Senior Digital Media Manager

We're looking for a Senior Digital Media Manager to lead digital media planning and buying for a flagship agency client in the EMEA market. Your role will be focussed on driving relations with key publishers and technology partners and acting as one of our main client contract for digital planning and buying activity in the market, as well as leading a small team of planners/buyers.
The client is a market-leading consumer and business technology brand with a 9-10 figure global media budget. The focus of the client is on driving brand awareness and market share in core markets. Global strategy is driven from the central Strategy team in London, the European HQ.
About Assembly
At Assembly, we help brands find the change to fuel business growth. We are an award-winning global brand performance agency, home to 1,500 talented people across 26 offices globally. We create unique data, technology and media solutions that enable faster and smarter problem solving and an inspired, collaborative workplace culture.

The fundamental objectives of the role are to support the Agency with:

- Communicating directly with key stakeholders on a daily basis and have working knowledge of the strategic direction of the account
- Attending, presenting and leading regular client meetings and calls
- Attending and presenting (pushing to lead) in client strategy meetings, briefing and planning meetings
- Ensuring delivery of high-quality reports to deadline, with useful insights and analysis - both directly and through your Media Assistant
- Pro-actively researching new vendors and solutions to present to the client
- Utilising your knowledge and experience of digital to contribute to the development of both Brand and DR aspects of the account
- Reviewing and challenging performance of campaigns and activities
- Involvement with administrative tasks associated with the account: liaising with finance, trafficking, optimisation and web development / creative teams
- Managing the day-to-day activities of two digital planner buyers

**Requirements**:

- Minimum 3 years exposure in digital display media
- Digital direct response and Branding experience
- Experience with Mid-Level client management
- Proven experience in managing others
- Ability to devise and execute campaign strategies across UK and Europe
- Able to use and interpret digital planning tools effectively (e.g. Nielsen, Comscore, Adrelevance etc)
- Ability to examine account-wide results and pro-actively suggest improvements
- The person will need to be able to demonstrate a good knowledge of the role played by other channels inc. paid search, social and specifically how this relates to display media
- Able to traffic campaigns themselves including basic rich media, set up spotlight/ floodlight tags
- Understand the whole campaign process from beginning to end
- International experience is a bonus, but not a prerequisite
- Experience in programming and datasets is an advantage but not essential

**Benefits**:
In return for your enthusiasm and expertise, we’ll reward you with a competitive salary and an enviable range of benefits that include 24 days holiday a year (with the option to buy more days) that rises by one day per year of service, pension, and life assurance.
Perks
You can also take advantage of a range of perks tailored to each office. These include free breakfast, snacks, tea & coffee, subsidised gym membership, a fully stocked bar, cycle scheme, on-site fitness classes, social events and parties, a day off for your birthday, as well as access to counselling/coaching sessions with Sanctus. We are proud to offer progressive and flexible working practices designed to give you the work-life balance you need, and we are now a dog friendly office
Equal Opportunities
Assembly is an advocate for equal opportunity in the workplace. We are committed to ensuring equal opportunities regardless of race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability and gender identity. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.