Programmatic Manager

Job Description

Do you want to work for an award-winning independent agency that is currently one of the fastest growing agencies in the worldTheir mission:To leave the industry better than we found it. To create famous and impactful work that you want to tell your friends about. To make a living and have fun doing it.Culture:Culture is our prize possession, and it evolved from start-up to scale up, with a team of the best diverse talent in the industry. It is built on one strategic imperative "to consistently provide our people with the best environment to do the best work oftheir lives".About the role:

• As a Programmatic Manager you will work closely with the Planning and Data teams, and other activation specialists (e.g. across AV, Paid Social & Paid Search). The Programmatic Manager will run campaigns end-to-end and implement best-in-class strategy andprocesses to maximise growth for our clients.
• This is a comprehensive Planner/Buyer position, responsible for the planning and output of programmatic campaigns. This will involve managing the campaign planning and delivery process end-to-end, including, responding to client briefs, crafting media plans,setting up campaigns, trading & optimising delivery, as well as crafting & presenting reports and post-campaign analyses to clients.
• The role will always cover a mix of advertisers across different verticals. As a young independent agency, we regularly work with start-up and scale-up brands, occasionally launching advertisers very first media activity
• Although this is a programmatic specialist role, wed strongly encourage and invest in training in other channels (such as AV) to support the development of our overarching activation function within Bicycle.
• Analytics, attribution and data visualisation are a key part of this role.
• This role is very client-facing and requires someone who can see the bigger picture and understand how all channels fit together to deliver our clients objectives, not only their specialist disciplines.

About you:

• 3+ years experience in programmatic trading; youre highly proficient in planning, activating, optimising and reporting across diverse campaign types and advertiser categories (ideally across brand & performance objectives). This doesnt have to be solelyagency-side, but some agency experience is strongly preferred.
• Strong technical knowledge of the Programmatic specialism - youve implemented programmatic strategies, traded across multiple DSPs and activated tests across campaigns.
• Strategic capabilities: youre able to translate clients business problems into suitable media KPIs, thinking beyond media metrics. This is not solely an implementational role - you need to be able to translate briefs and brands challenges into effectiveprogrammatic plans.
• Skilled in analytics and experience running brand uplift studies and working with reporting dashboards.
• Able to build and develop strong, positive and productive relationships with clients, as well as vendor contacts, internal teams and other external stakeholders (e.g. creative agencies).
• Good technical understanding of tagging and tracking systems, ideally with hands-on experience in CM360. Experience in managing Creative Optimisation is a plus.
• You have experience managing campaigns across multiple DSPs - DV360, StackAdapt, and AdForm are preferred.
• You have excellent written and verbal communication skills, and show an aptitude to presenting to senior clients and stakeholders.
• Youre able to contribute to internal resources, process development and the upskilling of both colleagues and junior clients.
• You ensure that billing is completed accurately and quickly.
• Youre able to participate in pitches, and manage the onboarding of new clients within your channels.
• Youre passionate about media and communications, and want to do great work that will make our clients and the agency famous.

The benefits:

• Cycle to work scheme
• Additional holiday for every full year as an employee
• Two additional days of holiday per year for volunteering
• Pet-friendly offices
• Brompton bikes for employee use around London
• Annual away day & monthly socials
• Free Audible membership
• Private healthcare, death in service, pension
• Annual personal development fund to explore your passions and hobbies beyond work
• Incentives for successful new business leads
• Generous, bespoke training & development programme, curated according to employees career ambitions

For further information about this opportunity please send your CV and apply.We Are Aspire Ltd are a Disability Confident Commited employer