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Digital Associate Director – Planning Team, Leeds

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The Role

The is one of digital leader in our Leeds office; being the main lead on a client set running campaigns at the cutting edge of digital media, as well as providing digital consultancy across the full breadth of Leeds clients.

You will work closely with the Digital Leads in specialist teams across PPC, SEO, Display, Social, eCommerce, Data and tech to set brand and performance strategy, drive innovation, challenge, educate and deliver on your client’s business objectives.

The Digital Associate Director has a strong understanding of all digital channels and the role these can play in overall comms solution.

You’ll be responsible for a team of planners, and play a role nurturing the digital talent right across the Leeds office.

What we think are 3 best things about the job…

1. The team: being part of a fun and amazingly talented set of planners in Leeds, who will welcome the new perspective you will bring to shape our output
2. The work: every day working in media planning is different and exciting with new challenges.  If you’re looking to step change your career, EssenceMediacom is the place for you; the best-in-class talent, tools, systems and L&D programme we have here is designed to help our team become the very best they can be  
3. The clients: this role will see you leading a client group who are truly passionate about their businesses. They look to us as partners to help them continue to push the boundaries of their media plans and achieve their goals and ambitions.

Who are you?

• Advanced knowledge across the broad spectrum of digital channels (PPC, SEO, Display, Paid Social, eCommerce, Data and tech) and strategies, strong experience of digital brand and performance focused approaches are a must
• Strong knowledge of the adtech world, particularly Google products such as SA360 & DV360, future trends and implications to clients and agency
• Deep understanding of measurement approaches for digital activity and comfortable guiding clients through how they should be measuring activity
• Analytical thinker who naturally gets into detailed data to understand what is driving or holding back performance, and be able simply and effectively communicate this to clients
• Ability to deal with the senior and demanding clients with strong influencing and negotiation skills, calm under pressure
• Ability to flex approach and explain complexity to digital natives as well as non-digital client stakeholders and make them comfortable with our ideas and execution
• Comfortable in reaching out and build strong relationships with senior internal digital practitioners across the group
• Adept at working with multiple teams to develop and deliver effective solutions for clients
• Happy to challenge the status quo - seeking innovative and new ways to deal with challenges and finds creative solutions
• Strong organisational skills, with the ability to manage a diverse workload and prioritise key work streams.

• Must possess strong written, presentation, analytical, quantitative, and verbal skills and have strong organizational, interpersonal skills
• Experience of managing people and nurturing talent

What we can offer you.

-          Superb development opportunities and ongoing support throughout your career

-          Stunning Leeds-based offices, just a 10 minute walk from the train station

-          25 days holiday from the get-go (plus an extra day for your birthday)

-          Interest free travel loan, subsidised gym memberships, private medical (BUPA) and life assurance

-          Impressive discounts across a range of high street and online retailers

-          Free breakfast, fruit and coffee

-          Company pension scheme

Sounds good? We’d love to hear from you!

About EssenceMediacom

We are a global communications agency leading with breakthrough thinking, building explosive growth for brands, and helping our clients see the bigger picture. Our daring global network of 10,000 influencers help our clients breach traditional boundaries in media, uncover novel ideas, and unleash exponential growth. EssenceMediacom challenges conventional thinking to build, propel, and supercharge our clients’ businesses at scale and lead our industry in critical areas such as diversity, equity, inclusion, and sustainability.  

EssenceMediacom understands that our people are tasked with big goals: building breakthrough growth for brands and leading with breakthrough thinking in our industry. Our people are at the heart of this work because their ideas will enable us to decode the intersections of people, content, and technology to bring our aspirations to life. Our success is down to our eclectic, diverse, and talented people. EssenceMediacom is a place for us to grow our careers and expand our horizons. EssenceMediacom is committed to building an agency culture that supports our people, puts diversity at the forefront of our operations, and creates opportunity for all. This collective culture will be our “new power” where ideas are freely exchanged, and collaboration is actively encouraged in a place where you can innovate in our hyperconnected world.  

*Although we cannot make guarantees, we welcome conversations about flexible working for all roles at EssenceMediaCom Leeds*

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