Senior AV Manager

The purpose of this role is to manage a team of media planners and assist the Account Director on a day to day basis. This is to ensure that their teams are delivering plans that deliver against client objectives whilst balancing agency trading objectives.

Job Description:

Amplifi is dentsu's media investment and innovation platform, supporting our agencies and clients with the tools and expertise to drive smarter media decisions. We work closely with publishers, media companies, and tech partners to evolve how we engage with the supply side of the industry.

The Role

You will join a friendly and collaborative AV community with the expectation of delivering best in class AV planning & buying client servicing, commercial delivery, media owner relationships. This individual should show robust organisation, diligence, positivity, respect, and a passion for the role.

We are a location-agnostic team based in 5 offices across the UK, with around 20 of those based in London. As an AV Senior Manager your responsibilities & areas of accountability will cover:

• AV Campaign Planning: Provide best-in-class implementation and innovative AV media solutions in response to briefs from clients

• Campaign delivery assurances: Ensuring AV activity across Linear, VOD, Cinema and Audio is delivered to value and contractual guarantees

• Buying Excellence: Demonstrating consistent rigour and accuracy throughout the AV buying process to deliver high quality campaigns for clients

• Investment Support: Provide support in tracking client investment through both forecasting tools and as part of the AV buying process, demonstrating commercial acumen

• Performance Analysis: Responsible for the generation of reports and insightful analysis on delivery and effectiveness of campaigns.

• Financial Accuracy:  Support the team in ensuring timely and accurate billing of client campaigns on a monthly basis

• Industry Trends: Keeping up with what’s happening in the world of AV Media, having an opinion, and proactively sharing updates both internally and with wider stakeholders

• Excellent Communication: Forging positive relationships through strong communication with internal teams, media partners and clients

• Training Excellence: Engaging proactively with all relevant training schemes including TV Masters, Media Maths and presentation training

What you bring

• Experience in TV, VOD, Cinema, CTV and Audio planning and/or buying

• Experience training new starters

• Mature & proactive approach to people & workloads

• Owning strong media owner relationships

• Ability to ensure 100% accurate output across AV processes

• Clear understanding of the AV marketplace and new opportunities

• Clear understanding of the role of AV on media plans

• Excellent communication & problem-solving skills

• Excellent attention to detail

• IT literate

• Strong presentation abilities

• A high degree of numeracy and literacy skills and literate in MS

A few of the benefits

• You'll have a great compensation package, private health & dental insurance, corporate discounts and career development through Dentsu University, and free access to LinkedIn learning 

• 29+ days of annual leave (25 days of regular holidays, birthdays off and 3 additional wellness days) 

• We also offer the opportunity to volunteer for up to 2 days per year and tend to close down the agency between Christmas and New Years 

• You'll have a hybrid working schedule, with flexible start/end hours

Inclusion and Diversity

At Dentsu, we embrace diversity and inclusion, valuing the unique perspectives and contributions of every individual. We believe that diversity fuels creativity and innovation, benefiting our employees, partners, and communities.

We welcome applications from all individuals, regardless of race, ethnicity, nationality, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, disability, marital status, or any other protected characteristic. Beyond recruitment, we strive to create an environment where everyone feels respected, supported, and empowered to bring their authentic selves to work.

We recognize the importance of work-life balance and are open to discussing flexible working arrangements for all roles. If you need reasonable adjustments due to a disability or medical condition during our recruitment process, please contact us at [email protected], quoting the reference number of the role that you are applying for. Your needs will be handled with respect and confidentiality to ensure an inclusive and accessible experience.

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Location:

London

Brand:

Amplifi

Time Type:

Full time

Contract Type:

Permanent