About the Role:
The role requires significant experience managing Social activity and experience of team management. The ideal candidate will be confident managing client relationships and managing a team towards the goal of driving quantifiable results for the client.
The individual will be part of an international team of 40 people based in London. This role reports to an Associate Director, and is integrated into all aspects of programmatic & social marketing for the brand client and its many products. The successful candidate will have insight into work being done for the client far beyond our performance remit, providing a valuable opportunity to see inside marketing campaigns and strategies globally.
This is an incredible opportunity for an individual with a strong social background to join one of the largest media agencies delivering award-winning work on a daily basis.
Team Management
- Support the Associate Director in managing a team of 1-2 buyers
- Be responsible for your team’s output, acting as the escalation point when required
- Lead PDP reviews and goal setting for your team
- Contributing to the PHD company culture, whether it’s writing POVs, participating in our charity events, or sharing your latest Excel trick
Strategic Account Management
- Lead day to day communication between the agency, our international offices and international client stakeholders
- Deliver programmatic & social media planning
- Work with your team to produce and present scheduled reporting requirements
- Uncover and understand client objectives, challenges, and needs in order to actively provide solutions for brands across Programmatic & Social. Example of solutions include: Reporting Dashboards and Templates, Forecasting Methodology, Paid Media Integration with other activity, Best Practice documents, POV’s on the latest industry developments, or Optimization Roadmaps
- Create & maintain a framework for Quarterly Business Reviews
- Drive the innovation agenda, ensuring that the client is at the forefront of Programmatic & Social
Campaign Management/Optimization
- Provide Digital Leadership including status updates on Programmatic & Social deliverables on a regular basis, including management of deadlines and Reporting
- Managing the creation of integrated digital media plans based on a sound technical understanding of the digital eco-system and available platforms
- Understanding partner(s) technology capability/functionality
- Helping identify new Programmatic partners & Social platforms for your client
- Work with your team to track and manage media budgets
- Conduct analysis of ongoing results to identify campaign trends and key insights to help meet and exceed client goals
- Work with your team to deliver business goals (i.e. ROI/budget/traffic)
- Assisting junior members of the team with their campaign activation, optimization and reporting
- Working with junior members of the team to upskill them on Programmatic & Social activation and other relevant areas
- Maintain consistently high standards within the team for data accuracy & reporting
Experience and Skills:
- 3+ years working in Social planning and/or activation
- Demonstrate passion and knowledge of Social channels
- Team Management experience and a passion for developing people
- Have a passion for learning new things
- Have strong organizational skills, being able to manage multiple projects at once
- Ability to manage challenges of various clients and market interests in a culturally sensitive manner
- Have excellent numerical skills and confidence analysing data using Excel
- Be a proactive self-starter
- Have excellent communication and listening skills
- Be responsive to feedback
- Strong spoken & written English
- Ability to speak other European languages is desired, but not essential
About the Agency:
PHD is a growth-focused media agency driven by innovation and creativity.
Founded in London in 1990, we were the first media agency to offer strategic and creative planning at a time when the industry was about buying cheaply and quickly.
Our founders saw a bright future where smart thinking and clever planning could help brands grow faster than their competitors.
Over the many years that have followed, we have continued to build on this defining ethic — with our evolution shaped by a continual investment in thought leadership. And we continue to ensure that our capability and approach evolve in line with changes in media, data, technology, commerce, society, and legislation.
Today, with over 100 offices in 74 countries, we continue to create remarkable campaigns that lead to remarkable growth – using the extending canvas of data and technology.
https://www.phdmedia.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.
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Skills Required
- 3+ years working in Social planning and/or activation
- Experience in team management
- Excellent numerical skills and confidence analysing data using Excel
- Ability to manage multiple projects at once
- Strong spoken and written English skills
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.
