Director of Digital Media

As a UK-based organization, we prioritize growth and innovation. Our team members are the backbone of our success, and we value their contributions immensely. We strive to provide opportunities for rapid career advancement, recognize exceptional work, and cultivate an inclusive, flexible, and forward-thinking work environment.

We are committed to empowering our employees to achieve their professional and personal goals. Our remarkable culture, shaped by exceptional individuals, has earned us recognition as the second-best agency in the marketing and media sector to work for.

Our shared goal is to lead the way in interconnected commerce marketing.

The role:

• As a Director of Digital, you will spearhead digital trading and operations across all digital activities, serving multiple agencies and partnerships within our organization.
• Responsibilities:
• We pride ourselves on creating stimulating and diverse roles, ensuring every day brings new challenges. Here's a glimpse of your responsibilities:
• Lead and nurture the team:
• Ensure comprehensive training, well-defined objectives, and a robust onboarding process, ensuring deep expertise in platforms and our strategic approaches.
• Clarify and reinforce our agency's unique selling proposition (USP) for digital activations, ensuring the entire team understands this distinction.
• Establish meticulous processes to minimize errors and accurately track all campaigns and commercials.
• Train digital team members across various disciplines to optimize resource allocation during high-demand periods.
• Innovation:
• Cultivate relationships with key media proprietors to drive innovation across novel channels and activations.
• Future-proof ongoing activations in response to emerging industry shifts and regulations.
• Experiment with new activation strategies to gain insights within the retail/commerce domain.
• Identify potential technology partners essential for sustained innovation and the delivery of valuable tech solutions.

Qualifications:

• Background in media agencies, publishers, or marketing teams.
• Demonstrated proactive leadership in digital media operations within performance marketing. Previous exposure to Programmatic and/or Paid Social media operations/trading is essential. Familiarity with PPC/Amazon is advantageous.
• Proven experience coaching and nurturing high-performing teams.
• Track record of driving business growth in a dynamic and demanding environment.
• Robust business acumen, adept at seamlessly merging data and financial reporting.
• Balanced blend of practical, analytical, and visionary capabilities—able to zoom out for a holistic view yet delve into specifics when needed.
• Ability to collaborate with multiple senior stakeholders, both internally and externally, to deliver groundbreaking outcomes.
• Technical proficiency and problem-solving prowess—capable of brainstorming solutions for AdTech challenges.