Programmatic Account Executive

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Description
Position at GroupM Nexus

Role: Programmatic Account Executive Department/Team: Programmatic

Role Objective

We are now looking for the new Programmatic Executive to come and join the growing Programmatic team based in Rose Court, London. The team is about to undergo a big transformation where programmatic planners and traders are coming together as one team to deliver a more insightful and efficient offering for the client. All team members will therefore be planning and activating programmatic campaigns within the next 3-6 months, so this is an ideal time for the candidate to join and gain exposure to the training the rest of the team will receive.

About the role

The candidate will report to the Programmatic Account Director. Working within the Mindshare Programmatic team, they will be integral to achieving client goals by developing and optimizing activity as part of integrated, multi-channel campaigns. The ideal candidate should be able to demonstrate an enthusiasm for digital media and be keen to develop a career within digital and Programmatic. They should be able to articulate key features and benefits of Programmatic.

Key Responsibilities:

Campaign Management

• Oversight of the implementation, management, and daily optimisation of campaign activity. To ensure that you excel in reaching your client objectives and KPIs.
• Competently create media plans designed to achieve specified KPIs.
• Support on the day-to-day QA process, minimizing errors and ensuring consistent and accurate adherence to process

Client and Partner Management

• Create and implement a programmatic strategy for client portfolio, ensuring strategy is clear and most appropriate to the client’s objectives and KPIs, and follows through to activation
• Complete client reporting and analyse campaign results extracting insight to provide recommendations for future activity
• Drive revenue growth through spotting new optimisation opportunities, services or products and delivering excellent results.
• Working with partners and attending regular platform training to develop programmatic skillset.

Operational Excellence

• The appropriate use of tools to drive accountability in programmatic buying, operational efficiencies, and actionable business insights, with the scoping of agreed client outputs.
• Ensure financial accuracy, integrating the planning and buying process, and reconciliation of spends, including client terms and programmatic fees, via buying templates and processes.
• Maintain standards and process throughout the end-to-end campaign lifecycle

Skills & Experience

• Passionate about programmatic and understand the role it can play in the wider ecosystem
• Affinity for numbers and with an analytical thought process, keen to drive continued excellence
• Ability to manage their time effectively and of working as part of a team
• Attention to detail and excellent communication skills, written and verbal
• Proactive and self-motivated, always looking to expanding knowledge and capabilities

What we can offer you

• A strong salary commensurate and in-line with relevant experience
• 25 days annual leave and your birthday day off
• Ongoing internal and external training opportunities
• Flexible working
• The opportunity to attend industry conferences and awards nights
• Career and personal progression
• Private Healthcare
• Excellent pension matching structure

About Mindshare

Mindshare is a leading global marketing and media services network with billings in excess of £23billion worldwide. We work with some of the most famous businesses and brands in the UK – such as Unilever, Ford, KFC, Marks & Spencer and TK Maxx. The Mindshare network consists of 116 offices across 86 countries throughout the USA, Latin America, Europe, Middle East, and Asia Pacific; each dedicated to forging competitive marketing advantage for businesses and their brands.

Our approach

Our ambition is to drive Good Growth for our clients.

Good Growth is about delivering growth that is enduring and is considerate of people and planet. Media is a powerful force, and we need to be mindful of the responsibility that it brings. We help our clients make better decisions by ensuring we use media in a trusted, inclusive and sustainable way. We recognise that in order to drive Good Growth, we need to place people at the heart of everything we do. Understanding people, not demographics allows us to place media meaningfully into their lives.

Good Growth is a big ambition – one which inspires change for the industry but also for our agency and we achieve this through our values of Energy, Empathy and Impact.

Working for Mindshare

Our brilliant people allow us to deliver our ambition. We invest heavily in their development to ensure they are progressing and thriving wherever they work in our business. We also think inspiration for our staff is key and our pinnacle and flagship event of the year, Huddle, connects people, opinions and perspectives across borders and is all about learning something new and participating.

Committed to Diversity & Inclusion

We have a big dream at Mindshare, to become the most inclusive place to work in the country! This will take time but the whole agency is passionate about making it a reality. To support this, we currently have 8 Employee Resource Groups available for our people to join and be a part of including, Roots, PrideM, Women in Business, Enable, Declassify, 0Borders, ADAM and Working Parents. These groups hold the agency to account for making progress and, along with our Mental Health Allies, design and lead events and initiatives that help us create a welcoming environment to all and a place where everyone can be their most confident self.

(Please note this is a UK based role and requires individuals to have the right to work in this location)