experience within a media role or a similar background in auditing.
- Strong knowledge across all media channels (online and offline) and excellent theoretical understanding of all the data parameters
- Is an expert on account management with a superb grasp of media, maths, data and analytics. This includes proven experience of analytical and organisational skills together with excellent attention to detail and a logical approach to problem solving (proactively finding solutions to problems too)
- Technical proficiency across the Office suite (Microsoft Excel, Powerpoint etc) of products and Tableau to deliver consistently exceptional outputs. This includes proven experience using these tools to structure data in a clear and methodical way while spotting patterns and trends in the data to extract relevant insights
- Energy, enthusiasm, loyalty, and a ‘muck in’ attitude are all key attributes. This includes a positive and productive attitude while constructively balancing the speed and quality of delivery.
- Excellent communication and presentation skills; the ability to communicate complex concepts clearly across different audiences and varying levels across Media Sense and report writing abilities
- Accuracy is key, as is being able to work to and juggle with deadlines.