ROLE SUMMARY
As a Biddable Director you will be responsible for developing best-in-class integrated media strategies and leading annual budgeting and media planning across biddable platforms while managing and developing the Biddable team, encouraging team growth and retention. You will help your agency to lead the industry in this area; challenging the status quo to achieve maximum return on investment for clients by delivering quantifiable improvements against their business objectives.
This role is ideal for a strategic thinker and leader with a deep understanding of biddable media, team leadership and client management in a fast-paced agency environment.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Develop and implement high-performing biddable media strategies across multiple platforms, ensuring alignment with client goals
- Oversee campaign execution, ensuring continual optimisation of bidding, audience targeting and creative to drive maximum ROI and implement commercial strategies
- Act as a main point of contact for senior clients, presenting insights, strategies and recommendations
- Manage large-scale budgets, ensuring cost efficiency and alignment with financial targets
- Maintain oversight of client audit process for channel to ensure targets are met and potential issues escalated
- Work closely with the Business Director and Head of Department to shape, test and evolve our biddable product offering - ensuring we stay ahead of the curve and deliver best-in-class solutions
- Build and maintain strong relationships with senior client stakeholders, identifying opportunities for growth and expansion
- Work closely with creative, data and tech teams to ensure campaigns are aligned with broader marketing strategies
- Oversee the development of detailed performance reports, providing strategic insights and recommendations for improvement
- Identify new revenue opportunities, expand client relationships and drive profitability for both clients and the agency
- Mentor and lead the Biddable team, fostering a collaborative environment and promoting professional growth
- Stay ahead of emerging indust
About the Agency:
Hearts & Science, part of Omnicom Media Group (OMG UK), are one of the fastest growing agencies in the market. Built in the digital age with agility at our core, our DNA is different from your average media agency. Our people bring to life our values of challenging conventions, celebrating difference, collaboration and positivity.
The core of our difference is rooted in our culture, something we invest significant time and energy into nurturing to ensure our people remain happy and fulfilled.
A central pillar of creating an agency Fit for the Future is making decisions that benefit our people, our agency, our partners and our clients both today and tomorrow. In media terms this means total transparency, over-and-above data governance, ethical media practices and thinking both long and short. This extends into our approach to learning & development, our diverse staff population, and social calendar.
www.hearts-science.com
Flexible Working
At Omnicom Media Group, we are committed to supporting flexibility for our people while fostering collaboration, innovation, and teamwork. We have a hybrid working model (three days in the office, two working remotely), to ensure that we meet the needs of both our people and our business, balancing the benefits of in-person connections with the flexibility of remote working. Our standard working hours are 9:30 – 17:30, but we offer the ability to flex around core hours of 10:30 – 16:30 to give our people flexibility on how they manage their working day, whether that’s in the office or working remotely. For example, you could start work at 8:30 and finish at 16:30 or start at 10:30 and finish at 18:30.
We encourage open conversations between our people and managers to help navigate high-need periods and individual circumstances. Our goal is to create an environment where people feel genuinely supported to do their best - both in their careers and in their lives outside of work.
Be Your Best
We want everyone to make the most of the opportunity to shine and showcase your talents and we are happy to make adjustments in the recruitment process so you can be your best. Please discuss any specific requirements with your dedicated Talent Team member or if you would feel more comfortable, you can email us confidentially at [email protected] to let us know how we can support you.
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at OMG
At OMG, our vision is to be an agency where difference is valued and everyone is able to thrive in a culture of equality, inclusion and belonging. We are committed to providing a truly inclusive environment that reflects today’s society, where everyone is able to bring their true selves to work, and where diverse voices and backgrounds are valued, heard, and well-represented.
We will process your personal data in accordance with our Recruitment Privacy Notice which is available on https://omnicommediagroup.com/recruitment-privacy-notices/.
Skills Required
- Experience in biddable media strategies
- Proven track record in client management
- Strong team leadership skills
- Ability to manage large budgets effectively
Omnicom Media Group UK Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Omnicom Media Group UK and has not been reviewed or approved by Omnicom Media Group UK.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Leave allowances include 27 days’ annual leave plus a birthday day and options to trade holiday. Additional “summer Fridays/recharge days” help widen time‑off options.
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Flexible Benefits — Hybrid working with a typical three‑days‑in/two‑days‑remote pattern and defined core hours supports flexibility. Work‑from‑anywhere allowances and 2–3 WFH days are also referenced in the UK context.
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Healthcare Strength — Private medical insurance, life assurance, and an Employee Assistance Programme are part of the core package. Mental wellbeing support, trained Mental Health First Aiders, and a subsidised gym further reinforce health coverage.
Omnicom Media Group UK Insights
What We Do
OMG UK delivers transformational experiences for consumers, clients and talent. Powered by the Omni marketing orchestration system, OMG connects best-in-class capabilities that enable our full-service media agencies OMD, MG OMD, PHD and Hearts & Science to deliver more relevant and actionable consumer experiences, more productive and proactive client experiences, and more collaborative and rewarding talent experiences. We are enormously proud of our Agency and Network of the Year accolades, including most recently, PHD named Adweek’s Global Media Agency of the Year, MG OMD named Thinkbox TV Planning Agency of the Year, and OMG Unite named Media Agency of the Year at the Leadership and Diversity Awards. We are committed to providing a truly inclusive environment where everyone is able to bring their true selves to work, diverse voices and minority communities are valued, heard and well represented, and where everyone is able to thrive in a culture of equality, inclusion and fairness.
