Manager, Activation & Delivery, GCS

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In a world where media is everywhere and in everything, we bring the best platform, people, and partners together to create limitless opportunities for growth. com Role Summary and Impact The role exists to support a new client win and a growing digital media specialist team where we are looking for an experienced Biddable Account Manager (Paid Search and Ecommerce) who will play an instrumental role in further developing our offering by supporting the ongoing client engagement, managing key campaign activity for the client and support the Digital Lead and Account Director to implement the strategic vision of the account and team. The candidate will report to the Digital Lead though will work consistently with the Account Director.

Two additional team members will sit within this portion of the team and will directly support this role. The ideal candidate will have proven experience of successfully planning, executing and optimising Paid Search and Ecommerce campaigns. They will need to demonstrate knowledge of native platform suppliers and 3rd party providers, as well as developing an understanding of their available products and services.

Key Responsibilities

: Account Managers are expected to work closely with their Account Director and junior members to manage the day-to-day operations of one (or more) client accounts. Account Managers have several key areas of focus, these include: Campaign Management Developing comprehensive media plans and responses to briefs that align with client’s objectives and KPIs. ) and present these back, both to internal and external stakeholders.

Responsible for end-to-end set up of Paid Search and Ecommerce campaigns across all the relevant platforms (and working with junior team members to assist them with this task as necessary). Comfortable using advanced features such as bid rules and 3 rd party optimisation/ creative/ measurement tools to achieve results for clients. Responsible for ensuring regular quality assurance (QA) checks are undertaken by everyone working on the account to ensure campaigns are set up to defined best practice standards.

Responsible for monitoring campaign performance and pacing to ensure all activity delivers as expected. Troubleshooting and optimising campaigns in order to improve performance as necessary. Working with other team members to produce detailed accurate campaign performance reports in line with agreed client cadence, often in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint.

Leading client calls to present results, insights and next steps as necessary. Writing performance commentary that delivers valuable insight and recommendations to clients. Should be able to identify trends and recommend actions on-platform to capitalise/mitigate these trends as necessary.

Working with junior team members to ensure standards for commentary remain consistent.